Monthly Archives: December 2013

#14: Chinese Farms in Queens

by CBrooks Posted on December 28, 2013

This rather forbidding industrial complex near 38th St. and Berrian Blvd. in Astoria, Queens, was the site of several Chinese-run farms between the 1880s and about 1915. The farms thrived as the Chinese community of New York grew. During the … Continue reading →

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#13: Forgotten Community of the West 60s

by CBrooks Posted on December 9, 2013

Situated on the southern edge of Manhattan’s Upper West Side, the Lincoln Center performing arts complex is one of the most famous products of midcentury urban renewal. The process of bulldozing the neighborhood began in the 1940s, when the New York … Continue reading →

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Asian American History in NYC

Finding the Asian American Past in the Five Boroughs

Monthly Archives: December 2013

#14: Chinese Farms in Queens

#13: Forgotten Community of the West 60s

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