ENG 2150 Gimme Shelter: the spaces we live in

The neighborhood that I am writing my paper on, the neighborhood that I have called home for seventeen years is Astoria, what I consider the cultural crossroads of Queens and quite possibly New York. Settled in the early years of New York’s history Astoria has seen waves of immigrant populations settling on her shores. From the earliest Dutch and German to the latest immigrants from the Middle East, Astoria has been home to many different ethnicities. In my final paper I’d like to examine the history of Astoria and the lasting effects that each one of the individual ethnicities have left upon Astoria’s streets. I would also like to give focus to Astoria as it is today, a quaint and quiet neighborhood keeping up with the modern world of today.