http://www.ny1.com/content/130808/first-presbyterian-church-of-newtown-reaches-out-to-community
Some measures to boost funding for a restoration include holding periodic concerts with a free will offering, and nominating the site for status on the State & National Register of Historic Places, but the site's future and historic beauty relies on the public. Any donation would be much appreciated.
To help restore this site which has roots to 17th century Newtown, donations to can be sent by check to:
First Presbyterian Church of Newtown Building Fund
54-05 Seabury St, Elmhurst, NY 11373.
("Building Fund" must be noted on the check.)
Dec 10 Posting: Christmas Concert Fundraiser For Restoration, Photos, & The Church's Significance
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| A rare glimpse of rural Queens Boulevard with the First Presbyterian Church of Newtown & humble frame houses. The church's original huge steeple doubled the height of the building, and was sacrificed during its move in 1924, when Queens Boulevard was widened to its present width. ~ Courtesy of the Michael Perlman Postcard Collection. |
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Marjorie Melikian and Michael Perlman, congratulations on a great job on NY 1. I hope you raise the money that is needed. I pass by this church often. It is always a beauty and has to be brought back to its glory.
ReplyDeleteErnest Slyman's "The Book of Queens" portrays the New York borough in new light. The work draws its unique perspective from humor and extended prose metaphor. The book is online at www.ernestslyman.com
ReplyDeleteDisclosures By The Borough Of Queens On A Beautiful Spring Day
Who am I?
I am the borough of Queens.
I am a melody the wind sings in maple trees.
I am warbling birds, waking to morning light,
I am cicadas chattering at dusk.
I am the place where you live.
I am more than shops and streets.
More than taxis, trains and buses.
More than people. More than airports.
More than schools and universities.
I am more than a place.
I am a spirit. I am full of dreams. I shine.
I am large.
---------
Every day I eat five hundred hotdogs, hamburgers,
a few hundred pounds of spaghetti. Chow mein,
chop suey, egg foo young. I have a large appetite.
I can't help myself. I did my loosen my belt a notch or two.
Last week I ate three thousand chocolate cakes,
two thousand cheese cakes, four thousand doughnuts,
three thousand chocolate chip cookies,
almost as many apple and cherry pies.
Five thousand ice cream cones.
Love those sprinkles.
Four thousand pastrami sandwiches. Three thousand knishes,
seven thousand bowls of chicken soup and nine thousand bagels.
I am a prodigious eater of peas, carrots, broccoli, asparagus.
Last year I consumed there hundred thousand baked potatoes.
Though I also enjoy them mashed with gravy.
I always clean my plate.
I'm a big eater. Yesterday for breakfast
I ate two hundred thousand scrambled eggs.
Drank over a million cups of coffee.
Almost as many glasses of orange juice.
Would have had more. But I am on a diet.
Got to watch my waistline. It is reaching
a circumference that eclipses my boundaries.
Ernest Slyman's "The Book of Queens" portrays the New York borough in new light. The work draws its unique perspective from humor and extended prose metaphor. The book is online at www.ernestslyman.com
Disclosures By The Borough Of Queens On A Beautiful Spring Day
Who am I?
I am the borough of Queens.
I am a melody the wind sings in maple trees.
I am warbling birds, waking to morning light,
I am cicadas chattering at dusk.
I am the place where you live.
I am more than shops and streets.
More than taxis, trains and buses.
More than people. More than airports.
More than schools and universities.
I am more than a place.
I am a spirit. I am full of dreams. I shine.
I am large.
---------
Every day I eat five hundred hotdogs, hamburgers,
a few hundred pounds of spaghetti. Chow mein,
chop suey, egg foo young. I have a large appetite.
I can't help myself. I did my loosen my belt a notch or two.
Last week I ate three thousand chocolate cakes,
two thousand cheese cakes, four thousand doughnuts,
three thousand chocolate chip cookies,
almost as many apple and cherry pies.
Five thousand ice cream cones.
Love those sprinkles.
Four thousand pastrami sandwiches. Three thousand knishes,
seven thousand bowls of chicken soup and nine thousand bagels.
I am a prodigious eater of peas, carrots, broccoli, asparagus.
Last year I consumed there hundred thousand baked potatoes.
Though I also enjoy them mashed with gravy.
I always clean my plate.
I'm a big eater. Yesterday for breakfast
I ate two hundred thousand scrambled eggs.
Drank over a million cups of coffee.
Almost as many glasses of orange juice.
Would have had more. But I am on a diet.
Got to watch my waistline. It is reaching
a circumference that eclipses my boundaries.