In the early years of the 20th century, Queens County underwent an enormous transformation.
Through vintage photographs being seen by the public for the first time, the five wards of Queens are highlighted for their unique character and history..
Beckoning with the torch of the new century and a bright promise for those who dared to pioneer its urban wilderness, Queens flourished as a community.
Victorian mansions, cookie-cutter row houses, fishing shacks, and beachside bungalows all coexisted next to workplaces and commercial areas.
Forgotten Queens shows New York\'s largest borough between the years 1920 and 1950, when it was adorned with some of the finest model housing and planned communities anywhere in the country.
The Queensboro Bridge of 1909 forever changed the landscape of this primarily rural area into the urban metropolis it is today.
In the early years of the 20th century, Queens County underwent an enormous transformation
