In 1950s: A beautiful drawing from the following post on News Sina caught my eyes. The caption reads: A bird’s-eye view of Qianmen (Front Door) in the 1950s, by Zhao Xishan. This article is about the memory of 孔庆普 Kong Qingpu, how old Beijing was demolished.
This year, 2020, is dominated by covid-19 pandemic. Although I don’t know anyone who has it but few did get laid off as the economy worsened.
I don’t go to Flushing as often, maybe every other month. Three of my go-to eateries on Main Street, a restaurant, one makes chive pancakes and one meat buns are replaced.
Chaozhou (?) 潮州 became Xing Fu Tang 幸福堂 Happy House.
This Long Island river is also known as Great River. Although only 6 miles long, it’s one of the longest river on LI.
There are many large estates along the banks: W.L. Breece, W. Bayard Cutting (1850-1912), William K. Vanderbilt I (1849-1920) and C.R. Robert, and they were credited to have protected the river, making it clearest river on Long Island.