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May 1, 2008
Flushing, Queens
Walking Tours
Changing
Ethnicity:
Flushing's
Koreatown
Saturday,
May 10 11am-1pm
Fee: $15
Koreans are the
premiere small
businessmen of
contemporary
immigration.
Their center of
gravity has
migrated away
from Central
Flushing and is
now sprawling
east along
Northern Blvd
and to a "Korean
Village" in the
Murray Hill
area. See
surprising shops
and dozens of
churches. Ends
with lunch
suggestions,
particularly the
new "KFC".
Meet outside St
George's Church
(NW corner
39Av/Main St)
one block north
of #7 Main St (2
blocks north of
LIRR).
Sponsored by
Jack Eichenbaum
Commemorating
the 350th
Anniversary of
the Flushing
Remonstrance 2:
Religious
Freedom in S.
Flushing (South
of the LIRR)
Sunday, May
18, 2008 1-3pm
Fees $10/12 (mem/non-mem.)
In 1657
residents of
Flushing
petitioned the
Dutch colonial
government to
uphold freedom
of conscience
and permit
religious
pluralism.
Today's Flushing
is a remarkable
outcome of this
policy. Every
major religion
in the world has
a substantial
church, mosque
or temple in the
vicinity. We'll
tour some of the
diversity on
foot, visit the
premiere Hindu
Temple and
return via
Flushing's South
Asian commercial
area.
Meets at
Flushing LIbrary
steps, Main St &
Kissena Blvd. (l
block south of
#7 Main St.
station).
Sponsored by
Queens
Historical
Society
For details,
please contact
Jack Eichenbaum
by email at
jaconet@aol.com.
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