JOIN JUDY BIRDY! PRESIDENT OF THE ROOSELVELT ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY On a Virtual Tour! "ROOSEVELT ISLAND END TO END" Roosevelt Island vastly changed over the years while our community developed… Read More »ROOSEVELT ISLAND: END TO END!
WITH Bob Singleton, Executive Director of the Greater Astoria Historical Society! THE CRADLE OF CREATIVITY: a Virtual Tour! In this community: the document proclaiming American Independence was first read on… Read More »LONG ISLAND CITY: CRADLE OF CREATIVITY
LONG ISLAND CITY FROM THE PAGES OF THE LONG ISLAND JOURNAL ! Job Press Room at the Newspaper LONG ISLAND CITY IN 1896! WITH Bob Singleton, Executive Director of… Read More »THE LONG ISLAND JOURNAL: The Newspaper of Record for old Long Island City!
A STUDY OF LONG ISLAND CITY'S POST INDUSTRIAL LANDSCAPE ~ AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR CITY'S LANDSCAPE ... NATHAN KENSINGER PHOTOGRAPHER - FILMAKER - JOURNALIST The first part of… Read More »A Study of Long Island City’s Post Industrial Landscape!
LaGuardia Airport's ~ MARINE AIR TERMINAL ~ A STUDY OF ITS HISTORY AND SUGGESTION FOR ITS REUSE The Terminal's Main Rotunda Robert Singleton, Executive Director Greater Astoria Historical Society… Read More »Marine Air Terminal
Astoria's Chester Carlson: THE FOUNDER OF XEROGRPAHY / THE FUNDER OF PARAPSYCHOLOGY Chester Carlson Most people are familiar with Chester Carlson and his invention, the xerox machine. Few people know that Carlson… Read More »Astoria’s Chester Carlson: Founder of Xerography – Funder of Parapsychology
The History of Hell Gate Brewery or WHY THE PILGRIMS LANDED ON PLYMOUTH ROCK! Drinking Ehret's Beer George Ehret established the Hell Gate Brewery in 1866 in New York City.… Read More »The History of Hell Gate Brewery
The Secrets of Central Park ... A VIRTUAL TOUR WITH LEGEDNARY TOUR GUIDE KEVIN WALSH! Its over 850 acres discovered and rediscovered every time you walk around it! Central Park has… Read More »Secrets of Central Park
The Modern Art Foundry ... A VIRTUAL TOUR WITH JEFFERY SPRING! Established in 1932 as the "Artists Foundry" … Read More »The Greater Astoria Historical Society Annual Holiday Party!
Join the Greater Astoria Historical Society's BOOK CLUB! WHAT WOULD YOU DO? Join us as we explore this topic through our Fall Book Group DEBBIE VAN CURA, EDUCATION DIRECTOR GREATER… Read More »Book Group
The Secrets of Van Cortland & Pelham Bay Parks Most New Yorkers when asked what the largest park in New York City? they would likely respond “Central Park! There are,… Read More »Secrets of Van Cortlandt and Pelham Bay Parks
Naming Gotham Villians, Rogues, and Heros Behind New York Place Names meet the author ... Rebecca Bratspies! The Van Wyck, the Major Deegan, the Jackie… Read More »Naming Gotham