The World’s Borough has had its blue and white, flower-adorned flag unofficially representing the county since 1913. It’s a beautiful but rogue banner with no legal legitimacy behind it. But that may soon change.
Read MoreNow dwarfed by the high-rise office buildings and condos that surround it in Hunters Point, the Long Island City Courthouse may seem little out of place in the neighborhood. But its construction played a vital role in the consolidation of New York City and the founding of Nassau County. Its legacy continues to have major ramifications today.
Read MoreHow did Steinway & Sons end up in Astoria? The answer is tied up in the greater history of the American labor struggle, particularly the emerging union and eight-hour work day workers’ movements of Gilded Age America.
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