1. Volume 25, No. 4
Quarterly
Summer 2015
Jackson Heights
Beautification Group

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In This Issue
JHBG Historic Weekend Poster..................................Cover
JHBG’s Student Art Contest............................................... 2
Opposition to Changes to 84-11 37th Ave. Grows............. 2
Editor’s Take...................................................................... 3
Update: New Instruments Bring Happiness to
P.S. 230...........................................................................3
Historic Jackson Heights Weekend Celebrates Its
25th Year!........................................................................ 4
President’s Message........................................................... 5
JHO Performs at Travers Park on July 5............................ 6
Open Spaces and Urban Planning...................................... 6
All That Airplance Noise.................................................... 8
JHBG Calendar................................................................... 8
Tree Count 2015: One, Two, Tree...................................... 9
JHBG Gets It Done.......................................................... 10
Membership Form............................................................ 11
Opposition to Changes to 84-11 37th Ave. Grows
by Daniel Karatzas
Since it came before Community Board 3 a few months
ago, the outpouring of opposition to the proposed addition
to 84-11 37th Ave. has grown. The proposal is for the cur-
rent one-story building to become five-story, as highlight-
ed in the Spring issue of Views from the Heights. JHBG
is against this proposal for two reasons. The first is that it
violates the rationale behind the area being landmarked
in the first place. The second is that it will set a terrible
precedent that will most likely result in the destruction
of the remaining one-story commercial buildings along
37th Ave., turning it into a shadow-filled canyon.
Residents have signed dozens of petitions circulated
throughout the community. These petitions will be pre-
sented to the Landmarks Preservation Commission on the
hearing date, as will the many individual letters by com-
munity residents sent to Meenakshi Srinivasan, chair of
the LPC. Elected officials including Congressman Joseph
Crowley, Councilmembers Daniel Dromm and Julissa Fer-
reras, State Senator Jose Peralta and State Assemblymem-
bers Michael DenDekker and Francisco Moya have jointly
signed a letter against the proposed addition.
The public hearing at the LPC will likely take place in
mid-June. At that hearing, the community will have the
opportunity to voice its opinion on the proposed addition.
If you would like to add your voice to this opposition, you
can still contact LPC Chair Srinivasan. To e-mail, go to
the LPC’s website at http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/
maillpc.html, which will bring you directly to the page to
contact the chair.
Letters can also be sent to:
Meenakshi Srinivasan
Chair, Landmarks Preservation Commission
1 Centre Street, 9th Floor, North
New York, NY 10007
A letter or e-mail should be sent as soon as possible. To
find out more information about the upcoming public
hearing, contact JHBG at info@jhbg.org.
JHBG’s Student Art Contest
by Evie McKenna
JHBG sponsors an art contest each year for students in
Jackson Heights, and this year’s theme is “A Garden
in the City.” Barbara Kunkel, a Towers resident, is the
project director. After selecting the theme, she delivers
guidelines to art teachers in Jackson Heights elementary
and middle schools. The work will be displayed locally
for two weeks in early June in storefronts along 37th
Ave. A ceremony for the winners will be on June 11 at
7 p.m. at the Community United Methodist Church (81-
10 35th Ave.). Awards and cash prizes will be given to
the winners. The students’ joy is apparent on their faces
as they tell the audience about their works. Last year’s
winner was Caitlin Cruz, a student at I.S. 145.
Caitlin Cruz

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Editor's Take
by Lila M. Stromer
Welcome to this issue of Views from the Heights.
Summer is upon us, starting with Memorial Day, which is
to honor those who died while serving in the U.S. mili-
tary. Unofficially, it is the beginning of the time of BBQs,
family gatherings and vacations.
Always within a few weeks of Memorial Day is JHBG’s
Historic Weekend. This weekend it is on June 13 and
June 14. It was at this event a year ago that I met some
of the JHBG crew and discovered the beautiful gardens
behind those iron gates that I had barely noticed in the
11 months I had lived here. Last year’s tour was quite an
eye-opening event!
My husband and I live in an apartment building that has
land in the back that is not used—I frequently look out
there and think how lovely it could be—and the co-op
building next door, with adjoining land, has a mess of
overgrown plants. Clearly they don’t have a garden com-
mittee. I once asked a neighbor about the waste of land,
and he thought that the management of the two buildings
were feuding, but I have no idea if that’s the actual reason
for that land not being used. Needless to say, I found the
garden tour last year very good for my soul.
While my husband wasn’t available for the garden tour,
we did the architectural tour together. We discovered that
the place that we had selected to live because of its trees
and quiet had so much history to it. If you’ve never been to
the Historic Weekend, it is a wonderful two-day event (or
one-day, if you want to do only one tour). And if you have
done this before, there are more gardens this year than ever
before!
Jackson Heights has been in the news a lot lately. There
was a wonderful article in the New York Times, “Jackson
Heights, Queens: Diverse and Evolving,” that described
JH’s housing and its costs, its schools and restaurants, and
it diverse community, but also that green space is limited
here. In Len Maniace’s article, Changes Are Coming:
More Green Space But a Dangerous Precedent, Too
(p. 5), he discusses how Travers Park will be altered over
the coming 18 months to change that. But changes may
not always be good, as Dan Karatzas points out in Op-
position to Changes to 84-11 37th Ave. Grows (p. 2),
and Melissa Zavala points out how a survey from 1968
compares to what is occurring today in Jackson Heights
in her article, Open Spaces and Urban Planning, an
Historical Perspective (p. 6).
Getting back to summer fun, see The JHO Performs
at Travers Park on July 5 (p. 6), and there will be lots
of greening events throughout the summer, such as the
tree census for New York (Tree Count 2015: One, Two,
Tree, p. 9) and the planting and pruning throughout Jack-
son Heights on weekends.
If you want to help with any JHBG summer events or
gardening, check out our calendar (p. 8); our website and
FB pages always have updates, or you can write to volun-
teer@jhbg.com.
Everyone at JHBG hopes you have a wonderful summer!
Until next time…
UPDATE: New Instruments Bring Happiness to
I.S. 230
by Susan Latham
The last issue of Views from the Heights included an ar-
ticle about a recent donation of nine musical instruments
that I.S. 230 received from the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foun-
dation. It also asked Jackson Heights residents to consider
donating musical instruments to the school for its band
and guitar programs.
We’re pleased to report that Jackson Heights delivered!
The school received six musical instruments in response
to the article, including a flute, trumpet, keyboard and two
drum machine inputs.
Do you still have a musical instrument sitting in the back
of your closet that’s in good working condition? Please
consider donating it to I.S. 230, where it will be well used
and much appreciated by students for years to come.
If you have an instrument to donate, please contact music
teacher Robert Diefenbach at rdiefenbachiii@schools.nyc.
gov. JHBG and I.S. 230 thank you!

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Historic Jackson Heights Weekend Celebrates Its
25th Year!
By Daniel Karatzas
It is hard to imagine that JHBG organized its first Historic
weekend in 1991. Back then, Jackson Heights was not
a historic district—that did not happen until 1993—and
negativity about the neighborhood prevailed, in part to
the media’s focus on the area’s problems rather than its
virtues. I remember that year sitting with a few other
JHBG members attempting to sell tickets in front of the
post office on 37th Ave. More than one resident asked us
what was worthwhile about the neighborhood, given all
the issues surrounding Roosevelt Ave. Ah yes, good ole
Roosevelt Ave. …some things don’t change.
Only six years later and none other than the New York
Times profiled JHBG’s Historic Weekend celebration on
the cover of its Thursday “Home” section. The gardening
columnist, Anne Raver, interviewed long-time residents
Betty Morris, Jessie O’Connor, Don and Katha Kato, and
me. (The Katos are the organizers of the Queens World
Film Festival.) All of us are still here, but back then we
were pioneers in our appreciation of historic Jackson
Heights. This was the first positive article on JH to appear
in the Times in a generation.
Fast-forward to 2015, and the neighborhood is look-
ing better than it has in a long time. Buildings are being
sensitively repaired; neglected gardens at a number of
buildings have been reborn; and the commercial district,
while still lagging, is improving little by little. Year after
year, attendance at JHBG’s garden tour and walking tour
has increased; for the last few years, more than 300 tickets
have been sold each year. In 2014 the Historic Weekend
activities were filmed by noted documentarian Frederick
Wiseman as part of his upcoming documentary on what
else…Jackson Heights. It should air on PBS later this year
or in 2016. When we know more about this, we will let
you know!
JHBG invites you, your friends, families and neighbors to
join us for a slide lecture on Jackson Heights, an exhibit
of photos and ephemera, and the garden tour and walking
tour. You are welcome to do one or both tours. This year
there will be 16 gardens participating in the garden tour,
which is a record for this event. Come see the beauty that
is right in our own neighborhood. Be part of the fun and
mark your calendars for June 13 (the slide show and the
garden tour) and June 14 (the walking tour).
Finally, thanks to all of the volunteers who have assisted
JHBG over the years, even before this event became the
hit that it is now. JHBG also thanks the garden committees
of the 16 buildings participating this year. We could not do
this without you!
Ticket info is on the cover of this newsletter. Tickets are
also for sale on June 13 in front of the Community United
Methodist Church. Tickets for the walking tour must be
purchased in advance of June 14.
To find out more about its history, read Jackson Heights,
A Garden in the City: The History of America’s First
Garden and Cooperative Apartment Community, by
JHBG’s Daniel Karatzas. You can purchase this book
around town or online at amazon.com.
A Co-op Garden

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These two changes will begin to address Jackson
Heights’s severe shortage of open space; only two City
Council Districts have less New York City park space.
The creation of more park and open space has been a top
JHBG priority at least since 2009, when we held a series
of community meetings, known as the Green Agenda for
Jackson Heights, to identify the neighborhood’s environ-
mental priorities.
On another matter, there is one project whose fate is
still unknown: JHBG has been helping to lead the battle
against a plan to add four stories to a one-story building
on the corner of 37th Ave. and 85th St. (see p. 2). JHBG
opposes the plan because it would set a dangerous prec-
edent for the Jackson Heights Historic District. This could
turn 37th Ave. into a canyon because there are five other
one-story commercial strips within two blocks on either
side of the proposed development site. If you care about
our landmark district, consider attending and even speak-
ing out at a public hearing before the city’s Landmark
Preservation Commission that’s expected to be held later
this month.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Changes Are Coming: More Green Space But a
Dangerous Precedent, Too
by Len Maniace
Two big changes are coming to Jackson Heights, and they
are both good. In May the neighborhood got a glimpse of
the city’s plans to turn Diversity Plaza, formerly known
as 37th Road, into a full-fledged New York City pedes-
trian plaza. And later this month, the city expects to pres-
ent plans for the newly expanded and redesigned Travers
Park.
The $3.5 million plan, which was presented at Diversity
Plaza on May 9, includes a tree-lined plaza on the eastern
half of the street and an area that could serve as a per-
formance space on the western half. Also envisioned are
new tables and chairs, additional plantings, new plaza
lighting and the repaving of the plaza so the street and
sidewalks are on one level. Construction is scheduled to
commence summer 2016 and be completed by the end of
2017.
BTW, Diversity Plaza will accommodate Make Music
New York on June 21, the annual first day of free summer
music events that take place across the city. Later this
summer, the plaza is expected to be the site of a series of
short and mid-length films from around the world. Both
projects are being sponsored by JHBG and are in coop-
eration with Friends of Diversity Plaza.
The plan for the new Travers Park would bring dramatic
changes, including creation of a great lawn accompanied
by new trees and smaller plantings, which together would
take up about two-thirds of the park’s asphalt sports field.
The remaining third would be used for an expansion of
the playground and for creation of a tennis court. Two ad-
ditional tennis courts would be created in Staunton Field,
the Garden School’s old athletic field. That field is also
expected to include an informal ball field, with a striped
baseball diamond.
The plaza at 78th St. will also receive the city’s pedestri-
an-plaza treatment, including additional trees and a series
of steps rising to Staunton Field, which could also serve
as a performance space for programs such as JHBG’s
Summer Sundays in the Park, now about to enter its 12th
season. Because construction of the new Travers Park is
expected to take some 18 months to complete, City Coun-
cilmember Daniel Dromm, who championed the project,
is calling for the rebuilding to take place in phases so the
park is not shut down entirely during construction.
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The JHO Performs at Travers Park on July 5
by Pat Glunt
The Jackson Heights Orchestra is performing at Travers
Park on July 5 at 4 p.m., led by JHO associate conductor
Steven Rosenhaus. Rosenhaus is a published composer,
conductor, educator and a Queen’s resident. The program
will include patriotic favorites, melodies from The Sound
of Music, a new work by local composer and orchestra
member Joseph Bartolozzi and a mixture of light
selections. The concert will last around an hour; bring a
chair because seating is limited. The concert is part of the
Summer Concerts in the Park Series, which is sponsored
by JHBG. If it rains, the concert will be held at I.S. 145
(33-34 80th Ave.).
The orchestra just completed its third season under the
leadership of Patricia Glunt, who is the JHO’s founder
and artistic director. The orchestra has performed in
Jackson Heights, Mineola, Astoria and Bayside. The
orchestra has grown to 35 members and has a regular
following of around 200 attendees at the JH concerts.
The fourth season will open with a concert on December
9. It will feature a new work written for the JHO by P.
Kellach Waddle. Waddle resides in Texas and is excited
for the JHO to perform his work. He is a Pulitzer Prize
nominee with close to 500 works and has 42 premieres
scheduled between now and early 2017. Also on the
December program will be violinist Kinga Augustyn,
performing a Bach concerto. You can find out more
closer to the time on JHBG’s website, Facebook page,
Twitter account, e-newsletter and right here in Views
from the Heights.
The orchestra is looking to expand its membership. If
you are interested in joining, please contact Pat Glunt
at jack.hgt.orch@gmail.com. There is still time to join
for the July 5 concert! Rehearsals start June 16 and
continue for two consecutive Tuesdays at the Community
United Methodist Church from 7:15 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.
Rehearsals for the December concert will begin in
October.
The JHO operates under the banner of the JHBG and is
an adult community orchestra with a mission to promote
local talent and explore and embrace the diversity of
Queens.
Open Spaces and Urban Planning, an Historical
Perspective
By Melissa Zavala
Editor’s Note: With the upcoming Historic Weekend and a
public hearing on a proposed development within the Historic
District later this month, we present this perspective by JHBG
board member Melissa Zavala, a professor in the anthropology
department of The City College of New York-CUNY.
Influenced by the international garden city movement,
a number of the buildings around Jackson Heights were
built around private gardens. The importance of open
spaces promoting the healthful effects of ventilation was
an important benefit of planned garden communities.
Increasing ventilation, a key component of planned
communities early last century, came as a response to
crowded slum conditions like those typical in downtown
Manhattan (the Lower East Side is a prime example).
Because the buildings in JH erected by the Queensboro
Corp. were built around what were essentially private
parks, the neighborhood at large was left wanting in
public parkland. This lack has become all the more
pronounced as the community has grown over time and
has lost some of the open spaces long-time residents
still remember today, such as the golf course and
related facilities once located at the site of the current
Dunnolly Gardens complex. More recently, New York
City has collaborated with neighborhood groups (JHBG
is a leading advocate for parks and their maintenance)
to compensate for this lack by creating pedestrian
plazas. The value of open spaces, the attractiveness of
Concert from March 2015

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street “furniture”—think benches, street lights and the
like—and the ways in which residents experience a
neighborhood’s overall feel and look were topics deemed
worth exploring by the city’s Housing and Development
Administration in March 1968 with then-Mayor John
V. Lindsey. Looking at archival documents housed in
LaGuardia Community College’s LaGuardia and Wagner
Archives, this article sums up some of the findings
gathered by Lawrence Halprin, a leading architect at the
time. The survey he and his team conducted, the first of
its kind, provided an early look at the importance of open
spaces, construction designs and the varied elements
that make cities livable from the perspective of urban
dwellers.
Analyzing six case studies in 1968, Halprin’s study of
communities in different stages of completion (ranging
from the planning stage, to those under construction
and to those recently completed at that time) considered
the changes to NYC’s housing stock and landscape over
the course of three decades. Planning trends, which
ranged from Le Corbusier’s modern architecture to the
“garden in the city” plan that formed the foundation of
Jackson Heights, provide a visible record of the city’s
evolution. The results of Halprin’s study, summarized
here, find echoes today given the current trends in
construction—not just in JH but also across the city as a
whole. Halprin’s emphasis on “the careful placement of
buildings, tree plantings, lighting and street furniture”
became Mayor Lindsey’s stated goal for creating
“a more imaginative and beautiful environment” in
response to the findings. This goal, too, resonates today.
In short, the report’s conclusions suggest that “to put
life back into the city, plans must make greater use of
useful open space for the people.” And while cities
should be densely populated in order to preserve their
liveliness, they should nevertheless be constructed with
care and an eye to design, at least to this writer’s mind.
The 1968 report’s main recommendations included:
• Greater use of neighborhood parks
• Plazas with play and shopping areas
• Low-rise buildings in combination with taller struc-
tures to restore a sense of scale to the community
• Communal gardens inside common backyards
• Mid-block crossings, and
• Multidimensional streets
With JH seeing a growing number of proposed
projects, including increasingly taller buildings, the
neighborhood runs the risk of losing its character. The
growing uniformity of tall glass towers constructed for
luxury units threatens the vibrancy of all neighborhoods
by making them more standardized and, by extension, less
like the city that NYC has historically been. New York
City’s history is characterized by lively street life that has
always included waves of immigrant communities and the
integration of their tastes and customs into the very fabric
of their neighborhoods. Along with this feature, New York
City has also continuously made room for diverse shops—
even street vendors. As the city continues to expand, it
is useful to reflect on the lessons learned from previous
eras and to consider that as the city grows, residents
should seek to preserve the diversity that has made New
York a particularly desirable city to live in. Creating and
preserving open spaces is of particular importance in a
neighborhood that suffers from a scarcity of parks, such as
Jackson Heights. All of these considerations are of special
relevance right now as a range of plans is presented to the
Jackson Heights community. For example, there are plans
for the improvement of Diversity Plaza, development of
the 78th St. Play Street and proposals for sites like the one
that, until recently, was the White Castle headquarters.
Planting at P.S. 69 expands nature in Jackson Heights
The former White Castle Headquarters

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JHBG Summer 2015 Events Calendar
JHBG invites your participation in the following
events. Stay the entire time, part of the time, offer your
expertise or learn something new! We provide the tools,
and volunteers of all ages are always welcome. Watch
our Facebook page (facebook.com/JHBGNY) and
our website (JHBG.org) for times, locations and any
changes to the following. To find out more, contact us at
volunteer@jhbg.org.
June
• Sat., June 13, Tree LC: Care for street trees, 10 a.m.–
noon. Meet at 84th St. and 37th Ave.
• Sat., June 13 and Sun., June 14: Historic Weekend,
garden and architectural tours of the Historic District.
• Sun., June 21 (for 9 consecutive Sundays): Summer
Sundays in the Park, Travers Park. Free.
• Sun., June 21, 1 to 6 p.m., Make Music New York
(music from the streets of New York), at Diversity
Plaza. Free.
• Saturday Green Zone: Care for gardens, 10 a.m.–1
p.m. 6/6: 90th St., tree surrounds; 6/20: 94th St. and
35th Ave.; 6/27: P.S. 280
July
• Sun., July 5, JHO Concert, Travers Park, 4-5 p.m.
Free.
JH-SCRAPS
Every Saturday bring your scraps to JH-SCRAPS, 69th
St. and 35th Ave. between 11 a.m.–1 p.m.. JH-SCRAPS is
JHBG’s composting location. For info on what is and isn’t
compostable, write to jhscraps@jhbg.org.
All That Airplane Noise: Port Authority of NY and
NJ to Hear Your Complaints
By John McCaffrey Jr. and Len Maniace
It’s 6 a.m. Saturday morning, time to be awakened by the
roar of airplanes flying low over Jackson Heights on their
way to LaGuardia Airport. Time to start posting angry com-
ments on Facebook and Jackson Heights Life, to call com-
plaining to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
the airport’s owner—and to fume over your lost sleep.
You have one more option later this month, when the Port
Authority of New York & New Jersey holds public meet-
ings over noise at LaGuardia and Kennedy Airports, a
program officially known as Airport Noise Compatibility.
The workshops will be a unique opportunity for the pub-
lic to interact with Port Authority staff. Given the “open
house” format, the public can attend at any time during
the two-hour session to talk one-on-one with officials. The
workshops will present information on the project sched-
ule, noise metrics and methods used to quantify aircraft
noise exposure. Here’s the info for the LGA meeting:
LGA Public Information Workshop
DATE: Tuesday, June 16, 2015
TIME: 6–8 p.m.
LOCATION:
New York LaGuardia Airport Marriott
102-05 Ditmars Boulevard, East Elmhurst, NY 11369
Anyone with questions about access accommodations or
general questions on the project should contact the Noise
Office at 212-435-3880 at least 72 hours prior to the meet-
ing.
Tending the Street Trees

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Tree Count 2015: One, Two, Tree
By Len Maniace
This summer New Yorkers will be counting every street
tree in the city as part Tree Count 2015. That’s every honey
locust and London plane; each Ginkgo and sweet gum; in
all, an estimated 170 tree species.
Armed with the Tree Count 2015 stats, the city hopes
to better care for and manage its street trees, as well as
develop polices to make our city a more livable and envi-
ronmentally friendly place. This census will be the third,
and unlike previous ones will be tech savvy. JHBG will be
participating in the tree count here. Read on for how you
can participate.
The 2005 Street Tree Census counted 592,130 trees. From
a growing body of research, the city estimated those trees
produced $122 million in annual environmental benefits,
such as cleaner air and water, cooler streets and homes and
the capture of carbon that otherwise would have contrib-
uted to global warming.
As a result, Mayor Michael Bloomberg launched the city’s
Million Trees program in 2007, which is to be completed
this fall. The 2005 census found 19 percent more street
trees than the 498,470 counted in the 1995-96 census.
The earlier census uncovered a hazard on city
streets—10,000 dead trees, which caused the city to re-
move them and to prune trees on a regular basis.
The city is now recruiting community groups and individu-
als to volunteer for the census and will soon begin training
them. Among the lessons to be taught: how to identify the
tree species they are counting.
Tree species is one of 16 types of information to be gath-
ered for each tree. Others include tree condition: Is the
tree dead, alive, are its roots overgrown, is there evidence
that tree is being cared for? That last point makes a differ-
ence in the long-term survival of a street tree, said Katerli
Bounds, the Parks Department’s Director of Stewardship;
trees with three or more signs that they are regularly being
cared for generally will live longer.
“The fact that people are paying attention and know that
the trees are there really does have an impact,” Bounds
said.
The Parks Department expects anywhere from 4,000 to
10,000 volunteers, many more than 10 years ago. The
census will benefit from digital communications improve-
ments: a Smart phone app will provide satellite images of
tree locations and allow you to record tree data. There will
be pens and paper for those who prefer that method.
“In 2005 there weren’t Smart phones,“ Bounds said. “It
was all paper data collection, which meant we got Xeroxed
copies of data sheets back at the end.”
This year’s census is expected to find another increase in
street trees, largely because of the Million Trees program.
That effort has planted 143,000 street trees to date; with
more planted in parks; schools and other institutions; and
on private property, such as for those who picked up a tree
at the Tree Giveaway JHBG ran this past April.
JHBG will participate in the tree count during July to
count every street tree in the neighborhood. Volunteers will
be equipped with a color tree-identification guide (the best
and simplest to use that I’ve seen), T-shirts and gear, plus
increasing prizes as the number of trees tallied grows.
JHBG can use your help for one or two Saturday mornings
between two and three hours each day. If you are interested
in helping, please contact us at volunteer@jhbg.com; write
“Tree Count” in the subject line.
Tree Giveaway in April
Volunteers at Work (and Play)

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VIEWS FROM THE HEIGHTS
Volume 25 Number 4
Summer 2015
Jackson Heights Beautification Group
PO Box 720253
11372-0235
General: info@jhbg.org
Newsletter: views@jhbg.org
Editor
Lila M. Stromer
Contributors
Daniel Karatzas
Susan Latham
Len Maniace
John McCaffrey Jr.
Evie McKenna
Pat Glunt
Rodrigo Salazar
Lila M. Stromer
Melissa Zavala
Graphic Design
James Stonebraker
JHBG Board of Directors
Len Maniace, President*
Nuala O’Doherty, First V.P*
John McCaffrey Jr., Second V.P.*
Janet Kelly, Treasurer*
Edwin O’Keefe Westley, Secretary*
Leslie Ellman
Pat Glunt*
Daniel Karatzas*
Barbara Kunkel
Susan Latham
Julia McInness
Evie McKenna
Jim Riccio*
Rodrigo Salazar
Doris Derwik Wurgler
Melissa Zavala
Maire Breen, Emeritus
* Executive Committee

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Membership Form for Jackson Heights Beautification Group
Your annual donation/membership in JHBG helps us fund neighborhood activities, demonstrates your com-
mitment to a better community and permits us to be your voice in the revitalization of Jackson Heights. Your
support is important to the future of our neighborhood. JHBG is 100 percent volunteer - there is no paid staff.
JHBG is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, and your contribution is tax deductible.
Please make checks payable to: Jackson Heights Beautification Group.
You will be mailed a receipt for tax purposes.
Please fill out this page and return it with your payment to:
JHBG — Membership
Box 720253
Jackson Heights, NY 11372
1. Please circle membership level
Individual—$25 Business—$50 Sustaining—$100
Patron—$250 Benefactor—$500 Sponsor—$1,000
Other__________
2. Please print the following:
Name: _____________________________________________________________
Address (include apt. #):_______________________________________________
City/State/Zip: ______________________________________________________
E-mail Address: _____________________________________________________
Optional: Daytime Phone: ______________________ Evening Phone: _________________________
3. Are you interested in being contacted about any of the following JHBG activities? If so, please circle the
appropriate one(s).
Clean street Friends of Travis Park Garden Club (including flower planting)
Graffiti Busters Halloween Parade Newsletter and/or Website
Town Halls Membership Building Historic Weekend Other:________________
4. Suggestions or Comments:
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V I E W S F R O M T H E H E I G H T S
Jackson Heights
Beautification Group, Ltd.
P.O. Box 720253, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S. Postage
PAID
Flushing, N.Y.
Permit No. 1500
Save the Date
September 26, 2015
at the Community United Methodist Church
The Jackson Heights Beautification Group’s
Good Neighbor Awards
are back!
JHBG will be honoring those people whose contributions to
Jackson Heights deserve special recognition.
Nominations from you—our community—will be set up shortly.
Check the JHBG website, Facebook page and Twitter account!