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Elmhurst
Elmhurst was first known as Middleburgh, and later as Hastings, when it was established in 1652. Colonists began to refer to Hastings as “new town” in order to distinguish it from Queen’s first and abandoned settlement of Maspeth (established in 1642, abandoned in 1644). In 1683, the name Newtown was officially given to the village and township. In 1896 Cord Meyer jr. successfully rallied to change the town’s name to Elmhurst (meaning “a grove of elms”) in an effort to disassociate his development from the notoriously polluted Newtown Creek.
Places to order old Elmhurst photos
Elmhurst on the web
Labels
- railroad (24)
- Cord Meyer (22)
- Durkee (12)
- fire (9)
- Newtown (6)
- Clement Clarke Moore (4)
- overdevelopment (3)
- questions (3)
- police (2)
- PS89 (1)
- Whitney Avenue (1)
Elmhurst Books
- Elmhurst: from town seat to mega suburb (1995) Vincent F. Seyfried
- The future of us all (1998) Roger Sanjek
Real Estate / Map links
About Me
Things I'm looking for
- Any photos you care to share
- Recollections / photos of Fairyland
- Recollections/photos of the Knickerbocker / Elmhurst Coal and Ice Company
- A photo of the Golden Hour Diner
Send me stuff !!!
Do you have old photos of Elmhurst to share? Send a copy to OldElmhurstNY@hotmail.com and I'll put them up.
Fond memories of 11373? I'll post them too.
Fond memories of 11373? I'll post them too.
1 comment:
i would love this. i'd be able to walk home from the train. There's space for it, maybe $8 congestion fees can go to build it... not likely though
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