Midtown Tunnel Celebrates 70th Year Of Operation
Was One Of The City’s Largest Public Works
      It took 20 years of lobbying and planning and four years of hard work, but on Nov. 15th, 1940, the Queens Midtown Tunnel, linking Manhattan and Long Island City, opened to the public. At the time it was the largest, non-federal public works project in the nation.
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Plans To Honor The Lost Heroes Of War
Working On Monument For M.I.A. Troops
story and photo by Ralph Mancini
      A collaborative effort to recognize the spirit of soldiers who never returned from war was realized when All Faiths Cemetery in Middle Village agreed to donate a parcel of land for a memorial site to remember men and women who sacrificed their lives for the United States.
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