Visit Queens in the years 1920 to 1950!
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Forgotten New York is associated with the Greater Astoria Historical Society
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Freshly painted, carpeted, new restrooms, professional/non-profit floor,
most convenient location in western Queens, shopping and restaurants across street,
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Elevator -- Four blocks from N, R, Q, M service. 15 minutes from mid-town. 2 blocks from Kaufman Arts Center. email info@astorialic.org or call 718-278-0700.
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Other than the BMT 4th Avenue Broadway Line (N, R, Q and now W trains) perhaps the majority of my subway rides for six decades have been on the Flushing Line, the #7 train, one of the few subways’ general east-west routes. I rode 4th Ave/Broadway when living in Bay Ridge (1957-1993) and the 7 when living […]
Categorized in: Subways & Trains Tagged with: Queens Queens Plaza Sunnyside
For several decades Queens’ tallest building, the 15-story Bank of Manhattan in Queens Plaza was dethroned by the North Shore towers in Glen Oaks and then by the green Citicorp Tower in 1989. Passing by it on the 7 train these days, when it is now being enveloped by massive adjoining residential towers, and you would never […]
Categorized in: One Shots Tagged with: Queens Plaza
During my increasingly lengthy “between full time job” stints, I always flagellate myself into regretting I never learned to drive. Car services always have the need for drivers. I’m told acquiring a taxi medallion is nearly impossible because they are astronomical in price (why, then, aren’t cab drivers all rich?) While meandering aimlessly in the […]
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Here is that magnificent old Ford ad I was talking about on the south side of Northern Boulevard east of 31st Street. You can see it out the window of a northbound N or Q. This photo is from the flickr page of rabbit571. ForgottenFan Joseph Colella: The building is the original Universal Ford dealer. The […]
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In 2007 I visited Queens Plaza, the gateway to Long Island where the #7 and BMT N trains converge (though both issue from Times Square) and incredibly bad architecture, strip clubs, and formerly formidable buildings that are now down on their luck all come together. Things have changed somewhat — the parking garage determined (and […]
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