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Rockaway Then and Now
Mott Ave. and B22 St. Far Rockaway, NYC1940 2012
Brooklyn Gothic; Wallabout
The neighborhood of Wallabout was recently designated as a landmark district largely because it contains one of the greatest concentration of remaining pre-Civil War wood-frame houses in NYC. Amongst the well maintained houses on Vanderbilt Avenue, just south of the … Continue reading
Francis Lewis Park
continuing the tour of parks along the East River in north Queens Dutch farmers founded Whitestone in 1645, naming the area for a large white boulder along the shore. The park honors Francis Lewis a member of the Continental Congress … Continue reading
Crocheron Park
From the pondup the stepsto the gazebos on the bluff across the footbridge over the Cross Island Pkwy. the bike path, part of the Brooklyn-Queens Greenway looking toward Alley Pond Park Little Neck Bay and a swan family The Crocheron … Continue reading
Posted in photographs of historic building and sites in the five boroughs of New York City
Tagged alley pond park, Bayside, bike path, boss tweed, brooklyn queens greenway, city park, crocheron park, footbridge, gazebo, history, little neck bay, NYC, photography, pond, queens, swan family, tammany hall, urban wildlife
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East River from Hellsgate Field
Mill Rock Island Mill Rock Island, originally two smaller islands, lies about 1,000 feet off the eastern edge of 96th Street in the East River. In 1664 William Hallet bought the two islands, but apparently never occupied them. Sometime between … Continue reading
Posted in photographs of historic building and sites in the five boroughs of New York City
Tagged asphalt green, astoria, blackwell island, East River, hells gate, hells gate bridge, history, lighthouse, mill rock island, mill rock park, NYC, photo, queens, rfk bridge, roosevelt island light, upper east side
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photo of the day; Mott Haven
trees St.Marys Park Bronx, NY St. Mary’s Park, one of the six original parks in the Bronx, the site was once part of the estate of Jonas Bronck (1600-43), for whom the Bronx is named. During the Revolutionary War, a … Continue reading
