Fresh Meadows in northeastern Queens refers to a neighborhood and a housing development within it. In the 1950s, a developer transformed Fresh Meadows Country Club into a cluster of low and medium-rise apartments. At the time of its construction, the project was praised by community planner Lewis Mumford as "perhaps the most positive and exhilarating example of large-scale community planning in the country." Three shopping centers provide a convenient lifestyle in Forest Meadows, complete with a local movie theater. Union Turnpike to the south also provides an accessible commercial corridor of stores, services, and restaurants. Highlights include the nearby Kissena and Cunningham parks and the largest Roman Catholic high school in the nation.