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SUMMARY:Forgotten NY - Black History Month with Sergey Kadinsky
DESCRIPTION:Black History Month with Forgotten NY\n\nWeeksville Brooklyn\nThere is much to see of Black History …\n. . .\n… but streets\, parks\, and buildings that are renamed for deserving individuals they often lack signage –\n and their stories remain all but unknown.\nThis lecture embraces a Forgotten-NY goal:\nBring Gotham’s hidden Black History back into the public’s eye!\n. . .\nJoin Historian Sergey Kadinsky as he shares his work and research.\n(Sergey is adjunct history professor at Touro College\,\nand a  contributing writer at Forgotten-NY for more than a decade.)\n. . .\nWednesday\, Feb. 23\, Start time: 7 PM !\nFee: $10.00\n(Free for GAHS members\, using promo code emailed to you)\nTo register for the event (via Eventbrite) Tap on this link to open registration form !\nBlack History Month with Forgotten NY!\n 
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/forgotten-ny-black-history-month-with-sergey-kadinksy-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220124T190000
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SUMMARY:Walk Through Ravenswood (Astoria\, Qns.)
DESCRIPTION:Walk Through Ravenswood w/ FNY & GAHS\n\n12th Street looking north between 37th and 36th Avenues (c. 1910)\nThere are many layers of Ravenswood …\n… a past community of mansions\, industry\, and waterfront parks.\nJoin Kevin Walsh of Forgotten NY as he peels back the layers\nof this old village in Long Island City.\nBob Singleton of the Greater Astoria Historical Society\njoins him to discuss historical elements of the area.\nMonday\, Jan. 24\, Start time: 7 PM !\nFee: only $5.00 !\n(Free for GAHS members\, using promo code emailed to you)\nTo register for the event (via Eventbrite) Tap on this link to open registration form !\nRavenswood Tour with F NY & GAHS!\n 
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/walk-through-ravenswood-astoria-qns/
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SUMMARY:Walk Through Ravenswood (Astoria\, Qns.)
DESCRIPTION:Walk Through Ravenswood w/ FNY & GAHS\n\n12th Street looking north between 37th and 36th Avenues (c. 1910)\nThere are many layers of Ravenswood …\n… a past community of mansions\, industry\, and waterfront parks.\nJoin Kevin Walsh of Forgotten NY as he peels back the layers\nof this old village in Long Island City.\nBob Singleton of the Greater Astoria Historical Society\njoins him to discuss historical elements of the area.\nMonday\, Jan. 24\, Start time: 7 PM !\nFee: only $5.00 !\n(Free for GAHS members\, using promo code emailed to you)\nTo register for the event (via Eventbrite) Tap on this link to open registration form !\nRavenswood Tour with F NY & GAHS!\n 
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/walk-through-ravenswood-astoria-qns-2/
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SUMMARY:Walk Through Ravenswood (Astoria\, Qns.)
DESCRIPTION:Walk Through Ravenswood w/ FNY & GAHS\n\n12th Street looking north between 37th and 36th Avenues (c. 1910)\nThere are many layers of Ravenswood …\n… a past community of mansions\, industry\, and waterfront parks.\nJoin Kevin Walsh of Forgotten NY as he peels back the layers\nof this old village in Long Island City.\nBob Singleton of the Greater Astoria Historical Society\njoins him to discuss historical elements of the area.\nMonday\, Jan. 24\, Start time: 7 PM !\nFee: only $5.00 !\n(Free for GAHS members\, using promo code emailed to you)\nTo register for the event (via Eventbrite) Tap on this link to open registration form !\nRavenswood Tour with F NY & GAHS!\n 
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/walk-through-ravenswood-astoria-qns-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20211213T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20211213T203000
DTSTAMP:20260405T120956
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Tom Wilk - Master Beekeeper
DESCRIPTION:Greater Astoria Historical Society Holiday Party \n Please join us for our annual\n‘Tis the Season’\nVirtual Holiday Party\nfor fun and good conversation \nSpecial Guest:  Tom Wilk Founder of Wilk Apiaries \nFounder of the Queens Beekeepers Guild to help beekeepers in Queens  \nCertified Master Beekeeper: Cornell University’s Dyce Labs for Honey Bee Studies.  \nLong Island/New York City region director for the Empire State Honey Producers Association  \nManager of 9 Apiaries – 49 Hives – in Queens\, Nassau\, Ulster\, and Orange Counties.  \n \nLIC ROOTS COMMUNITY GARDEN  \nAlso Special Guests: \nMusical Holiday Performance by\nNatalia “Saw Lady” Paruz \nA reading about a man with a beard…..\nwho could that be??????? \nAnyone who donates at least $25 during the program will be entered into a raffle for a jar  of  \n‘Astoria Honey’ or ‘Long Island City Honey’ from Wilk Apiaries and  \na Musical CD from ‘The Saw Lady. \nRegister here
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/an-evening-with-tom-wilk-master-beekeeper/
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20211213T190000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Tom Wilk - Master Beekeeper
DESCRIPTION:Greater Astoria Historical Society Holiday Party \n Please join us for our annual\n‘Tis the Season’\nVirtual Holiday Party\nfor fun and good conversation \nSpecial Guest:  Tom Wilk Founder of Wilk Apiaries \nFounder of the Queens Beekeepers Guild to help beekeepers in Queens  \nCertified Master Beekeeper: Cornell University’s Dyce Labs for Honey Bee Studies.  \nLong Island/New York City region director for the Empire State Honey Producers Association  \nManager of 9 Apiaries – 49 Hives – in Queens\, Nassau\, Ulster\, and Orange Counties.  \n \nLIC ROOTS COMMUNITY GARDEN  \nAlso Special Guests: \nMusical Holiday Performance by\nNatalia “Saw Lady” Paruz \nA reading about a man with a beard…..\nwho could that be??????? \nAnyone who donates at least $25 during the program will be entered into a raffle for a jar  of  \n‘Astoria Honey’ or ‘Long Island City Honey’ from Wilk Apiaries and  \na Musical CD from ‘The Saw Lady. \nRegister here
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/an-evening-with-tom-wilk-master-beekeeper-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20211213T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20211213T203000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Tom Wilk - Master Beekeeper
DESCRIPTION:Greater Astoria Historical Society Holiday Party \n Please join us for our annual\n‘Tis the Season’\nVirtual Holiday Party\nfor fun and good conversation \nSpecial Guest:  Tom Wilk Founder of Wilk Apiaries \nFounder of the Queens Beekeepers Guild to help beekeepers in Queens  \nCertified Master Beekeeper: Cornell University’s Dyce Labs for Honey Bee Studies.  \nLong Island/New York City region director for the Empire State Honey Producers Association  \nManager of 9 Apiaries – 49 Hives – in Queens\, Nassau\, Ulster\, and Orange Counties.  \n \nLIC ROOTS COMMUNITY GARDEN  \nAlso Special Guests: \nMusical Holiday Performance by\nNatalia “Saw Lady” Paruz \nA reading about a man with a beard…..\nwho could that be??????? \nAnyone who donates at least $25 during the program will be entered into a raffle for a jar  of  \n‘Astoria Honey’ or ‘Long Island City Honey’ from Wilk Apiaries and  \na Musical CD from ‘The Saw Lady. \nRegister here
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/an-evening-with-tom-wilk-master-beekeeper-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211117T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211117T203000
DTSTAMP:20260405T120956
CREATED:20211107T204558Z
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SUMMARY:All the Queens Houses: the highly idiosyncratic housing styles of Queens
DESCRIPTION:The highly idiosyncratic housing styles of Queens!\nThe borough of Queens has long been celebrated as the melting pot of America. Over a million foreign-born residents call it home\, yet its houses are relatively unknown.  This first comprehensive publication features over two-hundred images of highly idiosyncratic residential structures that characterize the global building aesthetic of Queens. \nBetween 2013 and 2020\, Spanish-born architect and artist Rafael Herrin-Ferri made these buildings the subject of a seven-year block-by-block photo survey project. \nFrontal\, New Objective-style house portraits are accompanied by interpretive texts revealing a colorful history of alterations and architectural references\, while full-page detail shots and street perspectives reflect the “World’s Borough” from a personal and pedestrian point of view. \nHosted by: Steve Vazquez\, founder of Queenscapes – Trustee Astoria Historical Society \nClick Here to get a ticket for the event!
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/all-the-queens-houses-the-highly-idiosyncratic-housing-styles-of-queens/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211117T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211117T203000
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SUMMARY:All the Queens Houses: the highly idiosyncratic housing styles of Queens
DESCRIPTION:The highly idiosyncratic housing styles of Queens!\nThe borough of Queens has long been celebrated as the melting pot of America. Over a million foreign-born residents call it home\, yet its houses are relatively unknown.  This first comprehensive publication features over two-hundred images of highly idiosyncratic residential structures that characterize the global building aesthetic of Queens. \nBetween 2013 and 2020\, Spanish-born architect and artist Rafael Herrin-Ferri made these buildings the subject of a seven-year block-by-block photo survey project. \nFrontal\, New Objective-style house portraits are accompanied by interpretive texts revealing a colorful history of alterations and architectural references\, while full-page detail shots and street perspectives reflect the “World’s Borough” from a personal and pedestrian point of view. \nHosted by: Steve Vazquez\, founder of Queenscapes – Trustee Astoria Historical Society \nClick Here to get a ticket for the event!
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/all-the-queens-houses-the-highly-idiosyncratic-housing-styles-of-queens-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211117T190000
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SUMMARY:All the Queens Houses: the highly idiosyncratic housing styles of Queens
DESCRIPTION:The highly idiosyncratic housing styles of Queens!\nThe borough of Queens has long been celebrated as the melting pot of America. Over a million foreign-born residents call it home\, yet its houses are relatively unknown.  This first comprehensive publication features over two-hundred images of highly idiosyncratic residential structures that characterize the global building aesthetic of Queens. \nBetween 2013 and 2020\, Spanish-born architect and artist Rafael Herrin-Ferri made these buildings the subject of a seven-year block-by-block photo survey project. \nFrontal\, New Objective-style house portraits are accompanied by interpretive texts revealing a colorful history of alterations and architectural references\, while full-page detail shots and street perspectives reflect the “World’s Borough” from a personal and pedestrian point of view. \nHosted by: Steve Vazquez\, founder of Queenscapes – Trustee Astoria Historical Society \nClick Here to get a ticket for the event!
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/all-the-queens-houses-the-highly-idiosyncratic-housing-styles-of-queens-3/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211111T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211111T210000
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SUMMARY:Prospect Park with Forgotten NY
DESCRIPTION:  \nProspect Park with Forgotten NY\nProspect Park is hardly Forgotten: \nmillions use it to relax\, play ball\, stroll\, take in the sun.\nBut there are plenty of nooks and crannies in the park that is unknown to all but the connoisseurs. \n \nCome with Kevin Walsh and Forgotten NY in association with the Greater Astoria Historical Society which answers questions few have raised such as: \nWhat does the Maryland Monument commemorate? \nWhere is New York City’s only public compost toilet? \nWhat is a camera obscura and what building in the park has a direct connection to the Gowanus Canal? \n Find out these and other fun park facts on Thursday\, November 11 at 7 PM!\nClick here to get a ticket for the Event!
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/prospect-park-with-forgotten-ny/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211111T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211111T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T120956
CREATED:20211106T212458Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211106T212458Z
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SUMMARY:Prospect Park with Forgotten NY
DESCRIPTION:  \nProspect Park with Forgotten NY\nProspect Park is hardly Forgotten: \nmillions use it to relax\, play ball\, stroll\, take in the sun.\nBut there are plenty of nooks and crannies in the park that is unknown to all but the connoisseurs. \n \nCome with Kevin Walsh and Forgotten NY in association with the Greater Astoria Historical Society which answers questions few have raised such as: \nWhat does the Maryland Monument commemorate? \nWhere is New York City’s only public compost toilet? \nWhat is a camera obscura and what building in the park has a direct connection to the Gowanus Canal? \n Find out these and other fun park facts on Thursday\, November 11 at 7 PM!\nClick here to get a ticket for the Event!
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/prospect-park-with-forgotten-ny-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211111T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211111T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T120956
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LAST-MODIFIED:20211106T212458Z
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SUMMARY:Prospect Park with Forgotten NY
DESCRIPTION:  \nProspect Park with Forgotten NY\nProspect Park is hardly Forgotten: \nmillions use it to relax\, play ball\, stroll\, take in the sun.\nBut there are plenty of nooks and crannies in the park that is unknown to all but the connoisseurs. \n \nCome with Kevin Walsh and Forgotten NY in association with the Greater Astoria Historical Society which answers questions few have raised such as: \nWhat does the Maryland Monument commemorate? \nWhere is New York City’s only public compost toilet? \nWhat is a camera obscura and what building in the park has a direct connection to the Gowanus Canal? \n Find out these and other fun park facts on Thursday\, November 11 at 7 PM!\nClick here to get a ticket for the Event!
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/prospect-park-with-forgotten-ny-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211025T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211025T203000
DTSTAMP:20260405T120956
CREATED:20211014T221219Z
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SUMMARY:A Halloween Tour of the Cemetary Belt
DESCRIPTION:A Halloween Tour of the Cemetary Belt\n \nOnly the brave should join us on a virtual tour of the Queens Cemetery Belt.\n\nThomas Wolfe wrote\, “Only the Dead Know Brooklyn\,” but he must not have spent much time in Queens. This tour will take you to the Cemetery Belt – the great burial grounds of more than five million people\, including everyone from Mae West to confederate soldiers.\n\nWe’ll also visit Machpelah Cemetery\, the final resting place (or is it?) of Harry Houdini\, do some spelunking to get into Bayside’s old Lawrence Cemetery\, see the acid-washed faces of the angels of Calvary Cemetery\, and visit Louis Armstrong at Flushing Cemetery.\n\nThe tour will be led by Heather Quinlan\, board member of the Greater Astoria Historical Society\, who is currently directing the documentary “This Is a Cemetery\,” about a paved-over cemetery in Staten Island.\n\nClick here to attend the event
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/a-halloween-tour-of-the-cemetary-belt/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211025T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211025T203000
DTSTAMP:20260405T120956
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SUMMARY:A Halloween Tour of the Cemetary Belt
DESCRIPTION:A Halloween Tour of the Cemetary Belt\n \nOnly the brave should join us on a virtual tour of the Queens Cemetery Belt.\n\nThomas Wolfe wrote\, “Only the Dead Know Brooklyn\,” but he must not have spent much time in Queens. This tour will take you to the Cemetery Belt – the great burial grounds of more than five million people\, including everyone from Mae West to confederate soldiers.\n\nWe’ll also visit Machpelah Cemetery\, the final resting place (or is it?) of Harry Houdini\, do some spelunking to get into Bayside’s old Lawrence Cemetery\, see the acid-washed faces of the angels of Calvary Cemetery\, and visit Louis Armstrong at Flushing Cemetery.\n\nThe tour will be led by Heather Quinlan\, board member of the Greater Astoria Historical Society\, who is currently directing the documentary “This Is a Cemetery\,” about a paved-over cemetery in Staten Island.\n\nClick here to attend the event
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/a-halloween-tour-of-the-cemetary-belt-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211025T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211025T203000
DTSTAMP:20260405T120956
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SUMMARY:A Halloween Tour of the Cemetary Belt
DESCRIPTION:A Halloween Tour of the Cemetary Belt\n \nOnly the brave should join us on a virtual tour of the Queens Cemetery Belt.\n\nThomas Wolfe wrote\, “Only the Dead Know Brooklyn\,” but he must not have spent much time in Queens. This tour will take you to the Cemetery Belt – the great burial grounds of more than five million people\, including everyone from Mae West to confederate soldiers.\n\nWe’ll also visit Machpelah Cemetery\, the final resting place (or is it?) of Harry Houdini\, do some spelunking to get into Bayside’s old Lawrence Cemetery\, see the acid-washed faces of the angels of Calvary Cemetery\, and visit Louis Armstrong at Flushing Cemetery.\n\nThe tour will be led by Heather Quinlan\, board member of the Greater Astoria Historical Society\, who is currently directing the documentary “This Is a Cemetery\,” about a paved-over cemetery in Staten Island.\n\nClick here to attend the event
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/a-halloween-tour-of-the-cemetary-belt-3/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211018T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211018T203000
DTSTAMP:20260405T120956
CREATED:20210923T211509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210923T211509Z
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SUMMARY:Civil Rights on Long Island
DESCRIPTION:Civil Rights on Long Island\nLong Island has been in the corridors of almost all major turning points of American history\, but Long Island has been overlooked as a battleground of the civil rights movement.\n \nChristopher Verga is a local historian and American history lecturer at Suffolk County Community College. Christopher utilized images from local historical societies\, private collections\, and the African American Museum of Nassau County to create a narrative of civil rights challenges and triumphs. These photographed defining moments have become a testament to the future of an increasingly diverse suburb. \nSince early colonization by the English settlers in the 17th century\, the shadow of slavery has bequeathed a racial caste system that has directly or indirectly been enforced. During World War II\, every member of society was asked to participate in ending tyranny within European and Asian borders. Homeward-bound black soldiers expected a societal change in race relations; instead\, they found the same racial barriers they experienced prior to the war. They were refused homes in developments such as Levittown\, denied mortgages\, and had their children face limited educational opportunities. Collective efforts from organizations such as Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) employed civil disobedience as a tactic to fracture racial barriers. \nClick here to get a ticket for the event
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/civil-rights-on-long-island/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211018T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211018T203000
DTSTAMP:20260405T120956
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SUMMARY:Civil Rights on Long Island
DESCRIPTION:Civil Rights on Long Island\nLong Island has been in the corridors of almost all major turning points of American history\, but Long Island has been overlooked as a battleground of the civil rights movement.\n \nChristopher Verga is a local historian and American history lecturer at Suffolk County Community College. Christopher utilized images from local historical societies\, private collections\, and the African American Museum of Nassau County to create a narrative of civil rights challenges and triumphs. These photographed defining moments have become a testament to the future of an increasingly diverse suburb. \nSince early colonization by the English settlers in the 17th century\, the shadow of slavery has bequeathed a racial caste system that has directly or indirectly been enforced. During World War II\, every member of society was asked to participate in ending tyranny within European and Asian borders. Homeward-bound black soldiers expected a societal change in race relations; instead\, they found the same racial barriers they experienced prior to the war. They were refused homes in developments such as Levittown\, denied mortgages\, and had their children face limited educational opportunities. Collective efforts from organizations such as Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) employed civil disobedience as a tactic to fracture racial barriers. \nClick here to get a ticket for the event
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/civil-rights-on-long-island-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211018T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211018T203000
DTSTAMP:20260405T120956
CREATED:20210923T211509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210923T211509Z
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SUMMARY:Civil Rights on Long Island
DESCRIPTION:Civil Rights on Long Island\nLong Island has been in the corridors of almost all major turning points of American history\, but Long Island has been overlooked as a battleground of the civil rights movement.\n \nChristopher Verga is a local historian and American history lecturer at Suffolk County Community College. Christopher utilized images from local historical societies\, private collections\, and the African American Museum of Nassau County to create a narrative of civil rights challenges and triumphs. These photographed defining moments have become a testament to the future of an increasingly diverse suburb. \nSince early colonization by the English settlers in the 17th century\, the shadow of slavery has bequeathed a racial caste system that has directly or indirectly been enforced. During World War II\, every member of society was asked to participate in ending tyranny within European and Asian borders. Homeward-bound black soldiers expected a societal change in race relations; instead\, they found the same racial barriers they experienced prior to the war. They were refused homes in developments such as Levittown\, denied mortgages\, and had their children face limited educational opportunities. Collective efforts from organizations such as Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) employed civil disobedience as a tactic to fracture racial barriers. \nClick here to get a ticket for the event
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/civil-rights-on-long-island-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211017T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211017T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T120956
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SUMMARY:Open House NY - A Virtural Tour of the Steinway Mansion
DESCRIPTION:Open House NY – A Virtural Tour of the Steinway Mansion\nHome to renowned piano manufacturer William Steinway and his family\, this grand Italianate villa overlooking Bowery Bay was the center of a thriving model community and commercial district and the birthplace of urban development ideas that influence the city today.\n\n  \nHome to renowned piano manufacturer William Steinway and his family\, this grand Italianate villa overlooking Bowery Bay was the center of a thriving model community and commercial district and the birthplace of urban development ideas that influence the city today. \nSteinway moved his piano factory to Queens from Manhattan in 1870 and built a town for local workers\, including an amusement park\, a library (which became the Queens Public Library)\, and electrified trolley lines (which formed the basis for the MTA’s bus lines). Steinway headed the commission that planned the NYC subway in the 1890s\, and through his Steinway Hall\, a premier concert venue helped establish musical education standards for conservatories around the world. The mansion was one of the first buildings designated as a landmark following the passage of NYC’s landmarks law in 1966. \nOn this virtual tour\, see the mansion’s interior rooms and dramatic halls\, and learn about its past and future. \nThe tour will be led by Bob Singleton\, Executive Director of the Greater Astoria Historial Society\, see bio below. \nBIO\nBob Singleton is the Executive Director of the Greater Astoria Historical Society which covers Long Island City\, New York’s third city. \nFor  more information go to Open House New York’s \n  \nClick here to join the event
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SUMMARY:Open House NY - A Virtural Tour of the Steinway Mansion
DESCRIPTION:Open House NY – A Virtural Tour of the Steinway Mansion\nHome to renowned piano manufacturer William Steinway and his family\, this grand Italianate villa overlooking Bowery Bay was the center of a thriving model community and commercial district and the birthplace of urban development ideas that influence the city today.\n\n  \nHome to renowned piano manufacturer William Steinway and his family\, this grand Italianate villa overlooking Bowery Bay was the center of a thriving model community and commercial district and the birthplace of urban development ideas that influence the city today. \nSteinway moved his piano factory to Queens from Manhattan in 1870 and built a town for local workers\, including an amusement park\, a library (which became the Queens Public Library)\, and electrified trolley lines (which formed the basis for the MTA’s bus lines). Steinway headed the commission that planned the NYC subway in the 1890s\, and through his Steinway Hall\, a premier concert venue helped establish musical education standards for conservatories around the world. The mansion was one of the first buildings designated as a landmark following the passage of NYC’s landmarks law in 1966. \nOn this virtual tour\, see the mansion’s interior rooms and dramatic halls\, and learn about its past and future. \nThe tour will be led by Bob Singleton\, Executive Director of the Greater Astoria Historial Society\, see bio below. \nBIO\nBob Singleton is the Executive Director of the Greater Astoria Historical Society which covers Long Island City\, New York’s third city. \nFor  more information go to Open House New York’s \n  \nClick here to join the event
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/open-house-ny-a-virtural-tour-of-the-steinway-mansion-2/
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SUMMARY:Open House NY - A Virtural Tour of the Steinway Mansion
DESCRIPTION:Open House NY – A Virtural Tour of the Steinway Mansion\nHome to renowned piano manufacturer William Steinway and his family\, this grand Italianate villa overlooking Bowery Bay was the center of a thriving model community and commercial district and the birthplace of urban development ideas that influence the city today.\n\n  \nHome to renowned piano manufacturer William Steinway and his family\, this grand Italianate villa overlooking Bowery Bay was the center of a thriving model community and commercial district and the birthplace of urban development ideas that influence the city today. \nSteinway moved his piano factory to Queens from Manhattan in 1870 and built a town for local workers\, including an amusement park\, a library (which became the Queens Public Library)\, and electrified trolley lines (which formed the basis for the MTA’s bus lines). Steinway headed the commission that planned the NYC subway in the 1890s\, and through his Steinway Hall\, a premier concert venue helped establish musical education standards for conservatories around the world. The mansion was one of the first buildings designated as a landmark following the passage of NYC’s landmarks law in 1966. \nOn this virtual tour\, see the mansion’s interior rooms and dramatic halls\, and learn about its past and future. \nThe tour will be led by Bob Singleton\, Executive Director of the Greater Astoria Historial Society\, see bio below. \nBIO\nBob Singleton is the Executive Director of the Greater Astoria Historical Society which covers Long Island City\, New York’s third city. \nFor  more information go to Open House New York’s \n  \nClick here to join the event
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/open-house-ny-a-virtural-tour-of-the-steinway-mansion-3/
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SUMMARY:Historic Houses of Queens
DESCRIPTION:Historic Houses of Queens\nQueens\, New York\, boasts a rich history that includes dozens of poorly publicized but historically impressive houses.\n \nA mix of farmsteads\, mansions\, seaside escapes\, and architecturally significant community dwellings\, these homes were owned by America’s forefathers\, nouveau riche industrialists\, Wall Street tycoons\, and prominent African American entertainers from the Jazz Age. Rufus King\, a senator and the youngest signer of the US Constitution\, operated a large family farm in Jamaica\, while piano manufacturer extraordinaire William Steinway lived in a 27-room\, granite and bluestone Italianate villa in Astoria. Local musicians include Louis Armstrong\, Count Basie\, James Brown\, Ella Fitzgerald\, and Lena Horne. Through more than 200 photographs\, Historic Houses of Queens explores the borough’s most notable residences—their architecture\, owners\, surrounding neighborhoods\, peculiarities\, and even their fates as some vanished due to financial problems or fires. \nClick here to get a ticket for the event
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/historic-houses-of-queens/
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SUMMARY:Historic Houses of Queens
DESCRIPTION:Historic Houses of Queens\nQueens\, New York\, boasts a rich history that includes dozens of poorly publicized but historically impressive houses.\n \nA mix of farmsteads\, mansions\, seaside escapes\, and architecturally significant community dwellings\, these homes were owned by America’s forefathers\, nouveau riche industrialists\, Wall Street tycoons\, and prominent African American entertainers from the Jazz Age. Rufus King\, a senator and the youngest signer of the US Constitution\, operated a large family farm in Jamaica\, while piano manufacturer extraordinaire William Steinway lived in a 27-room\, granite and bluestone Italianate villa in Astoria. Local musicians include Louis Armstrong\, Count Basie\, James Brown\, Ella Fitzgerald\, and Lena Horne. Through more than 200 photographs\, Historic Houses of Queens explores the borough’s most notable residences—their architecture\, owners\, surrounding neighborhoods\, peculiarities\, and even their fates as some vanished due to financial problems or fires. \nClick here to get a ticket for the event
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/historic-houses-of-queens-2/
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SUMMARY:Historic Houses of Queens
DESCRIPTION:Historic Houses of Queens\nQueens\, New York\, boasts a rich history that includes dozens of poorly publicized but historically impressive houses.\n \nA mix of farmsteads\, mansions\, seaside escapes\, and architecturally significant community dwellings\, these homes were owned by America’s forefathers\, nouveau riche industrialists\, Wall Street tycoons\, and prominent African American entertainers from the Jazz Age. Rufus King\, a senator and the youngest signer of the US Constitution\, operated a large family farm in Jamaica\, while piano manufacturer extraordinaire William Steinway lived in a 27-room\, granite and bluestone Italianate villa in Astoria. Local musicians include Louis Armstrong\, Count Basie\, James Brown\, Ella Fitzgerald\, and Lena Horne. Through more than 200 photographs\, Historic Houses of Queens explores the borough’s most notable residences—their architecture\, owners\, surrounding neighborhoods\, peculiarities\, and even their fates as some vanished due to financial problems or fires. \nClick here to get a ticket for the event
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/historic-houses-of-queens-3/
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210909T203000
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SUMMARY:City Island
DESCRIPTION:City Island\nCity Island is chock full of antique shops\, art galleries\, and seafood restaurants\, most of them arrayed along City Island Avenue.\n \nLocated on a spit of an island in Eastchester Bay in the extreme northeast Bronx\, City Island is a transplanted New England fishing village seemingly beamed into the New York Metropolitan area. City Island was privately owned\, first by the Pell family and then by the Palmer family\, from 1654 until it became a part of the town of Pelham\, in Westchester County\, in 1819. The island became a part of New York City in 1895. City Island Avenue is a street grid is arranged much like a fish skeleton\, with City Island Avenue the spine and the 24 streets intersecting it as the bones\, making exploration on foot easy. \n\nClick here to get a ticket for the event
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/city-island/
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SUMMARY:City Island
DESCRIPTION:City Island\nCity Island is chock full of antique shops\, art galleries\, and seafood restaurants\, most of them arrayed along City Island Avenue.\n \nLocated on a spit of an island in Eastchester Bay in the extreme northeast Bronx\, City Island is a transplanted New England fishing village seemingly beamed into the New York Metropolitan area. City Island was privately owned\, first by the Pell family and then by the Palmer family\, from 1654 until it became a part of the town of Pelham\, in Westchester County\, in 1819. The island became a part of New York City in 1895. City Island Avenue is a street grid is arranged much like a fish skeleton\, with City Island Avenue the spine and the 24 streets intersecting it as the bones\, making exploration on foot easy. \n\nClick here to get a ticket for the event
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/city-island-2/
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SUMMARY:City Island
DESCRIPTION:City Island\nCity Island is chock full of antique shops\, art galleries\, and seafood restaurants\, most of them arrayed along City Island Avenue.\n \nLocated on a spit of an island in Eastchester Bay in the extreme northeast Bronx\, City Island is a transplanted New England fishing village seemingly beamed into the New York Metropolitan area. City Island was privately owned\, first by the Pell family and then by the Palmer family\, from 1654 until it became a part of the town of Pelham\, in Westchester County\, in 1819. The island became a part of New York City in 1895. City Island Avenue is a street grid is arranged much like a fish skeleton\, with City Island Avenue the spine and the 24 streets intersecting it as the bones\, making exploration on foot easy. \n\nClick here to get a ticket for the event
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/city-island-3/
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SUMMARY:LIC Gantry Lecture
DESCRIPTION:LIC Gantry Lecture\nThe Backstory of the Long Island City Gantries with Bob Singleton\, Exec Dir Greater Astoria Historical Society\n \nBefore the Hell Gate Bridge opened in 1917\, New York’s topography\, which gave it extraordinary water access\, also made Long Island (including Queens and Brooklyn) inaccessible to the national rail grid. \nJoin Bob Singleton for the story of Long Island City’s gantries with lift bridges\, which accepted cargo-laden rail cars that were shuttled around New York’s harbor and waterways on car floats\, and knit the harbor’s rail network together. \nClick here to get a ticket for the event
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/lic-gantry-lecture/
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SUMMARY:LIC Gantry Lecture
DESCRIPTION:LIC Gantry Lecture\nThe Backstory of the Long Island City Gantries with Bob Singleton\, Exec Dir Greater Astoria Historical Society\n \nBefore the Hell Gate Bridge opened in 1917\, New York’s topography\, which gave it extraordinary water access\, also made Long Island (including Queens and Brooklyn) inaccessible to the national rail grid. \nJoin Bob Singleton for the story of Long Island City’s gantries with lift bridges\, which accepted cargo-laden rail cars that were shuttled around New York’s harbor and waterways on car floats\, and knit the harbor’s rail network together. \nClick here to get a ticket for the event
URL:https://wordpress.formworkstudios.com/event/lic-gantry-lecture-2/
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