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Real Estate Lending & MortgagesLending & CAREA / Chinese American Real Estate AssociationMay 22, 2010 / Flushing / Queens Buzz. On Saturday in Flushing there was a Real Estate Expo event hosted by the Chinese American Real Estate Association [CAREA] in Flushing. This expo is an evolution of the Home Buyers Expo, which was an event they had hosted last year with a private sponsor. The Home Buyer Expo had focused on issues such as how to find a house, how to take the house into contract and how to close on the house. Last year there were ten vendors at the expo offering financial, real estate and legal services. Real Estate Lending - Home Buying In QueensWe visited the expo in search of information about the state of mortgage lending in Queens. Given the Asians seem to be America's financiers, we thought this expo might be a good place to research this question. The following story is focused providing some background about CAREA and its events, as well as on the current state of mortgage lending in Queens. This year the CAREA event scope was expanded and it attracted about 40 - 50 vendors. The expo focus changed from buying a home, to buying and managing a home. Hence this year vendors included tax services, energy services, remodeling services as well as vendors offering financial, real estate and legal services. Click here to read our full report about real estate finance and mortgage lending in Queens based on information gathered at the CAREA Real Estate Expo in Flushing. |
A Taste Of The World 2010 & PhotosQueens Leading Culinary Event Feeds HundredsMay 18, 2010 / Flushing / Queens Buzz. Queens leading culinary event happened last night at Caesar's Club in CitiField in Flushing in spite of a very dark wet drizzly evening. Hundreds of people came from around the borough to sample the food and beverages provided by some 30 or more vendors. We found a wide variety of cuisines to sample, and in the process learned a bit more about the culinary history of the borough. Two businesses received awards for serving the community for 80 and 50 years. These businesses continue to this day and were successfully handed from one generation down to the next. Click here to read our full report about A Taste Of The World 2010 & Photos in Queens. |
Chinese New Year Parade QueensPhotos Of Chinese New Years Parade In Flushing QueensFlushing / February 20, 2010. This story includes our report and photos of the Chinese New Year Parade in Flushing in 2010. The weather was near perfect for a mid February parade, as it was sunny and dry, and the temperatures were in the low forties. Photos of the Chinese New Year Parade in Flushing Queens include a mix of photos of the costumed parade participants as well as the large crowd. We estimate that over 10,000 people came out to see the Chinese New Year cultural extravaganza in Flushing. The parade was followed by a number of cultural events given by both traditional Chinese and Korean performers. Click here to read our reports about the Chinese New Year Parade in Flushing, including a slideshow and photo album. |
Queens History Is America's HistoryFlushing Neighborhood / December 13, 2009. My compliments to the six cultural and historic sites that participated in the annual Historic Holiday House Tour. On a rainy, but unseasonably warm Sunday, I traipsed through the streets of Flushing with historian Jason Antos visiting some of the most interesting historic sites in Queens. Each of these sites entertained visitors in different ways, from traditional apple cider, to old fashioned holiday songs with piano accompaniment, to a five piece jazz band [see photo]. The historic sites were fascinating and included two houses associated with religious freedom in America; one house associated with a talented nineteenth century African American inventor who was involved with patents for the lightbulb and the telephone and whose parents were instrumental in galvanizing support for the freedom of slaves; a beautiful well preserved Victorian era home; one of Queens important cultural centers; and the home of the Queens Historical Society - sponsor of the event. Click the following links to read about the Bowne House, Friends Meeting House, Lewis Latimer House, Kingsland Homestead and the Voelker Orth House and Gardens. Or click this link to view a previous story summarizing some of Queens history. |
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Kicking Back @ Satchmo'sThe Louis Armstrong House In CoronaCorona / July 19, 2009. I recently had the opportunity to visit the Louis Armstrong House in Corona as the guest of Deslyn Dyer the House Director. She put me on a house tour with Mackerrow Talcott who was well versed in the lives of the Armstrongs. The visit turned out to be much more than I had expected, as I came away feeling like I had kind taken the afternoon off to go hang out with Satchmo in his home. Visiting this house is not only a cultural journey into the King of Jazz's life, but a visit into the personal lives of Lucille and Louis Armstrong. Click here for more about the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Corona Queens NY. |
Louis Latimer House In Flushing - A Bit Of Queens HistoryThe Lewis Latimer House was once the home of an African American inventor who worked with Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison. While he has several patents to his name, his parents were instrumental in helping move the nation away from the institution of slavery. Hence, over time his home has grown to become a lens through which all Americans can look back into their past and see the influence of an African American family on the evolution of the national culture. Click here to learn a bit more about Lewis Latimer and the Lewis Latimer House. |
Kingsland Homestead - History Of Queens NYThe Kingsland Homestead is a part of early American history. Today it is the home of the Queens Historical Society which sponsors a number of programs designed to continuously educate the public about Queens and the nation's past. Click here to learn a bit more about the Kingsland Homestead. |
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Joe's Shanghai RestaurantChinese Cuisine / Restaurants In FlushingFlushing / July 1, 2009. I had the pleasure of visiting Joe's Shanghai Restaurant in Flushing this week. I had heard about Joe's and passed by several times, always taking note that they seemed to be busy. If you're in a hurry, the bottomline on this one is they serve delicious food, provide a broad choice of dishes with very efficient service at very reasonalbe prices in a restaurant that's pretty straightforward in its ambiance. So click here to read the rest of our review of Joe's Shanghai Restaurant in Flushing Queens, including numerous photos of the food and restaurant. |
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This page contains commercial announcements and special offers by local businesses and merchants in the neighborhood / sections of Corona and Flushing in Queens NY NYC. Discounts and sales are frequently announced on this page. |
These are photos taken on Main Street in Flushing on October 22nd. This is just about being there. |
This is a map outlining the shopping areas within Flushing. Generally they run along Main Street from Northern Blvd down to Sanford Avenue. They also run along Northern Blvd and Roosevelt off of Main Street, but generally east as College Blvd runs along the Van Wyck. In Corona the main shopping streets are along Northern Blvd and Roosevelt Avenue which runs along the #7 subway line. This is for shops and shopping in Flushing and Corona neighborhoods / sections of Queens NY NYC. |
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