61 • TIMES, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2014 Videos Of 27 Area Dancers Released -CONTINUED FROM PG. 21- and generating visibility and participation,” Dance/NYC Executive Director Lane Harwell said. “The campaign cites Exploring the Metropolis research, which indicates 78 percent of local performance artists prefer to rehearse more in Queens. Videos of the personal statements are now online at the Dance/NYC YouTube channel, at DanceNYC.org and on Twitter with the @DanceNYC and #newyorkersfordance. The Old Timer: Continuing Ride Through Forest Pk. -CONTINUED FROM PG. 27- T Park, .on the southwest corner of Myrtle Avenue and 88th Place; and Sportland (a.k.a. Glendale Schuetzen Park) on the north side of Myrtle Avenue adjacent to 88th Place. The buildings were torn down in August 1933, and the parkway’s construction reduced Forest Park’s acreage from 534 to 508he Interboro Parkway opened in 1935, but within six years’ time, city planners recognized the parkway’s dangerous curves. A 1941 New York City Planning Department report declared, “At two points in the parkway, there are bad curves that are a serious hazard and impair the usefulness of the parkway. While realignment would be difficult because the parkway passes through cemeteries, it is nevertheless urgently necessary.” The Interboro was renovated from time to time in the decades that followed, and speed limits and lane restrictions were instituted along the curves to keep drivers safe. That has not, however, entirely eliminated accidents along the stretch—nor the ensuing traffic jams and rubbernecking. Good news for the Interboro came with a new name in 1997, as the city declared it the Jackie Robinson Parkway, honoring the great Brooklyn Dodger second baseman who broke baseball’s color barrier 50 years earlier. If you have any remembrances or old photographs of Our Neighborhood that you would like to share with our readers, please write to the Old Timer, c/o Times Newsweekly, P.O. Box 863299, Ridgewood, NY 11386, or send an email to neighborhood@timesnewsweekly .com. Any print photographs mailed to us will be carefully returned to you. HUNGER READS THE MORNING PAPER, TOO. 1 IN 6 AMERICANS STRUGGLES WITH HUNGER. TOGETHER WE’RE Hunger is closer than you think. Reach out to your local food bank for ways to do your part. Visit FeedingAmerica.org today.
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