Views: 89When Forest Park becomes a campus for childhood education By Michael Perlman “Forest Park is one hundred percent our campus and our classroom, and I cannot think of a better place to allow children to...
Views: 170By Michael Perlman Most desirable communities are home to historically distinctive properties that become landmarks in the eyes of the majority. Some properties established a new standard locally and citywide, which is the case of...
Views: 164By Michael Perlman Chairman, Rego-Forest Preservation Council The five boroughs are home to over 7,000,000 trees and counting, representing greater than 200 species. Under a beaming sun on a mild spring day, blooming opportunities are...
Views: 133By Michael Perlman Chairman, Rego-Forest Preservation Council Amidst the hustle and bustle of Queens Boulevard is the long-forgotten and neglected Newcombe Square, bordering Forest Hills and Kew Gardens. At 0.04 acres, this small but historic...
Views: 307 Longfellow Hall, 111-14 76 Avenue Descendants Preserve Architect Morris Kavy’s Memory By Michael Perlman If you live in a Kavy & Kavovitt apartment building in Forest Hills, Rego Park, or perhaps in Brooklyn, Manhattan,...
Views: 221St. Patrick’s Day in the Golden Age of Postcards By Michael Perlman One day when everyone is Irish is Saint Patrick’s Day, and it is always timely to unite in cultural solidarity. St. Patrick’s Day...
Views: 275 Queens Valley Golf Club north of Forest Hills Michael Perlman Many people think of Queens, and particularly Forest Hills as synonymous for its tennis history, but the neighborhood and surrounding communities are also known...
Views: 285 Timeless Love Through Golden Age Valentine’s Day Postcards By Michael Perlman A majority of Valentine’s Day postcards are graceful and vivid lithographs, where some feature hand-colored scenes or illustrated couples, children, cherubs and flowers,...
Views: 371 Alfred Kaskel & Philip Birnbaum, 1st prize plaque by Queens Chamber of Commerce for the Metropolitan Industrial Bank Building, Dec 1952 awards dinner Honoring Prolific Architects in Forest Hills & Rego Park By Michael...
Views: 363By Michael Perlman Historic Forest Hills Gardens, one of the earliest planned garden community in America, is additionally scenic and culturally significant as a result of Architect John Almy Tompkins II (1871 – 1941). But...
