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Greektown is a social and dining district, located on the Near West Side of Chicago. Today, Greektown consists mostly of restaurants and businesses, although a cultural museum [1] and an annual parade and festival [2] still remain in the neighborhood. The district can be found along Halsted Street, between Van Buren and Madison Streets.
Isabella Geriatric Center is a non-profit, nonsectarian organization that has provided residential and community-based services for elderly residents of New York City since 1875. The main campus is located in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan at 515 Audubon Avenue at the corner of 190th Street.
In the 1860s, a shanty town referred to as Greektown was established at Tambaroora near Bathurst in New South Wales. [22] List of communities with a large concentration of Greek communities: Melbourne. Greek Precinct, Melbourne on Lonsdale Street; Oakleigh, Victoria in the City of Monash; Sydney. Little Greece in Marrickville, New South Wales ...
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The New York Historical (known as the New-York Historical Society from 1804–2024) is an American history museum and library on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. The society was founded in 1804 as New York's first museum. It presents exhibitions, public programs, and research that explore the history of New York and the nation.
Shortly after the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) was established in 1965, it acted to protect parts of Greenwich Village, designating the small Charlton-King-Vandam Historic District in 1966, which contains the city's largest concentration of row houses in the Federal style, as well as a significant concentration of Greek ...
The oldest beer garden in New York City, Bohemian Hall, was founded in 1910 when Astoria was largely Irish, Italian, Bohemian , and Slovak. [ 46 ] The Greater Astoria Historical Society in the historic Quinn Memorial Building on the corner of Broadway and 36th Street serves as a valuable historical resource and provides tourist information.
The New York City government gave the Eldridge Street Project $1 million for the synagogue's restoration in 2000, after the organization had raised $4.5 million for renovation and museum programs. The New York Civil Liberties Union expressed concerns that the grant violated the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which required ...