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 . Queens Borough has become the Motion Picture Center of the East. Hereare two of the new studios. The $1,000,000 studio of the Famous-Players LaskyCorporation is now being completed. Ground
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 . Queens Borough has become the Motion Picture Center of the East. Hereare two of the new studios. The $1,000,000 studio of the Famous-Players LaskyCorporation is now being completed. Ground will shortly be broken for theSelznick Studios. Other large motion picture studios are also to be The United States Census of manufacturing for 1919, which is now beingcompiled, will not be ready for distribution until 1921 at the earliest. While noattempt will be made here to estimate in advance what the figures will be, it iscertain that they will show the largest increase for any five year period in thehistory of Queens Borough. New York City 93 INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN 1920 Queens Borough today is without doubt developing more rapidly from anindustrial standpoint than any other borough of New York City. It is also oneof the fastest growing industrial communities in the United States. Prior tothe war the fact that one new substantial industry established in Queens eachweek was considered a good record. During 1919 this record was doubled, forat least two new industries located each week in Queens during that year. In1920 and succeeding years a record of one new industry each day will not beconsidered remarkable when all the advantages that Queens Borough has toofTer are unders
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