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: 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: 395Mr. Monopoly at the Unisphere, Courtesy of Tim Barney For nine decades, Monopoly has been regarded as a bestseller worldwide, and is now about to create an even greater buzz around town. All generations will...
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...
Visits: 641Covenants & Historic Status May Prevent Obtrusive Street Furniture By Michael Perlman The rise of wide metal 5G Towers citywide have residents questioning not only their safety, but aiming to prove a point on how their...
Visits: 310Reviving A Long-Lost Art Form By Michael Perlman Historians believe that the first Thanksgiving meal dates to 1621, where 53 Mayflower pilgrims and 90 Wampanoag Native Americans at Plymouth shared an autumn feast for three days....
