Sunday, July 1, 2007

The Queens of old

From Bob Bobster:

Thought you'd like to see this photo of Queens Blvd. in 1922...

...and a photo of the Rockaway Boardwalk, circa 1900:

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

We the minority of maspeth and Middle Village think this is how our area should look today. The only thing misssing are more parks.

Anonymous said...

I wonder where exactly each one was taken. Amazing stuff.

Anonymous said...

Turnstiles in subways look a little like this nostalgic windmill, and would resemble it even more if they were knocked down. So let's hop to it, in anticipation of that whopping fare hike the MTA has proposed...