Entrance To Addisleigh Park

Collection: Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library

Date: December 12 2013; 2013-12-12 Material: Digital image Dimension: 300 dpi

Creator: Cassia Campbell Identifier: aql:17642 qmp-ccp-000051 qmp-ccp-000051.tif

Description: Addisleigh Park was built in 1900 for the wealthy to experience suburbia. From 1900-1940 there was a legal written contract to only sell to whites and not to blacks. However, this was constantly overlooked as many jazz musicians moved in because of that suburban feel. Addisleigh Park is known today as a Historically Black Community and in 2011 the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission declared it a Landmark.

Title : Entrance To Addisleigh Park

Collection : aql:13844

Creator : Cassia Campbell

Date : December 12 2013; 2013-12-12

Summary/Description : Addisleigh Park was built in 1900 for the wealthy to experience suburbia. From 1900-1940 there was a legal written contract to only sell to whites and not to blacks. However, this was constantly overlooked as many jazz musicians moved in because of that suburban feel. Addisleigh Park is known today as a Historically Black Community and in 2011 the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission declared it a Landmark.

Subject : Signs and signboards

Relation : Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Addisleigh Park, Saint Albans, Queens, NY Saint Albans (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Digital image

Format : Digital image; 300 dpi

Identifier : aql:17642 qmp-ccp-000051 qmp-ccp-000051.tif