|
| 1969 |
1999 |
Big news story:
Segregation at Queens College |
Big news story:
Dorms at Queens College |
Big Queens gripe:
No Snow removal |
Big Queens gripe:
What snow? |
Queens Borough
President:
Sidney Leviss |
Queens Borough
President:
Claire Shulman |
Mayor:
John Lindsay |
Mayor:
Rudy Giuliani |
Governor:
Nelson Rockefeller |
Governor:
George Pataki |
Playing at the
RKO Keiths:
2001: A Space Odyssey |
Playing at the
RKO Keith’s:
Nothing: Asbestos Odyssey |
Playing at the
Midway:
Easy Rider |
Playing at the
Midway:
True Crime |
Average movie
ticket price:
$1.50 |
Average movie
ticket price:
$8.50 |
Average pizza
slice price:
30 cents |
Average pizza
slice price:
$1.50 |
Gary Ackerman:
Teacher |
Gary Ackerman:
Congressman |
| Interborough Parkway
|
Jackie Robinson
Parkway |
New animated
television show:
"The Flintstones" |
New animated
television show:
Futurama |
| Tonight Show with
Johnny Carson |
Tonight Show with
Jay Leno |
President:
Tricky Dick |
President:
Slick Willie |
Hot Prescription
Drug:
Birth Control Pills |
Hot Prescription
Drug:
Viagra |
| Vietnam |
Kosovo |
| Subway token |
MetroCard |
| Easy Passage |
EZPass |
Mets Star
Catcher:
Jerry Grote |
Mets Star
Catcher:
Mike Piazza |
| Mets win World
Series |
Mets… |
| Jets win Superbowl |
Jets now play in
Jersey |
U.S. Open top
seed:
Arthur Ashe |
U.S. Open top
seed:
Pete Sampras |
U.S. Open played
at:
West Side Tennis Club |
U.S. Open played
at:
Arthur Ashe Stadium |
| ? |
Queens West |
| ? |
Queens Museum of Art |
Queens’
Tallest Building:
North Shore Towers |
Queens’
Tallest Building:
Citicorp |
