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Historic Tales of Long Island City

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Legends of LIC
Long Island City may be one of New York's fastest growing neighborhoods, but it already has an incredible history within the Big Apple. DeWitt Clinton lived in a mansion off Newtown Creek and is credited with bringing the "Inland Empire" to the "Empire City" by spearheading the construction of the Erie canal, connecting America's heartland to New York's economic hub. William Steinway saw Astoria as the perfect blank canvas to build his groundbreaking "Steinway Settlement," including a waterfront park, public bathhouse, housing, a family mansion and a new factory to build his world-renowned pianos. The neighborhood has been a center of innovation, with Chester Carlson's lab as the site of the first photocopy. And the Sony company launched dozens of pioneering transistor-based products from Sunnyside's Van Dam street.
Join the Greater Astoria Historical Society as they present historic tales from Long Island City.


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The Greater Astoria Historical Society, founded in 1985, is the place to learn about Long Island City and its neighborhoods. Through education programs, exhibitions, special events and its collections, it offers a chance to connect with the heritage of Queens. It focuses on the neighborhoods of the independent city of Long Island City (1870-1898): Steinway, Astoria Village, Ravenswood, Dutch Kills, Hunters Point, Sunnyside and Blissville.


Product details

Authors Greater Astoria Historical Society, Greater Astoria Hist Soc (A)
Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)
 
Content Book
Product form Paperback / Softback
Publication date 20.06.2022
Subject Humanities, art, music > History
Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
 
EAN 9781467149631
ISBN 978-1-4671-4963-1
Pages 192
Dimensions (packing) 15.2 x 22.7 x 1.1 cm
Weight (packing) 431 g
 
Series American Chronicles
Subjects BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
History - U.S.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
 

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