Discover the Forgotten History of Queens

Nov. 22, 2013 - PRLog -- The newest addition to Arcadia Publishing’s popular Images of America series is Forgotten Queens from local author Kevin Walsh and the Greater Astoria Historical Society. The book boasts more than 200 vintage images of past days in Queens.

In the early years of the 20th century, Queens County underwent an enormous transformation. The Queensboro Bridge of 1909 forever changed the landscape of this primarily rural area into the urban metropolis it is today. Forgotten Queens shows New York’s largest borough between the years 1920 and 1950, when it was adorned with some of the finest model housing and planned communities anywhere in the country. Victorian mansions, cookie-cutter row houses, fishing shacks and beachside bungalows all coexisted next to workplaces and commercial areas. Beckoning with the torch of the new century and a bright promise for those who dared to pioneer its urban wilderness, Queens flourished as a community.

Through vintage photographs being seen by the public for the first time, the five wards of Queens are highlighted for their unique character and history. Five chapters take readers through a journey of the transformations of the five wards.  By allowing visitors and residents alike to glimpse scenes of past days, the book hopes to shed light on the current identity of Queens.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online.

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