The highly idiosyncratic housing styles of Queens! The borough of Queens has long been celebrated as the melting pot of America. Over a million foreign-born residents call it home, yet… Read More »All the Queens Houses: the highly idiosyncratic housing styles of Queens
Greater Astoria Historical Society Holiday Party Please join us for our annual ‘Tis the Season’ Virtual Holiday Party for fun and good conversation Special Guest: Tom Wilk Founder of Wilk… Read More »An Evening with Tom Wilk – Master Beekeeper
Walk Through Ravenswood w/ FNY & GAHS 12th Street looking north between 37th and 36th Avenues (c. 1910) There are many layers of Ravenswood ... ... a past community of… Read More »Walk Through Ravenswood (Astoria, Qns.)
Black History Month with Forgotten NY Weeksville Brooklyn There is much to see of Black History ... . . . ... but streets, parks, and buildings that are renamed for… Read More »Forgotten NY – Black History Month with Sergey Kadinsky
Virtual Lecture - Wednesday, March 30th at 7 PM View of Bridge Construction from Blackwells (Roosevelt) Island Opened in 1909, the Queensboro Bridge is the longest bridge spanning the East… Read More »The 113th Anniversary of the Opening of the Queensboro Bridge
"April is National Poerty Month" MONDAY APRIL 25 @ 6:30 PM! Join us for our virtual reading, featuring Maria Lisella, Olena Jennings & Ama Birch! + a poetry open mic!! To… Read More »GREATER ASTORIA HISTORICAL 6TH ANNUAL POETRY READING!
"Little Ukraine" Virtual Tour + UKRAINE fundraiser We are partnering with the New York City Tour Guide Slava Shpigel for a virtual tour of the Ukrainian Village in Lower Manhattan PLEASE… Read More »PLEASE JOIN US TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF WAR TORN UKRAINE!
Host of Janes Walk New York City 2020 Presents: THE LEGENDARY STEINWAY MANSION! A virtual tour with Robert Singleton Executive Director, Greater Astoria Historical Society & Public Factory Tour Guide, Steinway… Read More »JANES WALK 2022: THE STEINWAY MANSION!
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!