LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Forest
Hills Gardens Corporation to be celebrated June 6, 2010

WHEREAS, It is the custom of this Legislative Body to recognize that the
quality and character of life in the communities across New York State
are reflective of the concerned and dedicated efforts of those corpo-
rations and individuals who would devote themselves to the welfare of
the community and its citizenry; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, it is the sense of this Legislative Body to commem-
orate the 100th Anniversary of the Forest Hills Gardens Corporation to
be celebrated with its "Party of the Century" at the Forest Hills Commu-
nity House on Sunday, June 6, 2010; and
WHEREAS, The Forest Hills Gardens Corporation has been successful for
100 years in designing, maintaining, and encouraging the expansion and
health of a close-knit cottage community in the heart of Forest Hills;
and
WHEREAS, The Forest Hills Gardens Corporation has fought to develop
and maintain the community since 1907, when Olivia Slocum Sage founded
the Russell Sage Foundation which gave both money and property toward
the development of the Forest Hills Gardens Community; and
WHEREAS, Robert de Forest and Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. were commis-
sioned with the planning of this community; today, the Forest Hills
Gardens Corporation features curved streets, diverse housing, small
parks, and a connection to a larger urban environment, resulting in a
classic, harmonious community, of which the entire State of New York can
be proud; and
WHEREAS, The Forest Hills Gardens Corporation, which unites neighbors
and friends through the connection of shared spaces, diversity and
commonality, merits the recognition and respectful tribute of this
Legislative Body; and
WHEREAS, It is the intent of this Legislative Body that when corpo-
rations of such noble aims and accomplishments are brought to our atten-
tion, they should be celebrated and recognized by all the citizens of
the great State of New York; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Forest Hills Gardens Corpo-
ration to be celebrated June 6, 2010; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to the Forest Hills Gardens Corporation.