Category Archives: Pickman
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
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
disquieting effect
– photo by Mitch Waxman There’s a strange and seemingly shunned house not far from either Queens Plaza or Court Square, a hidden relict on 43rd and Crescent which is shadowed by the Megalith. Intriguing, it’s a fairly old structure … Continue reading
Tales of Calvary 12- The Lynch monument
– photo by Mitch Waxman A magnificent and somewhat unique example of mortuary sculpture found at First Calvary Cemetery here in Queens is the Lynch monument. The screeds engraved on it indicate the presence of several generations of the family, … Continue reading
for silver
“Newtown Creek for the Vulgarly Curious” is a fully annotated 68 page, full-color journey from the mouth of Newtown Creek at the East River all the way back to the heart of darkness at English Kills, with photos and text by … Continue reading
marble glories
– photo by Mitch Waxman A favored aphorism amongst Occultists is “as above, so below”, a saying attributed to having been coined by Hermes Trismegistis and recorded upon the legendary Kitab Sirr al-Asrar (aka Smaragdine Table, Tabula Smaragdina) or Emerald Tablet. … Continue reading
gentle manner
Combined Sewer Outfall BB-013, from the Pulaski Bridge – photo by Mitch Waxman To begin- I warn you- this post will most likely “gross you out”. In 1674, Boyle said: “I have often suspected, that there may be in the … Continue reading
H.P. Lovecraft's "The Festival"
– photo by Mitch Waxman text quoted from H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Festival”, courtesy wikisource, where you can read the whole story I was far from home, and the spell of the eastern sea was upon me. In the twilight I … Continue reading
the stinking shallows
– photo by Mitch Waxman As mentioned in yesterday’s posting, aimless wandering around the Dutch Kills tributary of Newtown Creek was how your humble narrator spent Monday afternoon. The stealthy ones… let’s just call them Cats… pointed me in this … Continue reading
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