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In a borough largely ignored by NYC’s Landmarks Preservation Commission, the magnificent garden apartments of Jackson Heights are a happy exception. Today’s Jackson Heights is a neighborhood of handsome six-story co-operative apartments, most of which surround a central garden. They appeared — seemingly out of nowhere — beginning in 1914 when the entire area was not…
The community of Woodhaven lies just east of the undefended border between Brooklyn and Queens. It’s a fairly large neighborhood located between Forest Park on the north, Liberty Avenue on the south, Eldert Lane (the official boundary of Brooklyn and Queens) on the west and Woodhaven Boulevard on the east. Visitors to Woodhaven can easily…
In 1928 the New York State Education Department devised an initiative to mark places of historical significance, and over the next four decades, almost 2800 such markers were placed all over the state. The signs themselves are marvels of design, in my opinion. Most of them feature dark blue backgrounds with gold raised block lettering…
The New York Landmarks Conservancy has bestowed one of its highest honors to a Queens arts gallery. On April 30, the SculptureCenter will receive the Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award, which recognizes individuals or groups that have made extraordinary contributions to preserving buildings in New York City.
I recently moved to Woodhaven from Brooklyn (lived in Williamsburg, Bushwick and Cypress Hills). It's an interesting underrated neighborhood that rarely receives any mention from the media. We can separate it into 3 areas and those are north of Jamaica Ave (large single family homes and apartment buildings, including rows), South of Jamaica Ave (mostly composed of Row houses) and east of Woodhaven Blvd (some newer developments, row houses, single family homes). There are also several landmarked buildings in the neighborhood. Nice article!
A Walk in WoodhavenTank you for this thorough article on our little piece of heaven, where so many ethnic groups and people live together in peace and harmony.
A Walk in Jackson HeightsThe pictures are meh but this is superb writing. Kudos for work well-done. Suggestion for next time: maps.
A Guide to Myrtle Avenue, the Spine of RidgewoodYou go waxman. Preserve the relics of this great city.
Queensboro Bridge Lamp Post: Safe and Sound