AJ Schenkman

1 month ago | untappedcities.com | AJ Schenkman

Become a paid member to listen to this article You don't have to go to Philadelphia to see a Liberty Bell. On January 15, 1954, Queensborough President James A. Lundy and Queens County Bank President Joseph Upton cut a ribbon opening the newest branch of the Queens County Savings Bank in Kew Gardens Hills. This bank was unlike any other in New York City because it was built as a replica of Independence Hall in Philadelphia—Liberty Bell and all.