Author Archives: Mitch Waxman
Project Firebox 20
– photo by Mitch Waxman There are many places in and around Astoria where time and space fold in upon each other and you find yourself at the corner of an avenue and street which bear the same number. This … Continue reading
Happy Candlemas
– photo by Mitch Waxman The wheel of the year turns and turns, and the foul weather being suffered by the Lords and Ladies of the Pentacle this day is actually a good thing- for it means that the hag Cailleach … Continue reading
Wisdom of crowds
– photo by Mitch Waxman UPDATE- one of the sharp eyed Lords of the Pentacle has recognized the mysterious column I mentioned in yesterday’s posting (An Odd Impulse) as being part of the Queensboro Bridge- the Great Machine itself. Following … Continue reading
an odd impulse
The Sidewalk, Barnett Avenue, Sunnyside – photo by Mitch Waxman Apologies for recent silences are offered, for your humble narrator has found vexing distractions and urgent tasks consuming all available time. Additionally, winter has just exposed its fangs earnestly and … Continue reading
hovering above
– photo by Mitch Waxman Recent business called for me to visit the facilities of a commercial printer which has established its physical plant in part of the former Degnon complex near Dutch Kills, which explains how and why I … Continue reading
NCA meeting update!!!
– photo by Mitch Waxman Postponed due to weather, will the scheduled Newtown Creek Alliance meeting for tonight! The official missive, from NCA Director Kathleen Schmid: The Newtown Creek Alliance meeting tonight is cancelled due to weather, we will provide … Continue reading
Current Events
September “officer of the month” award presentation at 114th PCT. Community Council meeting – photo by Mitch Waxman Of interest to those of us lucky enough to live in Astoria, the monthly 114th Precinct Community Council meeting will be taking … Continue reading
hazy unreality
– photo by Mitch Waxman Another one of those long exposure shots described in earlier posts, this enchanting bit of typography adorns a storefront here in Astoria. I’ve never taken my little dog Zuzu there for a haircut, as she … Continue reading
Project Firebox 19
– photo by Mitch Waxman Decapitated, this firebox on Skillman Avenue and Honeywell Street has long been severed from its designed functionality. I’m told by certain knowledgeable sources that you simply cannot remove the stump of an alarm box from … Continue reading
profound discouragement
– photo by Mitch Waxman With my favored vantage on Dutch Kills, the estimable Borden Avenue Bridge, once more accessible– I’ve been making it a point to aim my wanderings toward its general direction whenever I can summon the fortitude … Continue reading
Newtown Pentacle, too 