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HELLO EVERYONE IM JASON DECANIO A NATIVE NEW YORKER RESIDING IN OVIEDO FLORIDA, AND THE HOST OF THIS GREAT CHANNEL, THAT FOCUSES ON THE HISTORY OF THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS AND NEW YORK CITY. EACH WEEK FOR 15-20 MINUTES WILL LOOK BACK AT WHAT MAKES QUEENS NOT ONLY THE BIGGEST BOROUGH OF THE 5 BUT HOW IT CAME ABOUT. THIS CHANNEL WILL ENTERTAIN, INFORM, INSPIRE AND CONNECT WITH RICH HISTORY THAT MADE QUEENS THE TALK OF THE TOWN. JOIN ME TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY FOR A LOOK AT ALL THAT QUEENS HAS TO OFFER.
ON THE FINALE OF THE THIS EDITION OF THE NORTHERN STATE PARKWAY WILL LOOK AT THE EXPANSIONS THROUGH THE 1950s AND 1960s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_State_Parkway#Changes_during_the_1950s…
ON PART 4 OF THE NORTHERN STATE PARKWAY WILL LOOK AT HOW THE EXTENSIONS TO WANTAGH STATE PARKWAY AND SAGTIKOS PARKWAY CAME ABOUT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_State_Parkway#Extension_to_Wa…
IT'S PART 3 OF THE ROBERT MOSES PROJECT THAT HAD SO MANY DISCUSSIONS AND ARGUMENTS BEFORE THEY COULD COME TO A COMPROMISE, THE NORTHERN STATE PARKWAY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_State_Par…
ON THIS EDITION WILL LOOK AT PART 2 OF THE HISTORY OF THE NORTHERN STATE PARKWAY, A ROBERT MOSES PROJECT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_State_Parkway#Political_opposition PICTURES BY THE WI…
ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT ANOTHER ROBERT MOSES PARKWAY PROJECT BUILT IN 1933 IT SERVES COMMUNITIES ALONG THE NORTHERN HALF OF LONG ISLAND, THE NORTHERN STATE PARKWAY: https://en.wikipedia.org/w…
ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT THE PARKWAY THAT TRAVELED FROM ONE END OF BROOKLYN TO ONE END OF QUEENS, THE INTERBOROUGH PARKWAY AKA THE JACKIE ROBINSON PARKWAY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie…
ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT THE ROAD TO QUEENS THAT IS CELEBRATING 98 YEARS AND STILL GOING STRONG TAKING PEOPLE FROM POINT A TO POINT B, THE GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…
ON THIS EDITION ITS A LOOK AT ANOTHER GREAT ROBERT MOSES PROJECT THAT IS NOW CELEBRATING 80 YEARS IN COMPLETETION, THE CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_Island_Parkway#Histor…
ON THIS EDITION IT'S PART 2 OF THE PARKWAY NAMED AFTER THE RIVER: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronx_River_Parkway#Route_description GO TO ANCHOR AND SUPPORT THE CHANNEL THERE: https://anchor.fm/th…
ON THIS EDITION WILL LOOK AT ANOTHER GREAT PARKWAY THAT SPANS THE VERY RIVER NAMED AFTER THE PARKWAY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronx_River_Parkway#History PICTURES BY WIKI-MEDIA: https://en.wi…
ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT ANOTHER GREAT ROBERT MOSES ROAD THAT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME, BETHPAGE STATE PARKWAY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethpage_State_Parkway#History https://commons.w…
ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT THE FIRST OF ROADS THAT GO THROUGH THE BOROUGH'S OF BROOKLYN AND QUEENS, THE BELT PARKWAY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_Parkway PICTURES BY THE WIKI MEDIA: http…
ON THIS EDITION ITS THE FIRST LOOK AT THE NEW TOPIC WHERE ALL THE TRANSPORTATION WE COVERED HAS A PLACE TO DRIVE ON, THE PARKWAYS OF NYC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkways_in_New_York PICTURES …
ON THIS EDITION ITS THE FINALE OF THE YELLOW TAXI CAB AND THE CONCLUSION OF THE 36 EPISODE SERIES ON TRANSPORTATION: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicabs_of_New_York_City#2000s_and_2010s PICTURES …
ON THIS EDITION ITS PART 2 WHERE WILL LOOK AT THE 1980-1990s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicabs_of_New_York_City#1980s PICTURES BY THE WIKI-MEDIA: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1987_…
ON THIS EDITION ITS A LOOK AT THE NEXT IN OUR SERIES ON TRANSPORTATION, THE HISTORY OF THE YELLOW TAXI CAB: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicabs_of_New_York_City#History PICTURES BY THE WIKI-MEDIA…
WILL LOOK AT THE FINAL PART OF BUSES AND HOW THE OPERATIONS OF THE LOCAL AND EXPRESS ROUTES WERE MADE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTA_Regional_Bus_Operations#Operations PICTURES BY: https://www.…
ON THIS EDITION ITS PART ONE OF THE COMPANY THAT BOUGHT OUT ALL THE PRIVATELY OWNED BUSES BACK IN 2006, THE BLUEBIRDS OF TRANSPORTATION, MTA BUS COMPANY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTA_Regional_B…
ON THIS EDITION ITS A LOOK AT THE 4TH PRIVATELY OWNED BUS COMPANY DRIVING AROUND THE FIVE BOROUGHS BEFORE BEING BOUGHT BY MTA, IT'S THE COMMAND BUS COMAPNY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varsity_Bus…
IT'S THE MILESTONE OF THE SERIES 100 EPISODES AND WILL LOOK AT THE JAMAICA BUSES AND THE HISTORY OF THIS FLEET: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_Buses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_depots_o…