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 Picture dated c. 1908
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ROLE REVERSALS - PART 2
Our English namesake, Kew Gardens, was born out of the combination of two separate properties - the Richmond Estate and the Kew Estate. Kew Gardens, NY was born when a single property - the Man Estate - was divided into the separate communities of Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens. |
North of Metropolitan Avenue
A circa 1908 local real estate brochure describes this picture as "Land North of Metropolitan Avenue now being subdivided for residence sites" - sites that were to become a new housing development called Kew Gardens.
"The portion of Richmond Hill which gave it its name (about 100 acres in extent) lying on the "backbone" or principal ridge of Long Island and commanding views of the sea and the sound is rapidly being prepared for market. ... Through the eastern portion of this tract the railroad has purchased a right of way for six tracks and the Long Island R. R. Co. has contracted to erect a station near the centre of the tract ... ."
Sources:
- Quote from: Richmond Hill, Long Island - The Centre of Greater New York, p. 31 (Fred. Phillips Realty c. 1908)