• STEINWAY:
    IMMIGRATION, FAMILY BUSINESS, NEIGHBORHOOD.
    A NEW YORK STORY.
TEACHER'S GUIDE
Introduction
Lessons Overview
  		• The Great Migration
  		•  Kleindeutschland-Little Germany
  		• Letters from America
  		• The Age of Improvement & Piano Production
  		• The United States in 1860 & A House Divided
  		• The Life Story of Piano 2166 & Family Stories
  		•  Steinway Success
  		•  Sales Agent Training Course
  		• Steinway Workers
  		• Steinway Village
    Educational Resources
  		• NYC History-General
  		•  Immigration
  		• Population & Kleindeutschland-Little Germany
  		• The Age of Improvement & Piano Production
  		• Piano 2166
  		• Steinway Workers, Steinway Village & Queens
  		• Schedule a Tour
    Ó 2001 La Guardia and Wagner Archives

    Web Designer: Kate Zou
    LESSON: STEINWAY VILLAGE


    Steinway factory, Astoria.

    Steinway Village houses, Astoria.

    When the Steinways designed a village for their employees, the choice of buildings, churches and even teachers reflected the German background and cultural identity of both the designers and the workers. In this exercise in urban planning, students have the opportunity to make similar choices, reflecting their own world. Discussion can focus on the questions "what defines a community? What are the things that we value in a community? To answer the questions about historic Steinway Village, they will need to refer to the map on the back cover. Students living in the vicinity will be able to see an example of how place names originate and change over time. By comparing the back cover with a map of the area today, they will see geographical change as well. Berrian’s Island is now connected to Astoria by landfill. In the 19th and early 20th century, Bowery Bay was the site of an amusement park (North Beach) built by the Steinways and George Ehret (a local brewer). The park no longer exists, and the site is now the entrance to LaGuardia Airport.
    Steinway Hose No. 7, Steinway Street, Astoria.