New York City

Quarterly Capitalism

"Quarterly capitalism" means the same thing as "short-termism" -- overreliance on quarterly reports and quarterly profits rather than long term planning. "Capitalism, for…

Queen (Drag Queen)

Harlem's female impersonators were called "queens" in the 1930s. "In New York" with Paul Harrison was syndicated in many newspapers. Harrison's column describing…

Queen Anne (cocktail)

Entry in progress -- B.P. 21 May 1893, Cleveland (OH) Plain Dealer, pg. 17, col. 2:THE MANHATTAN.The Greatest of American Democratic Clubs.The Manhattan club at Fifth avenue and Thirty-fourth…

Queen of Avenues (Fifth Avenue)

Manhattan's Fifth Avenue has been called the "Queen of Avenues." The term "queen of avenues" (lower case) was cited in print in 1949. Jack McCarthy, a broadcaster of the…

Queens (cocktail)

The "Manhattan" cocktail has existed since at least the 1880s, but for many years it was noted that the borough of Wueens did not have a cocktail of its own. A "Queen's…

Queens Topographical Poem

A Queens topographical poem -- written in 1926 by Ellis Parker Butler -- attempted to easily explain the new street numbering. 3 December 1926, New York Times, pg. 8:VERSE AFFORDS MEANSTO GET ABOUT…