Forest Hills / Nicholas Hirshon ; foreword by Ray Romano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hirshon, Nicholas., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic buildings--New York (State)--New York--Pictorial works.

Historic buildings.

Forest Hills (New York, N.Y.)--Biography--Pictorial works.

Forest Hills (New York, N.Y.).

Forest Hills (New York, N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Pictorial works.

Forest Hills (New York, N.Y.)--History--Pictorial works.

Forest Hills (New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, map, portraits.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2013]

Summary:

Forest Hills grew out of an experiment--the transformation of 142 undeveloped acres into America's first garden city. From the early renderings of 1909 came a "fairy-book suburb," as Sinclair Lewis wrote, with architecture that was inspired by medieval villages. The success of the community bred development of homes, churches, and businesses on nearby plots. Forest Hills landed the most prestigious tennis tournament in the country. Theodore Roosevelt visited. Helen Keller moved inches Only generations later would the peace shatter when residents viciously protested a historic proposal for public housing.

Contents:

Improbable choice for tennis

A movie palace of their own

Dark dawn of the subway

Broiling over public housing.

OCLC:

882274409