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The charms of Forest Hills Gardens are no longer a secret: Cottage Living has named it the number one cottage community in the country. The country! Forest Hills Gardens is within Forest Hills, Queens, and it was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., son of the famous landscape designer. The article's author, Justin Martin, lives in Forest Hills Gardens and writes:
Olmsted's gift was that he was equal parts landscape architect and social engineer. When planning Forest Hills Gardens, he chose to curve the streets—not to avoid any particular impediment but simply to promote a feeling of calm. This was an innovation at the time. The effect slows traffic, both auto and pedestrian, to a more leisurely pace.There is a devoted neighborhood association that residents must consult with if they want to make changes (Martin says, "When my next-door neighbor wanted to repaint the trim on his house, he had to figure out the precise green that wouldn't clash with the rest of our row.").Olmsted was also partial to small parks. The larger a park, he believed, the higher the risk that visitors would move about behind a veil of urban anonymity. (Interesting, since his father was the visionary behind Manhattan's Central Park.) So rather than one big space, Forest Hills Gardens boasts four smaller parks. They are used abundantly, in all seasons, by residents of all ages. In fact, you can't really move through the neighborhood without passing by or through one of them, and since park space means social space, my wife always reminds me to factor in 20 minutes for chitchat.
About.com has a slideshow of Forest Hills Gardens photographs - the picture above is of the ridiculously pretty view from the LIRR station. There are more pictures and discussion at Wired New York. And a sweet, detached, renovated classic Tudor with five bedrooms and original Olmsted details goes for $2.55 million.
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my friend lives there. It's pretty awesome if you just want to live in a nice house. It's like suburban utopia in the city. Only problem is that it's more like 40 minutes from manhattan. The best part of it is that everywhere are signs saying "NO TRESPASSING" to keep the blacks and latinos out.
Those signs are to we keep the hipsters out!
14mins 1 stop LIRR to 34th street/Penn station
25 mins F train to 6th & 57th
20 mins home late night from anwhere in manhattan by cab - $30
great hood for couples, young and old, & families - death for singles.
The Gardens does, in fact, offer a wide range of housing. There are, for instance, small row houses intended for working folk (priced ridiculously high by the current market). True, they back onto the LIRR, but they face a park.
The "Garden City" movement, which began in England but influenced suburban communities across the US, inspired a philathropist to build the Gardens, which are too small to be economically viable. The neighborhood depends on the teeming commercial streets and towering hi-rises just across the LIRR berm.
Jackson Heights, on the other hand, was designed by a commercial developer to make "Garden City" principles available to the masses. The neighborhood's oldest buildings still boast fabulous mid-block gardens.
Any relation to Garden City Long Island?
To: #[1] Look if Ur going to make comments pertaining to race then be a grown-up about it and post a screen name ! As far as that area is concerned, There's really no difference whether you have minorities living amongst them OR not . The reason Forest Hills (The Neighborhood) is dominated by non-minorities( In this case Ur talking about Blacks,& Hispanics) has to do with Greed/ Income ! It's the current(Space age)version of discrimination . Believe me when I tell you,& I know this because when I do drive to work I pass through the area) There are plenty of white folks that would love to live in Forest Hills but can't afford it . It's a class thing, Those with the Money inherit incurred power, & Power corrupts ! My thoughts, Based on Ur comment tell me that you either live in the area, OR adjacent too it . Why else would you post a vile comment like that . In closing, If you do live in the area you might have a point . If not then you need to think long and hard about Ur posts, Arrive at a concise conclusion and then post those thoughts . Otherwise you tend to line yourself up to look like a jackass ! Posted By; "Still Not Amused"
#5 - greed is good!
Dear "Still Not Amused,"
R U Black?
correction: "and it was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted Jr". it was actually grosvenor atterbury
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grosvenor_Atterbury
Yup, And I have a beautiful home out on the Borough . I live on a quiet, lazy, street out by the Airport . My neighborhood is a veritable melting pot of races for which I've had no problems with in the time I've been living on this block . My neighborhood is Nice, & Clean not because the residents clean the streets . No, It's because we all respect where we live and don't have to exclude anybody . Crime is non-Existent here because were about [15]minutes from Jamaica Center . As with Long Island damn near all the public transportation shuts down when it gets late . You may be wondering why all of the above is being implied here . It's because Forest Hills is full of people for whom haven't come to the conclusion that regardless of where you make Ur home things don't change . Certain people are going to find a way to move in whether you like it OR not ! So what's the point in isolation ? A lack of understanding, & Tolerance from my standpoint ! Posted By; "Still Not Amused"