German Traces NYC: Steinway Village

Steinway Village

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Description: Steinway Village was built as a community for Steinway & Sons’ factory workers and included a post office, church, library, amusement park and employee housing.
Closest Address: 1 Steinway Pl, Long Island City, NY 11105, USA
Suggested time to explore: 0 hr 5 min

References and Photo Credits

Greater Astoria Historical Society. Neighborhoods: Steinway. (n.d.) http://www.astorialic.org/neighborhoods/stein_p.php

Lenehan, Michael. (1997, March). K 2571: The making of a Steinway grand. http://www.sherwinbeach.com/lenehan/K2571.htm

MCNY Collections Portal. Opening of Steinway Factory. (1860). http://tinyurl.com/7nzd9sm

MCNY Collections Porta. Steinway. Steinway & Sons piano factory complex. Byron Company, photographer. (1902). http://tinyurl.com/6uhblhz

MCNY Collections Portal. Steinway. Steinway & Sons piano factory with several factory buildings set in an open field. Byron Company, photographer. (1902). http://tinyurl.com/6luptfq

MCNY Collections Portal. Steinway house. (ca. 1890). http://tinyurl.com/6m7zmb2

MCNY Collections Portal. Steinway house. (ca. 1900). http://tinyurl.com/6q2fe4l

National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institute. The William Steinway Diary, 1861-1896. http://americanhistory.si.edu/steinwaydiary/

NYPL Digital Gallery. F. Th. Steinway. (n.d.). Image ID: 1943602. http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1943602

NYPL Digital Gallery. H. Steinway, Sr. (n.d.). Image ID: 1943604. http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1943604

NYPL Digital Gallery. The Steinway grand pianoforte. (1883). Image ID: 832552. http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?832552

NYPL Digital Gallery. William Steinway. Image ID: 1943605. http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1943605

Steinway & Sons. Steinway History. http://www.steinway.com/about/history/

The Steinway & Sons Collection. LaGuardia and Wagner Archives, Fiorello H. LaGuardia Community College/CUNY. http://www.laguardiawagnerarchive.lagcc.cuny.edu/COLLECTIONS.aspx?ViwType=1&ColID=4

Wikipedia. Keyboard of grand piano – Steinway & Sons. Hamburg Factory. (n.d.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Keyboard_of_grand_piano_-_Steinway_%26_Sons_(Hamburg_factory).jpg

Wikipedia. Steinway rim patent. (1880). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Steinway_Rim_Patent.jpg

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