In 1911, twelve years after the consolidation, Charles Underhill Powell, former chief engineer of the Queens Topographical Bureau, set out to rename the streets to eliminate confusion…
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Gulpers and Sippers
The door behind us shut violently. To make up for the noise, we descended the stairs quietly in her apartment building. The streets of Astoria were dimly lit and fairly quiet with occasional sirens and cyclists playing music through bluetooth speakers…