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1. ny.curbed.com › jackson-heights-queens-historyThe transformation of Jackson Heights - Curbed NY

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   Apr 19, 2017 · On the Flushing line’s opening day, April 21, 1917, the New York Times pointed out that from the new elevated tracks, one could see the “splendid apartment house development of the Queensboro ...

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3. www.jhbg.org › resourcesA History of Jackson Heights - JHBG

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   By the 1970s the future of New York City and of Jackson Heights was uncertain. New York City’s fiscal crisis, combined with rising inflation and interest rates that reached a high of 20%, resulted in widespread severe problems for the city. Interest rates began to drop in 1982, though, and a time of economic expansion began.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jackson_Heights,_QueensJackson Heights, Queens - Wikipedia

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   11372 (primary) & 11370 (though often regarded more as part of East Elmhurst) Area codes. 718, 347, 929, and 917. Website. www.jacksonheights.nyc [ link broken ] Jackson Heights is a neighborhood in the northwestern part of the borough of Queens in New York City. Jackson Heights is neighbored by North Corona to the east, Elmhurst to the south ...

5. 6tocelebrate.org › neighborhoods › jackson-heightsJackson Heights - Historic Districts Council's Six to Celebrate

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   History of Housing in New York City, Richard Plunz, page 174-180 (that includes original photos of the La Mesa Verde Apartments) Jackson Heights – A Garden in the City, Daniel Karatzas pages 79-81; Robert A.M. Stern, “The New York Apartment House” Via Volume #4 1980 page 83; Queensboro Magazine November 1925 page 642

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6. eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu › jacksonsightsOverview | Exploring Diversity in Jackson Heights

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   History of Jackson Heights. Organization-Produced Article. Jackson Heights, New York. 7. Kasinitz, Philip, Mohamad Bazzi, and Randal Doane. “Jackson Heights, New York.” Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research 2nd ser. 4 (1998): 161-76. Peopling of NYC 2012. CUNY Macaulay Honors College.

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7. mpcproperties.com › jackson-heights-historyJackson Heights History - MPC Properties

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   Development and Early History of Jackson Heights in Queens, New York The post-Colonial history of Jackson Heights begins with its development from farmland and duck ponds in the early 20th century. Beginning in 1909, Edward A. MacDougall’s Queensboro Corporation and his architects founded and planned, built or allowed to be built, and then controlled Jackson Heights for over 1/3-century.

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   How did Jackson Heights become a colonial city?

   • The post-Colonial history of Jackson Heights begins with its development from farmland and duck ponds in the early 20th century. Beginning in 1909, Edward A. MacDougall’s Queensboro Corporation and his architects founded and planned, built or allowed to be built, and then controlled Jackson Heights for over 1/3-century.

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   When did major development start in Jackson Heights?

   • Major development didn’t really take off in Jackson Heights until 1917, when the elevated IRT Flushing line (today’s 7 train) reached the neighborhood. Through the Queensboro Corporation, MacDougall—who understood that accessible transportation was the key to the area’s success—lobbied to get the stalled subway project off the ground.

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   When did Jackson Heights become a historic district?

   • In 1993 the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to designate roughly 36 blocks of Jackson Heights as a historic district. At the time, Jackson Heights was just the second historic district in Queens, and one of the largest in the city.

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   Where is Jackson Heights New York?

   • Jackson Heights is in Queens Community District 3 and its ZIP Code is 11372. The zip code 11370 is co-named with East Elmhurst. [ 1 ] It is patrolled by the New York City Police Department 's 115th Precinct. [ 5 ] Politically, Jackson Heights is represented by the New York City Council 's 21st and 25th districts. [ 6 ]

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   Who built Jackson Heights?

   • Beginning in 1909, Edward A. MacDougall’s Queensboro Corporation and his architects founded and planned, built or allowed to be built, and then controlled Jackson Heights for over 1/3-century. It is the nation’s first and largest planned cooperative and garden apartment community.

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   When did black people move to Jackson Heights?

   • As early as the 1920s, in Northern cities like New York, as many as three white residents left urban areas for every black person who moved in. Jackson Heights, while technically a part of New York City, was being sold as a suburb—an antidote to urban Manhattan.

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9. history.blog.fordham.eduListening to the History of Jackson Heights, America’s First ...

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   May 24, 2016 · The first centered on the historic character and associated preservation of Jackson Heights. Mainly built between the Two World Wars, the planned community of Jackson Heights had been constructed as a city within a city intended for those commuting to work in Manhattan. Designed and built under the tenets of the Garden Movement, Jackson Heights ...