Queens Borough, New York City, 1910-1920; the borough of homes and industry, a descriptive and illustrated book setting forth its wonderful growth and development in commerce, industry and homes during the past ten years ..a prediction of even greater growth during the next ten years ..and a statement of its many advantages, attractions and possibilities as a section wherein to live, to work and to succeed . iie, 2nd Looking Southward from 42nd Street in 1855. New York City 15 6. The Annexation of Adjoining Territory Then again, New York City has grown by certain Acts of the State Legis-lature
Queens Borough, New York City, 1910-1920; the borough of homes and industry, a descriptive and illustrated book setting forth its wonderful growth and development in commerce, industry and homes during the past ten years ..a prediction of even greater growth during the next ten years ..and a statement of its many advantages, attractions and possibilities as a section wherein to live, to work and to succeed . iie, 2nd Looking Southward from 42nd Street in 1855. New York City 15 6. The Annexation of Adjoining Territory Then again, New York City has grown by certain Acts of the State Legis-lature, consoHdating adjoining communities as boroughs of the Greater metropohs grows first by its natural expansion; then leaps forward by addinglarge areas to itself, taking into the city over night many villages and settlements;and, thereupon, proceeds to consolidate its position by filling up the interveningarea with rows of homes, stores and factories. New York City in 1898 absorbed the large areas of Queens, Brooklyn, andRichmond, including as they did a chain of former villages, some of them as oldas Manhattan itself. Today, New York City extends from Long Island Soundto the Atlantic Ocean, stretching across the backbone of Long Island through theBorough of Queens. The old city lines have been abolished and rapid transitextensions are rapidly obliterating all traces of the former city Times Square in Southward from 44th .Street. 16 Chamber of Commerce of the Borough of QueensLong Island City—Old and New
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