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: 0Earthquake Achieves A Record in NYC Residents Sharing Earthquake Stories It is a rare occurrence to have a relatively higher magnitude earthquake in New York City, but that all changed on Friday, April 5 at 10:23...
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: 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: 1626Annual Heritage Day at West Side Tennis Club By Michael Perlman | mperlman@queensledger.com The West Side Tennis Club, a cultural and architectural cornerstone, commemorates its history with “Heritage Day” celebrations ever since 2018, and the...
Visits: 977Long-Lost Advertising Offers Timeless Art Chances are that when most people of recent generations hear the term “trade card,” they would associate it with trading cards that encompass baseball or Marvel superheroes. In reality, trade...
Visits: 1543By Michael Perlman Behind the eagle-adorned façade of Forest Hills Stadium, with its grand arched colonnade, is a destination which harbors historic firsts, consisting of achievements in tennis, music, architecture, culture, and cinema. Now it...
Visits: 1621This year marks the centennial of Forest Hills Stadium, the first tennis stadium countrywide, which was completed on August 11, 1923 in time for the Wightman Cup. An outstanding history, consolidating significant moments in tennis,...
