Friday, September 13, 2002

Ah Flushing, its very name tells it all. I was born in Flushing and have spent a lot of time there, but it has been a while since I went back there. Went with some friends this past Saturday and it hasn't changed much since the last time I was there, but if you were familar with it in its prior life and not been there for 20 years you would be surprised with its appearance now. It still has the Quaker meeting house, said (by an attendant at Flushing Town Hall across Northern) to be the oldest continuous religious meeting house in the US; comment []11:41:49 PM

and the Bowne house. When we were milling around the Bowne House (closed for restoration) we sat on a stone wall that runs close to the sidewalk. A crazed woman came running up the block spewing damnation on us for daring to sit on a historic stone wall. What we could have done to hurt a two foot stone wall of questionable historical value, we still don't know. The woman hurried past us muttering about our desecration and went into the closed Bowne house. I don't know what her role in the restoration is, but I don't think it is in the PR department. comment []11:38:11 PM

But the block that gives definition to the new Flushing is Union Street, both north and south of Northern Blvd. This beautiful block is north of Northern across from Flushing High School. comment []11:36:15 PM