Windsor 2 development in Forest Hills and more in the QNYC Evening Edition for Monday October 22, 2012
Forest Hills is getting a 17 story mixed use building on Queens Blvd The Windsor 2, AKA Forest Hills 389, is coming to Forest Hills – they are excavating the site these days for what looks like the start of foundation laying. There will be an underground parking lot, 100 residential units, and CVS was…
Forest Hills is getting a 17 story mixed use building on Queens Blvd
The Windsor 2, AKA Forest Hills 389, is coming to Forest Hills – they are excavating the site these days for what looks like the start of foundation laying. There will be an underground parking lot, 100 residential units, and CVS was to move into the retail level on the ground floor, but turns out that might not happen after all. The location of the building is next to the Key Food and near 71st Ave/Continental on Queens Blvd.
Tasting ciders at The Queens Kickshaw
Our friends over at the QueensBeat spent some time at The Queens Kickshaw sampling hard ciders. They can recommend “the Cidre Dupont Reserve, a French selection cider aged in oak barrels that once contained apple brandy, as well as the Wandering Aengus Anthem Hops, an Oregonian brew with a touch of hops bitterness that isn’t just for beer drinkers.” During Cider Week, The Queens Kickshaw was particularly excited to share ciders with their customers – TQK founder Jen Lim says, “We’re just crazy about cider.” They have had cider on tap all last week and have put together a couple of cider-influenced dinners, too.
Edebohls Ice Cream Parlor in Sunnyside – do you remember?
When it was in business, this local soda fountain served homemade ice cream and sweets, and was one of the most popular hangouts in Sunnyside, years ago. It was located on the corner of Queens Boulevard and 47th Street (GMAP), a classic spot with homemade ice cream, sweets, and a soda fountain. A commenter on Sunnyside Post, named “Old Lady Sunnyside” reminisces about the spot:
“They had jars of candy in the window and soda fountains where you could see the soda inside and it was pumped up so it washed down the sides. I thought I was in sweet, sweet heaven! After a shopping trip to Greenpoint Avenue my mom would stop there for a cup of coffee. My brother and I got sodas. The guy behind the counter–wearing a white paper hat–would fill a cone-shaped paper cup with crushed ice he dug up from below the counter. He’d put the cup in a metal stand, then pull the lever on that magical fountain and fill it with soda.
“Last thing, he’d stick a paper straw in it. We’d sit on the stools and spin around while he was doing that then carry the sodas to the booth my mother picked. There we would drive her crazy banging our feet against the wooden bottom of the booth. It was a joy.”
Transportation Alternatives Queens did a cemetery tour as their monthly ride for October
Cyclists from the TransAlt Queens Committee got together this past weekend and took a “cemetery tour,” visiting a variety of spots in Queens, including the Machpelah Cemetery and the Moore Jackson Cemetery, among others. A highlight of the ride was a visit to Harry Houdini’s grave. Check out their photos here, as well as our guide to cemeteries in Queens.
Fill your growlers at Rockaway Brewing Company in LIC
The Rockaway Brewing company – one of two new breweries in Queens – is now filling growlers! Growlers come in a 64 ounce size and are filled with their ESB, an unfiltered English style ale. ESB means Extra Special Bitter and really isn’t all that bitter. To get in on that growler action, you’ll pay $8 for the vessel and $15 to get it filled; if you have your own growler, you can use that, too.
My Father, Fred Schlichting, was a partner with his cousins – Bill and Carl Edebohls, in Edebohls Ice Cream Parlor. Originally, they only had the first store in Sunnyside (We lived in the “Mets” just around the corner from the store), sometime after I became 8yrs old they purchased another store in Corona. I always loved the Queens blvd. store best! I would go there with my Mother, and recall I always had to have a dress, and wore a pinafore over it, in order for my DAd to feel proud of me when I walked into the store. I’m 70 – so that was many years ago. I was just reading about Jahn’s ice cream parlor – another favorite of mine. I loved the Kitchen Sink with my friends at Jahn’s. Just thought I would check in with this info, as the grandson of one of the Edebohls left my Dad Fred Schlichting out of the history and he was very much part of it. It was in his blood, and supplied us with a wonderful middle class American life! I love my Sunnyside roots!
June, thank you very much for sharing this info that I hadn’t yet heard! (And glad to meet you via Internet!)