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Mapping Greek Astoria, Retrieving Memories and History

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  "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