Forest Hills
Forest Hills was the product of Cord Meyer, attorney and innovative entrepreneur’s creative imagination, that moved from England to New York. Started off by purchasing 600 acres of farmland in 1901 that was known as a “white pot”. Several tales exist of what this name derived from. Some historians say that this area was purchased from the Indians for three white clay pots. However another story states that the name “Whitepot” came from Dutch word “whiteput” which means dried streamed bed (put meaning pit or hollow) as it was a site of dried up stream. Cord Meyer purchased six large farms and the area was named Forest Hills, because it was adjacent to the Forest Park and it was on the high rolling ground. In 1909 part of 160 acres was purchased by Russell Sage Foundation, and developed as a model residential community and was named Forest Hills gardens. Developers always intended this community to be in upper or middle class one. Frederick Law Olmstead Jr., son of the man who planned Central Park, laid out the development. By 1908 the Cord Meyer development company property stretched from 65th Avenue (west), to Union Turnpike (east), and from Metropolitan Avenue (south), past Flashing Meadow Corona Park, to Vleigh r
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Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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