Main Street Flushing, Queens, New York
The New York Sun reports on how the latest wave of immigration — from Asia — is transforming how New York is perceived around the world. And how the enclave of Flushing in the borough of Queens typifies that transformation.
Since the 1970s, New York has become, in a highly visible way, a more Asian city. We have come to the point where, for billions of people around the world, “New York” conjures images not of the Manhattan skyline but of Main Street in Flushing, Queens…the once-placid streets pulse with a commercial vitality that was, 30 years ago, literally unimaginable. The dramatic change shows us once again that trying to predict even the short-term future of New York City is a mug’s game.
