Long Island City captures the unique flavor of a former city (1870-1898) nestled between Manhattan and Queens that retains its identity to this day. Created by consolidating Old Astoria Village, Steinway, Ravenswood, Dutch Kills, Blissville, Sunnyside, and the Long Island Rail Road terminal in Hunters Point, it has been an industrial dynamo since the Civil War. It is home to creative people and innovative ideas, the Steinway piano factory, the movie industry, the Information Age, and a growing list of museums and galleries. Minutes from midtown Manhattan, it is again a magnet for new generations seeking the charms of a small town with the advantages of a great city.
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Title: 'Long Island City' tells a story
Author: Pam Robinson
Publisher: Long Island Literature Examiner
Date: 1/14/2010
Before the Great Consolidation that unified the parts of New York City, several villages and cities operated independently. One of the more vibrant communities is featured in "Long Island City," part of the Postcard History Series from Arcadia Publishing.
Home to the eastern terminus of the 59th Street Bridge, Long Island City has long held an industrial feel. But there's much more to the area. What the Greater Astoria Historical Society has done in this book is preserve and show dozens of picture postcards dating back to about 1905 that capture images of the life, natural environment and people of the community. Along with many cards showing the schools, churches, firehouses and commercial buildings of the area, we also see those showing the trolley cars of the famous Steinway piano company, farms, aerial views of the Triborough Bridge, the el in Astoria, a sanitarium that specialized in treating alcohol and other drug addiction and many more.
One particularly interesting photo shows people standing at the edge of "New York Municipal Airport/La Guardia Field" as planes taxi nearby, an eye-catching difference from the wretched condition of airports these days. The caption notes that children in the 1950s were able to bicycle up to the parked planes and get cookies from the crew.
Long Island City often feels like a place to pass through quickly on the way home to Nassau or Suffolk County but what this book succeeds in doing is pointing out the distinct sense of community LIC has by telling its history.
This particular book is packed with black and white photos, in a serious effort to show life in earlier years and how the area has both remained the same and changed over the decades. It's quite a contribution and a help to those who want to learn more about the community. Authors are Matt LaRose, Stephen Leone and Richard Melnick. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Author: Pam Robinson
Publisher: Long Island Literature Examiner
Date: 1/14/2010
Before the Great Consolidation that unified the parts of New York City, several villages and cities operated independently. One of the more vibrant communities is featured in "Long Island City," part of the Postcard History Series from Arcadia Publishing.
Home to the eastern terminus of the 59th Street Bridge, Long Island City has long held an industrial feel. But there's much more to the area. What the Greater Astoria Historical Society has done in this book is preserve and show dozens of picture postcards dating back to about 1905 that capture images of the life, natural environment and people of the community. Along with many cards showing the schools, churches, firehouses and commercial buildings of the area, we also see those showing the trolley cars of the famous Steinway piano company, farms, aerial views of the Triborough Bridge, the el in Astoria, a sanitarium that specialized in treating alcohol and other drug addiction and many more.
One particularly interesting photo shows people standing at the edge of "New York Municipal Airport/La Guardia Field" as planes taxi nearby, an eye-catching difference from the wretched condition of airports these days. The caption notes that children in the 1950s were able to bicycle up to the parked planes and get cookies from the crew.
Long Island City often feels like a place to pass through quickly on the way home to Nassau or Suffolk County but what this book succeeds in doing is pointing out the distinct sense of community LIC has by telling its history.
This particular book is packed with black and white photos, in a serious effort to show life in earlier years and how the area has both remained the same and changed over the decades. It's quite a contribution and a help to those who want to learn more about the community. Authors are Matt LaRose, Stephen Leone and Richard Melnick. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
About the Author
The Greater Astoria Historical Society is a dynamic group known throughout New York for its vigorous efforts in community preservation, lively programming, and imaginative history articles featured in many publications. Board members Thomas Jackson and Richard Melnick successfully create the defining book on "New York's Other City."
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This book, basically a pictorial, is truly a window into the past of this great and once thriving commerce center. If you are or were a resident of LIC, you'll be surprised by its rich and beautiful past. I think this book is also excellent for any new residents to the area as they will learn what a historical landmark Long Island City is. You also will get the feel of how the industrialization of Queens transformed this small communities tranquil settings into a concerte jungle of factories and warehouses. This book brings great memories of my childhood back to me.
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I have visited Long Island City frequently and wondered what it looked like in the past. This book captures the historical attributes of this area of Astoria, Queens.
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Long Island City emerged 12,000 years ago when the last glacier melted and left on Long Island a 150-foot-deep deposit of rocks and sand scraped from New England. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Long Island City, New York, Hunters Point, East River, Steinway Street, Old Astoria Village, Dutch Kills, Queens Plaza, Vernon Boulevard, Astoria Boulevard, Northern Boulevard, Queens Boulevard, Courtesy Bob Stonehill, Newtown Creek, Hell Gate, Degnon Terminal, Queens County, William Steinway, Bowery Bay, North Beach, Sunnyside Gardens, Sunnyside Railyards, Astoria Park, Halletts Cove, Queensboro Bridge New!
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Long Island City emerged 12,000 years ago when the last glacier melted and left on Long Island a 150-foot-deep deposit of rocks and sand scraped from New England. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Long Island City, New York, Hunters Point, East River, Steinway Street, Old Astoria Village, Dutch Kills, Queens Plaza, Vernon Boulevard, Astoria Boulevard, Northern Boulevard, Queens Boulevard, Courtesy Bob Stonehill, Newtown Creek, Hell Gate, Degnon Terminal, Queens County, William Steinway, Bowery Bay, North Beach, Sunnyside Gardens, Sunnyside Railyards, Astoria Park, Halletts Cove, Queensboro Bridge New!
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