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OUR NEIGHBORHOOD: THE WAY IT WAS
This 1928 photo shows the famous “DeWitt Clinton House,”
located near 58th Street and 56th Road in Maspeth and named
for the former New York City mayor and New York State governor
who once lived there. You can see ads for tobacco painted on
the side of the house, which burned fi ve years later.
Did you know that Queens once had signs that pointed you in
the direction of certain neighborhoods? That’s what this Feb.
25, 1931 photo shows with this striped sign pole at the corner
of Queens Boulevard and Grand Avenue in Maspeth.
Long before the modern machinery in use today, it took a horsedrawn
carriage and men to clean up the streets of Queens. This
Aug. 13, 1926 shows one such team at work at the corner of
Queens Boulevard and Woodhaven Avenue (now Boulevard) in
Elmhurst.
Glendale residents will recognize this view of Woodhaven Boulevard
looking south toward the Interboro (now Jackie Robinson) Parkway
overpass, as shown in this Jan. 25, 1939 photo.
At the height of World War II, this patriotic crowd gathered on
58th Road in Maspeth on Aug. 2, 1942 for a public celebration
of the troops. The top of the banner behind them read, “Our
boys in service God bless them.”
Mayor Ed Koch can be seen in this Aug. 22, 1979 image during
his private walk of Ridgewood. At this point, he’s standing on
Flushing Avenue outside the Onderdonk House, located at 1820
Flushing Ave., which became a New York City landmark.
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