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General bird's-eye view [of housing development] from tower looking south across green.

IMAGE DATE1916
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Birds-eye view of the Forest Hills Gardens development, from the top of the nine-story Forest Hills Inn tower, June 1, 1916.

The street at center is Greenway Terrace. The plan of Forest Hills Gardens was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., the son of the famed landscape architect and park designer whose many projects include Central Park and Prospect Park.

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