Mapping Greek Astoria, Retrieving Memories and History
"Mapping Greek Astoria, Retrieving Memories and History" by Alexander Kitroeff, published in The National Herald, May 4, 2024. ---------- Several years ago, we were lucky enough to get permission from The National Herald to repost articles that are of interest to our group. ---------- A few weeks ago this column suggested there was a need for a GreekAmerican Museum in Manhattan. This elicited a response from Mr. George L. Stamatiades, a founding member of the Athens Square Committee which created the only Hellenic themed public space in North America over thirty years ago. He made a strong and detailed case about the significance of the Greek-American presence of Astoria. I was grateful he took the time to write even though he quoted my words selectively at one point. I spent my first two years in the United States in the mid-1980s living a block away from the Ditmars Boulevard subwa