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April 1, 2008

Setting Down Roots:
Queens Botanical Garden, Flushing, New York

The QBG has its roots in a five-acre exhibit that was part of the 1939 World’s Fair. In 1963, New York City planning czar Robert Moses moved the garden from the fairgrounds to its current 39-acre parcel close to the bustling heart of Flushing. The neighborhood is one of the city’s most ethnically diverse, with a larger Chinese population than Manhattan’s Chinatown. It is also home to many Koreans and Latinos.


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