Hi! My name is Leah Khukhashvili (Khuk for short). I worked on the history section of the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park tab. Go check it out – like the park itself, it’s pretty awesome! (All the pictures on the park’s timeline were taken during my group’s excursion to Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, including the background photo, which I happen to think is especially pretty!)
About this Site
This semester, Macaulay Honors students in Professor Vellon's "Peopling of New York" course studied Corona, Queens, one of the world's most diverse neighborhoods.
The students read ethnographic and historical works about the area, took a walking tour and returned to the neighborhood to take pictures, speak to local residents and learn more about the neighborhoods history, institutions, and everyday life.
This website is the final product of this research. It is meant to share some of Corona's history, through its changing food traditions, changing demographics, and changing religious, cultural and recreational institutions and to serve as a guide to contemporary Corona, mapping many of the community resources.
Have a look around!
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