Views: 0 Howard Beach based artist Madeline Iovello presents a painting to Portia Cook Dyrenforth, pard administrator and Borough Parks Commissioner Jacqueline Langsam at the Friday event. On Friday, December 13th the Forest Park Trust invited...
Views: 0Reviving A Long-Lost Art & Preserving Festive Traditions By Michael Perlman Chanukah and Christmas Eve or Day coincide once every 15 years on average. For a diverse experience, it is beneficial to ride the hands...
Views: 0Exploring World’s Fair Icons & Remembering Treasures By Michael Perlman | mperlman@queensledger.com The spirit of the 1939 – 1940 World’s Fair and 1964 – 1965 World’s Fair was very much alive in Flushing Meadows Corona...
Views: 0The One-Man Dynamo Who Preserved A Changing City By Michael Perlman Percy Loomis Sperr, also known as P.L. Sperr, can now be considered a most prolific photographer who captured the spirit of New York City...
Views: 0Looking Into The Windows of The 1939 & 1964 World’s Fairs By Michael Perlman | mperlman@queensledger.com Embedded in the pavement of David Dinkins Circle at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, site of the 1939 – 1940...
Views: 0Celebrating Rock N’ Roll History with A Queensmark & Mural The Ramones, KISS, Blondie Among Honored Queens Icons By Michael Perlman | mperlman@queensledger.com It was history-in-the-making on October 30 as a multifaceted commemorative rock n’...
Views: 0Behind The Scenes at The Spooktacular Halloween House! By Michael Perlman | mperlman@queensledger.com There is no shortage of Halloween decor, festivities, and treats when it comes to Forest Hills. On Halloween or “Hallowe’en,” derived from...
Views: 0Reviving Forgotten Postcard Treasures By Michael Perlman | mperlman@queensledger.com Black cats, witches, pumpkins, ghosts, scarecrows, and gourd-inspired people are coming alive in unique ways, if one is fortunate to pick up an early 20th century Halloween...
Views: 0Coming Attractions: A Cleanup & Beautification of Forest Hills The Maltese Falcon to Play at Historic Midway Theatre By Michael Perlman | mperlman@queensledger.com Continental Avenue is about to become much cleaner and beautified, as long...
Views: 0Two Toppled Alarms Cause Locals To Advocate A Movement To Restore Cast Iron Alarms By Michael Perlman | mperlman@queensledger.com In late August and mid-September, Forest Hills residents were scratching their heads upon noticing the rare...
