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!
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