Harry Suna Place (Queens)
Present name:22nd Street
Location:Between Queens Plaza South and 43rd Avenue
Honoree: Harry Suna (1924-1992) went to work for Todd Shipyard at age 17 and later joined Central Sheet Metal Company. In 1946, at 22, he became the company's secretary and treasurer. The next year estab A. Suna & Company, which became a multimillion dollar construction and sheet metal fabrication firm. He developed more than 1,000 units of affordable housing throughout NYC and later turned a quarter millon square feet of industrial space into Silvercup Studios. As chairman of Silvercup Studios, he made it into New York's leading film and TV production faciity.
LL:1992/52