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 . ential standpoint, look forward to theconstruction of thousands of apartment houses, detached dwellings and multiplefamily homes in every section of the borough during the next ten years.
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 . ential standpoint, look forward to theconstruction of thousands of apartment houses, detached dwellings and multiplefamily homes in every section of the borough during the next ten years. QueensBorough offers today to the home seeker, the builder and the investor, oppor-tunities far superior to those offered by anv other section of New York. One object of this publication is to impress upon anyone who has not asyet become familiar with the transformation which has taken place in Queensduring the past ten years, that its many new rapid transit lines have now madethe Borough a real integral part of New York City. The territory adjoining the East River, where industrial and commercialestablishments are so rapidly being built and which is served by every rapidtransit line of the city, is the most convenient location for housing those who areemployed in the industrial establishments in Long Island City, and those who areliving today in the congested sections of Manhattan. New Yokk City 113. Moonlight Across the Bay Beginning at Woodside and extending eastward to the City Line at LittleNeck and southward to Jamaica are many high-class residential sections. Stillfurther south is the immense area stretching to Jamaica Bay accessible to allby the rapid transit and electric railroads from Brooklyn and Manhattan. AcrossJamaica Bay is the 10 mile long Rockaway Peninsula fronting on the AtlanticOcean, until recently considered too distant in point of time for all year residence,but now being built up with attractive homes of permanent residents, who canreach their offices in
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