The Voice of the Queensborough Preservation League

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Spring 1997

Rob't Singleton, Editor

Vol. 3, No. 1 Parts 1 & 2

The Queensborough Preservation League

A coalition of organizations and individuals united to preserve the architecture, history and quality of life in Queens, New York

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If the preservation movement is to be successful, it must go beyond saving bricks and mortar. It must be beyond saving an occasional historic house and opening museums. It must be more than a cult of antiquarians. It must attempt to give a sense of orientation to our society, using structures and objects of the past to establish values of time and place ...

Special Committee on Historic Preservation

United States Conference of Mayors 1966

Table of Contents

Part 1

• President's Report by Dr. Jeffrey Kroessler
• Dear Friend of Queens Preservation
• An Open Letter to Alyse Fink, Dept. of Buildings by Ivn Mrakovic
• Is Claire Shulman a Preservationist?
  • Letter to the Editor, Flushing Times by Hon. Claire Shulman
  • Letter to the Editor, Flushing Times by Jerry Rotondi
• Ft. Totten: "Such work our descendants will thank us for ..." by Benjamin Haber
• Ft. Totten Forum: Pro & Con
  • Letter to the Editor, Queens Courier by Dr. Jeffrey Kroessler
  • Letter to Queensborough Preservation League by Hon. Claire Shulman
• They Vote in Queens, Don't They from Queens Courier, Feb. 10, 1997
• A People's Proposal for Ft. Totten by Ray Beckerman
• Preservation Alerts by Paul Graziano
  • Whitestone
  • Jackson Heights - East Elmhurst
• LPC Ovewrhauling Violations Procedure by Jeffrey Saunders
• The Illegal Conversion of Private Homes by Dan Karatzas
• RKO Keith's: th Last Picture Show? by Cheshire Frager
• News or Agenda? from Norimitsu Onishi's "After the Last Picture Show, from NYTimes, 1/17/97

Part 2

• Preservation In-Basket
• Queens Organizations on Info Highway by Arthur Rojas
• St. James Church of Newtown by James Driscoll
• Paths to the Past by Stanley Cogan
• Cultural Medallions by Barbara Diamondstein-Spielvogel
• Queensmark Program
• What Landmark Designation Means from the New York City Landmark Preservation Commission
• Landmark Designation Improves Property Values by Arthur Ziegler, Jr.
• Landmark Designated Douglaston by Kevin Wolfe
• Preservation in College Poit: Is it still possible? by Susan Brustmann
• Boulevard Gardens by Mary O'Hara
• Call to Action: What A Battle Plan Includes

Go to Preserve & Protect

last rev. 7/20/97
by David Goldfarb