Category Archives: Maspeth
with palpitant heart
– photo by Mitch Waxman Startlingly interesting is the only way to describe the experiences of the preceding year. Attempts have been made to cogently describe and colorfully illustrate the encounters your humble narrator has enjoyed in this 10th year … Continue reading
Low Tide at Maspeth Creek
– photos by Mitch Waxman Shallow as it is, Maspeth Creek at an extreme low tide on Wednesday the 22nd of December.
perilous disposition
Notes: Don’t miss the Hunter’s Point Avenue Bridge Centennial this weekend, on December 11th, a free event. For more on the HPA Bridge Centennial, click here. Also, please consider purchasing a copy of the first Newtown Pentacle book: “Newtown Creek for … Continue reading
ceaseless mazes
– photo by Mitch Waxman While wandering about near the former Phelps Dodge property at the Newtown Creek, a juggernaut was observed as it hurtled along on standard gauge. from wikipedia There is an urban legend that Julius Caesar specified … Continue reading
previous recollections
– photo by Mitch Waxman Recently, I was obliged to meet up with a couple of guys from Williamsburg when they asked me to guide them through some of the Newtown Creek’s less well known attractions. My pithy reply was … Continue reading
The Man Who Could Dodge Bullets
– photo by Mitch Waxman One of the great traditions in the history of fraternal ethnic organizations is the art of storytelling, and a tale often told by those who “belong” is about the Castellamarese War. It’s an old New … Continue reading
a world yet inchoate
– photo by Mitch Waxman Unutterable, the name which must not be mentioned torments a humble narrator. Sure knowledge that the mortal remains of its bearer lie amongst the emerald devastations of First Calvary Cemetery renders a psychological state in … Continue reading
keenest eagerness
– photo by Mitch Waxman Oh yes, lords and ladies of Newtown, we have arrived once more at the apex of the autumnal season of spooky here in the Newtown Pentacle. Consequently, attention must once more turn to the cemetery … Continue reading
the Newtown Creek Cruise is just 14 days away
Burgundy Crow
– photo by Mitch Waxman Wandering along the border between Ridgewood, Brooklyn, and Maspeth one afternoon- heading for one of the demoniac terminus points of the Newtown Creek’s tributaries found on Metropolitan Avenue, I realized that I was very much … Continue reading
Newtown Pentacle, too 