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7 unusual facts about Forest Hills


Andrea King

At two months of age, she moved with her mother to the United States and was reared in Forest Hills, Queens in New York City, and Palm Beach, Florida.

Arthur Katzman

Arthur J. Katzman (1903-1993) was a Democratic New York City Councilman representing the 29th District of Queens, which includes Forest Hills, Rego Park, Kew Gardens and parts of Maspeth, Richmond Hill and Elmhurst.

Forest Hill, Nova Scotia

Forest Hills, Nova Scotia, a subdivision in Cole Harbour in the Halifax Regional Municipality

Forest Hills, Kloof

Usually being a very quiet and calm area, but in late 2008 the area was struck by a tornado which came as a very big shock to nearby residents as well as to the South African Weather Service.

Forest Hills, North Carolina

Recently, several community members and Western Carolina University have proposed that the village of Forest Hills become the town/city of Cullowhee, incorporating the present Forest Hills boundaries and areas near Old Cullowhee Road and NC 107.

Mildred Edie Brady

In 1947 Brady approached Reich for an interview at his home in Forest Hills, Queens.

Morton Povman

Morton Povman (born 1931) was a Democratic New York City Councilman representing the 15th District and later the 24th District of Queens, which includes Forest Hills, Rego Park, Kew Gardens, Briarwood, Kew Gardens Hills and Fresh Meadows.


American Tennis Association

The American Tennis Association continued to be the primary governing body for African-American tennis in the United States until the desegregation of the USLTA in the 1950s, after Althea Gibson became the first African-American player to compete in the U.S. National Championships at Forest Hills, NY.

Jamaicaway

Adding to the volume of traffic is the Jamaicaway's proximity to the Longwood Medical and Academic Area and to main roads leading to Forest Hills, West Roxbury and the densely populated suburbs of Norfolk County.

Levels of the Game

The book is structured around a description of the semi-final match in the 1968 U.S. Open Championship at Forest Hills, played between Clark Graebner and Arthur Ashe; Ashe won, and went on to win the Championship, becoming the only amateur to win it in the Open era).

Lidia Bastianich

In 1971, the Bastianich couple opened their first restaurant, the tiny Buonavia, meaning "good road", in the Forest Hills section of Queens, with Bastianich as its hostess.

Mary-Ann Eisel

She reached the finals of the 1967 women's doubles U.S. National Championships at Forrest Hills with Donna Floyd but lost in three sets against Rosemary Casals and Billie Jean King.

Nathan Schiff

Born in Forest Hills, New York, Schiff grew up in Baldwin Harbor, Long Island where he began making films at the age of 11.

Our Secret Weapon

CBS had begun a shortwave listening program in September 1939, on an experimental basis, at the National Lawn Tennis Championships at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York.

Percy Priest

J. Percy Priest Dam, a United States Army Corps of Engineers hydroelectric and flood control structure just east of Nashville on the Stones River (and easily visible from Interstate 40) is named in his honor, as is Percy Priest Lake (created by the dam) and an elementary school in Forest Hills, a suburb of Nashville.

Wilmer Allison

He writes: "FOREHAND VOLLEY — Wilmer Allison of Texas, who won the 1935 Forest Hills, had the best I ever saw as a kid, and I've never seen anyone since hit one better. Budge Patty came closest, then Newcombe".


see also

Foghorn Bradley

Foghorn died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the age of 44, and was buried in the Philadelphia Cemetery; he was later re-buried in Forest Hills Cemetery in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania.

Forest Hills High School

Forest Hill Community High School in West Palm Beach, Florida; previously known as Forest Hills High School

Southwest Corridor Park

It closely follows the routes of regional Amtrak and Commuter Rail lines and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Orange Line rapid transit rail line, from its Back Bay Station to its terminus at Forest Hills station.