This article is about my recent two-hour walkabout in “Little Guyana” which is located in Queens, New York City. First, let me turn back the clock over half a century to my first visit to New York City, which was in 1969. I did not arrive in New York by the route normally taken by tens of thousands of Guyanese over the decades; which is by a flight from Timehri to New York. That first arrival of mine to the Big Apple, was by aircraft from Toronto, Canada.
A Guyanese business establishment on Liberty Avenue in “Little Guyana” New York city.(Photo by Francis Q. Farrier)
GUYANA: Back to Beautiful Buxton – by Francis Quamina Farrier
The Tipperary Hall. Buxton. The Post Office is now located here.
Beautiful Buxton – by Francis Quamina Farrier
A few months ago, I wrote an article which has the headline, “From Buxton to Buxton” which juxtaposed the town of Buxton in England and the village of Buxton here in Guyana. Since writing that article, I have done a two-hour walkabout in the Guyana Buxton. During that exercise in which my 83- year-old feet did admirably well, I saw and experienced much of modern-day Buxton in Region 4. I have to say, I was impressed; especially with the people with whom I had verbal communication. Continue reading →
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