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Neighborhood
Wikipedia ties Art Garfunkel to Forest Hills, Queens. A tie, not always an origin
Places
- St. George Theatre
- Forest Hills Stadium
- The Concert in Central Park
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- Forest Hills High School, School
Listen and read
Music spots
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Venue
St. George Theatre
1929A picture palace on Staten Island’s North Shore, opened on 4 December 1929 and renovated in 2004. Tony Bennett, Cyndi Lauper, Art Garfunkel, Neil Sedaka and Tony Orlando are among those who have performed there, per Wikipedia.
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Venue
Forest Hills Stadium
1964The West Side Tennis Club’s 14,000-seat stadium, built in 1923, is also a concert venue. A poster for its 1964 concerts billed Barbra Streisand, Count Basie and Harry Belafonte, and in the 1960s and 1970s it hosted Simon & Garfunkel among others. It reopened for concerts in 2013, per Wikipedia.
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Moment
The Concert in Central Park, the Great Lawn
1981On 19 September 1981 Simon & Garfunkel played a free benefit concert on the Great Lawn for an estimated 500,000 people. Proceeds went toward the park’s redevelopment and upkeep, and the show became the live album The Concert in Central Park, per Wikipedia.
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