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The Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning in Jamaica, Queens, New York is a performing and visual arts center that was founded in 1972 in an effort to revitalize the surrounding business district. As of 2012, it serves more than 28,000 people annually via a 1,650 square foot gallery , a 99-seat proscenium theater, and art & music studios.
The First Reformed Church has been refurbished as part of the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning. The asymmetrical towers, round-arched openings, and corbel tables are examples of an architectural style known as Rundbogenstil. [3] The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, [4] and a New York City Landmark in 1996.
The Afrikan Poetry Theatre was incorporated in 1977 and found a home on Merrick Boulevard the following year. It moved to its current location, at 176-03 Jamaica Ave., in 1979. On March 31, 2002, an electrical fire damaged much of the second floor, including a small collection of African artifacts and books. [2]
New York State Supreme Court, Queens County, Long Island City Branch. May 11, 1976 ... The Register/Jamaica Arts Center: November 12, 1974 . 161-04 Jamaica Avenue
The following books include photos by Weber: Lighting the Way: The Centennial History of the Queens Borough Public Library, 1896-1996 by Jeffrey Kroessler. Virginia Beach, Va. : Donning Co., c1996. Old Queens, New York, in Early Photographs by Vincent Seyfried and William Asadorian. New York : Dover Publications, 1991.
The Valencia Theatre (formerly the Loew's Valencia Theatre) is a church building at 165-11 Jamaica Avenue in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens in New York City, New York. . Designed by John Eberson as a movie palace, it opened on January 11, 1929, as one of five Loew's Wonder Theatres in the New York City
Jamaica is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.It has a popular large commercial and retail area, though part of the neighborhood is also residential. Jamaica is bordered by Hollis, St Albans, and Cambria Heights to the east; South Jamaica, Rochdale Village, John F. Kennedy International Airport, and Springfield Gardens to the south; Laurelton and Rosedale to the southeast ...
Jamaica Chamber of Commerce Building is a historic office building located in the Jamaica section of the New York City borough of Queens. It was designed in 1928 by George W. Conable (1866-1933) and is a ten-story, T-shaped building in the Colonial Revival style.