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A recent visit to the New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows found the “modern ruin” in the midst of a makeover. The Local Union 806 Structural Steel and Bridge Painters are restoring the Pavilion in an attempt to return it to its former glory. The repainting is slowly but surely making a difference. The walls inside…
The Poppenhusen Institute, built in 1868 There is no college in College Point, and hasn’t been since about 1850, when St. Paul’s College, whose site we will visit later in the tour, was converted into an elementary school and then a summer resort. The college was founded in 1835 as a seminary by the Rev. Augustus…
Tucked close to Flushing’s bustling downtown and along fast and furious, pedal-to-the-metal Main Street is Queens’ own official Botanical Garden at 43-50 Main Street at Elder Avenue. It may be smaller than the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx or Brooklyn’s Botanic Gardens at Prospect Park (Brooklyn, just to be different, loses the -al) but…
Yesterday, I was invited to come along on the Newtown Historical Society’s walking tour of Ridgewood Reservoir, which actually straddles the border of Brooklyn and Queens. Now, I’m sort of known for my explorations of a very different part of this border — Newtown Creek — so this was terra incognita for me. Having never…
I've been looking around for any info myself about this as I live close by ... cold trail also ... it is a great idea to develop that area by the water next to Steinway Pianos (that was recently sold).
Will Luyster Creek Ever Get a Make-Over?I don't like the title! Makes it sound like Ditmars (Astoria) was once not a desirable place to live, which was never the case! My grandparents bought their first house on 23rd ave in the 40s and it was just as beautiful as it is today! True Astoria once had a large Greek population but Astoria was always predominantly Italian and still is, especially Dirmars! I don't see the relevance of Ditmas Ave either, this article was supposed to be about Ditmars Blvd Astoria, and there is only ONE Ditmars Astoria!
How Ditmars Boulevard Went From Troubled Waters to a Busy DowntownNice piece, per usual. Think there's a typo, though, the “Lipstick Building” is on 53rd not 43rd.
Golden Crown Returns to QueensI have been going from Greenpoint to College Point for five years to get meat from Empire market. The Lepine family are the bomb , the meat they sell is phenomenal . Top quality organic meat from Canada for very fair prices, truly a hidden treasure of queens.
Visiting College Point, the Small Town in the Big City