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odds & ends; Battery Park
Although it’s only 21 acres, Battery Park contains dozens of monuments and memorials, here are a few: The Korean War Veterans Memorial designed by Mac Adams was installed in 1991. The piece also functions as a sundial, every July 27 … Continue reading
A Foggy Day in Richmondtown
Most of NYC enjoyed a glorious day of sunshine after the morning fog lifted…it apparently all moved to Staten Island where the coastal areas remained shrouded in mist all day. the Verrazano Bridge from Ft.Wadsworth Battery Weed on the waterfront … Continue reading
Posted in nature photography, urban wildlife
Tagged battery weed, beach, cedar grove, ft.wadsworth, NYC, photography, staten island, verrazano bridge
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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
Powells Cove; Malba
Malba is an upper middle-class neighborhood in the Whitestone section of Queens. The waterfront neighborhood is home to some of the largest and most expensive private houses in New York City. Its name is derived from the first letters of … 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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Far Rockaway; then and now
The Rockaways have transformed in the last 100 years from playground of the wealthy, to summer resort of the working classes, to poverty and neglect. All of the grand hotels and most of the bungalows are gone, but many of … Continue reading
Posted in photographs of historic building and sites in the five boroughs of New York City
Tagged central avenue, far rockaway, firehouse, historic, NYC, photography, rockaway, then and now, train station, turn of the century, urban photography, victorian buildings, vintage postcards
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden Reflections
reflections in the lily pond
Posted in urban wildlife
Tagged autumn leaves, Brooklyn, brooklyn botanic garden, garden, NYC, photography, pond, reflection, water
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newtown creek and grand st. bridge
The Newtown Creek has been one of the most polluted waterways in NYC for over 150 years. “Newtown creek for many years has been a source of nuisance. It receives the contents of several of the large sewers of Brooklyn … Continue reading
Jamaica Bay; the birds and the butterflies
An early autumn afternoon around the less landscaped and less visited east pond of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. A young Great Blue Heron let me get very near (about 20′, don’t have a telephoto) and then flashed me… did … Continue reading
