Tag Archives: Queensboro Bridge
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
Project Firebox 18
– photo by Mitch Waxman Badder than you, this urban survivor owns the corner of Vernon Vlvd. and Queens Plaza South. Scarlet, its backdrop is mighty Queensboro itself, and the mysterious doorway into its tower. Rumored by area wags and … 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
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
Progress
– photos by Mitch Waxman The growth of the Tishman Speyer Gotham Center building in the new Queens Plaza, from every corner of the Newtown Pentacle.
Roosevelt island Tram
– photos by Mitch Waxman Newly reopened, your humble narrator was keen to take a trip across the river via the Tram. Here’s what I saw…
confines of our kingdom
“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
Queensboro trapeze
– photo by Mitch Waxman Oh, how I love it when they forget to close the gates… recently observed was this aerial ballet beneath the Queensboro bridge in LIC. They seemed to either be ConEd or one of its subcontractors, … Continue reading
Circumnavigation 4
– photo by Mitch Waxman After sliding past the Williamsburg Bridge, the Circle Line narrator began to talk about Queensboro (he called it 59th street bridge- grrrr) and didn’t mention the Newtown Creek. Tourists wouldn’t want to hear about that … Continue reading
LIC Millstones updates
To begin with, the so-called “LIC Millstones” are a pair of colonial era industrial artifacts, which have incontrovertibly survived into modernity- in Queens. Quite a controversy is afoot about them, which I’ve been actively involved in. Recent developments bear some … Continue reading
Newtown Pentacle, too 