Visits: 0Parks Department To Expand Tree Canopy NYRP Launches Free Tree Giveaway Season The “forest” in Forest Hills and the “park” in Rego Park is closer towards being restored and expanded, as the Parks Department unveiled...
Visits: 0Earthquake Achieves A Record in NYC Residents Sharing Earthquake Stories It is a rare occurrence to have a relatively higher magnitude earthquake in New York City, but that all changed on Friday, April 5 at 10:23...
Visits: 70Samuel Picker Square Spruced Up by Volunteer Patricia Perle Malley The Picker Humanitarian Spirit Going Strong For Generations Step into Samuel Picker Square, a small forested setting at 69th Avenue and Burns Street in Forest...
Visits: 189Garden Apartments That Symbolized New Hope A Historic Treasure Merits Restoration Upon hearing the term “garden apartment,” one may immediately visualize two-story residential brick buildings situated around generous communal garden space, such as those in...
Visits: 146A New Deal Era Discovery is Made Notable Sculptor Duane Champlain Lives on Through His Art “History mysteries are all over the place,” said Norm Tjeltveit, a retired postal worker from Montana. One may wonder...
Visits: 265Searching For The History Behind A Rare Memorial Plaque A Storied Plaque Seeks A Permanent Public Home Paul Sapienza holding the Anawa Club plague honoring 18 WWII servicemen It is always timely to honor the memory...
Visits: 308The Harmonious Couple Who Graced Forest Hills Stadium Legends Left Their Mark on American Pop Music Among the most charismatic, soulful, and refined pop singers of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first are Steve...
Visits: 191Deltiologists Have The Luck of The Irish A Lost Art Unites Generations By Michael Perlman Most St. Patrick’s Day postcards are festive yet graceful lithographs, which feature hand-colored scenes of Ireland, musical scores, shamrocks, leprechauns,...
Visits: 776Reviving A Long-Lost Art Form In 1873, the first American picture postcard was designed, and in the early 20th century, holiday traditions came alive through highly stylized hand-colored lithograph postcards. Deltiology is the collection...
Visits: 661Lighting The Way with A Festive Forest Hills Tradition, Uniting on Chanukah & Year-Round By Michael Perlman “Chanukah on the Park” and its symbolic 18-foot menorah continues to beam brighter each year in front of Yellowstone...
