A disoriented elderly woman found wandering the streets of Flushing 
this weekend was identified and returned to her family late Monday 
night.

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For years, the residents of Broadway-Flushing in Queens have argued that the neighborhood’s cornucopia of architectural gems should be protected under landmarking. Many of the 1,330 eclectic houses date back to the first half of the twentieth century, ranging in style from Colonial to Tudor to Arts and Crafts. But the New York City government has repeatedly turned down their preservation request.

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By Shiori Okazaki Irene Carr, 41, and her mother Muriel, 67, stood huddled in the wind on a fall afternoon, looking up at the Unisphere at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. They were taking a public tour of the largest park in Queens, best known as the site of two World’s Fairs in 1939-40 and 1964-65. “My mother [...]

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