Flushing, the New Face of the City

In my "Abroad in New York" column in the July 3 New York Sun I write about the commercial and historical core of Flushing, Queens. Now largely Chinese and Korean, Flushing symbolizes the globalization that has taken place in recent decades. But the presence in Flushing of such landmarks as the 17th-century John Bowne house reminds us that our present globalization is only the latest chapter in a process that has been going on for 400 years.