30 MAY 2, 2019 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD: THE WAY IT WAS
More spectacular images of our past
BY THE OLD TIMER
EDITORIAL@RIDGEWOODTIMES.COM
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Most of our readers in
Queens and beyond
probably know the thrill
of thumbing through a family
photo album, taking a trip back
in time to reminisce on great
events and people in their lives.
This week, we’re fortunate
to once again open up the photo
album that is the New York City
Municipal Archives and take a
gander at some images of how
Our Neighborhood once looked.
The time range of this week’s
photos starts as early as the
1920s, with the most recent
photo taken in 1979. The amazing
images, in most instances, are
almost difficult to comprehend.
It’s hard for many readers to
believe that the area looked more
rural than urban as recently as
80 years ago.
We’re again grateful to the NYC
Municipal Archives for allowing
us to share these images with
you. The archives contain tens of
thousands of archival images and
documents spanning the decades,
including files from each of
the five Borough President’s
offices and mayors from Fiorello
LaGuardia to Rudolph Giuliani.
You can take a look at the
massive gallery for yourself
onl ine at http: //nycma.
l u n a i m a g i n g . c om/ l u n a /
servlet. Photos are available for
download for a fee.
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If you have any remembrances
or old photographs of “Our
Neighborhood: The Way It Was”
that you would like to share
with our readers, please write
to the Old Timer, c/o Ridgewood
Times, 38-15 Bell Blvd., Bayside,
NY 11361, or send an email to
editorial@ridgewoodtimes.com.
Any print photographs mailed to
us will be carefully returned to
you upon request.
The opening day ceremonies at Engine Company 319, located
at 78-11 67th Road in Middle Village, on Oct. 11, 1930. The
fi rehouse, nicknamed the “Lone Wolf,” remains in service to the
neighborhood and surrounding areas.
If you look carefully at this picture taken on June 27, 1972, you’ll
see a classic car parked along 73rd Place off Penelope Avenue
in Middle Village. Can any of our readers identify it?
A movie poster for the Fox Maspeth Theater, advertising a fl ick starring Gary Cooper,
can be seen on the side of this building along 57th Avenue, looking east at 83rd Street,
in Elmhurst in this image taken on Oct. 3, 1930.
This 1941 photo shows three two-story
brick rowhouses and a frame house along
71st Street off Central Avenue in Glendale.
The building in the background was a
public school torn down and replaced by
a playground.
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