QUEENS
Forest Hills residential suburb
The Unisphere
in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
Site of the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament and 2 World’s Fairs
train station detail
businessman with briefcase and umbrella,
Grosvenor Atterbury, architect
Forest Hills train station roof
Neo-Tudor birdhouse
Holy Cross Ukranian Catholic Church Astoria
Multilingual signs in Flushing,
New York City’s largest“Chinatown”
New York City Panorama
accurate, updated scale model replica of New York City at the Queens Museum of Art.
Initially presented at the 1964 World’s Fair.
The view is from the North looking South.
The line cutting diagonally across from right to left is the Harlem River. There are even planes
which land and take off from the La Guardia Airport.
The model is enormous and endlessly fascinating.
Pictures do not do justice to this incredible creation!
the Bronx
Manhattan
Queens
Brooklyn
Staten
Island
Greek and U.S. flags
Astoria
Bowne House, Dutch farmhouse built in 1661
oldest house in Queens
Bowne allowed Quakers to meet in his house
in violation of Governor Peter Stuyvesant’s ban on all religions except
for the Dutch Reformed Church.
Bowne was arrested and won his case
before the Dutch West India Company.
Historic precedent for the freedom of religion we enjoy today.
Flushing
Saris on sale
“Little India”
Jackson Heights
“The Towers” 1924
garden cooperative apartment buildings with central shared private garden
Jackson Heights
landmarked lavish
former Loews movie theater,
The Valencia, 1929,
Spanish and Mexican
baroque style
designed by John Eberson
restored and maintained by its current owner,
The Tabernacle of Prayer Pentecostal Church
Jamaica, Queens
Manhattan skyline
viewed from Gantry Plaza State Park in Queens, a 7 minute subway ride (yes, 7 minutes)
from Midtown Manhattan!!!
Tree-shaded sidewalk in “Sunnyside Gardens.”