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Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.
~ Emily Brontë (English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights)
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Part of a sub-album titled: Shoe Cameo
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Architect: ODA (Really cool designs)
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24-01 Queens Plaza North - Before/After Construction
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I never seem to ever grow tired of the NYC Skyline
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Year built: 1930
Total number of units (both buildings): 27
The mystery back houses behind East 26th Street
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Built in 1920
Property sold 6/7/2024 for $4-million
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30-71 29th St, Astoria / Before & After Construction - Click to view
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Manhattan: Flatiron District
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Just weird. Several times per week I happen upon pairs of shoes just sitting off by themselves. Lately I've seen some even in boxes. This is the second instance of shoes being placed out front of this same house. I don't get it.
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Beam me up Scotty. Forget the shoes
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I walk everywhere. To work, back home, shopping, wherever. And along many of my walks I happen upon pairs of shoes just sitting off by themselves. It's just so weird and random. As if whomever was wearing them was just whisked away. Beamed up to the Spaceship. Barefooted or in their stocking feet. Perhaps the aliens don't believe in shoes. Or they have no need for them...
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I walk everywhere. To work, back home, shopping, wherever. And along many of my walks I happen upon pairs of shoes just sitting off by themselves. It's just so weird and random. As if whomever was wearing them was just whisked away. Beamed up to the Spaceship. Barefooted or in their stocking feet. Perhaps the aliens don't believe in shoes. Or have no need for them...
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I live in a very small house, but my windows look out on a very large world.
~ Confucius
Confucius (孔子; pinyin: Kǒngzǐ; lit. 'Master Kong'; c. 551 – c. 479 BCE), born Kong Qiu (孔丘), was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages. Much of the shared cultural heritage of the Sinosphere originates in the philosophy and teachings of Confucius. His philosophical teachings, called Confucianism, emphasized personal and governmental morality, harmonious social relationships, righteousness, kindness, sincerity, and a ruler's responsibilities to lead by virtue.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius
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Out My Windows
One can never have enough pillows
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NYC: Midtown Grand Central
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25-01 Queens Plaza North / Before-After Construction
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Queens: Honeywell Street Bridge (click to view that entire album)
Tomorrow is March 1st. The next few months are to be very busy. For starters I will be going into my office 3x a week now. I'm still on a reasonable accommodation until the end of March, and have been slowly building up my in-person days, with January being once a week, February twice, and now it's March. The in-person days have been building up both my confidence and endurance. It's working, and I'm feeling stronger as a result. It really is reinvention, and it feels amazing.
Work aside, I have also returned to my dental care. Following many years of having been a two pack per day smoker, daily drinker, matched with horrible eating habits, it had all reeked havoc on my teeth and gums. I'm now almoat 5 years nicotine free, and 4 years alcohol free, having quit both cold turkey and 6-months apart. In 2023 a great friend of mine secured me a referral to NYU's College of Dentistry, and ever since then much has taken place. It is phenomenal dental care. And without any doubt, NYU Dentistry is THE best that I have ever received. In May 2025 all of that needed to be placed on hold as I needed to undergo chemotherapy treatments. It's never boring with me. Treatments concluded in October 2025 and now it's full speed ahead. It's a full mouth restoration and should be completed by June of this year. More reinvention, and it's all good. I am grateful and thankful.
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Newell's Run - Year of the City
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4th Floor Walk-up Penthouse Apartment
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38-27 32nd St and 38-38 32nd St / Before & After Construction
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Who the hell would do that!?
These sneakers start at $600
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Xeranthemum annuum is a flowering plant species also known as annual everlasting or immortelle.
The immortelle is a symbol of eternity and immortality.
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New York Yimby, March 13, 2026
Construction is about to go vertical at 24-19 Jackson Avenue, a 55-story residential skyscraper in the Court Square section of Long Island City, Queens. Designed by FXCollaborative and developed by Charney Companies and Tavros Capital in partnership with Incoco Capital, the 676-foot-tall structure will yield 600 apartments and 10,000 square feet of retail space. The 18,000-square-foot property is bounded by 45th Avenue to the north, Jackson Avenue to the southeast, and 23rd Street to the west.
Full article: 55-Story Skyscraper Readies for Vertical Construction at 24-19 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens
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Polo Ralph Nude
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(2018) U.S. Open Tennis Championships
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Queens: Honeywell Street Bridge (click to view that entire album)
Notice those shadows on the building. They're actually reflections. Gone are the days of beautifully designed and constructed buildings that compliment their surrounding and offer shaded areas. Instead, these days, it's all glass. And wherever you go, you see these reflections.
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Queens: Long Island City
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I needed to figure out some way for the Infusion Center nurses to have full access to my arms, while still maintaining warmth, as it's so cold in there.
Upon researching on Amazon, I found turtlenecked T-shirts. Ingenious. Then I bought the wool & fleece poncho, which goes right over my head. No need for sleeves
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Tis cancer chic
And I wouldn't expect anything less from myself
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Newell's Run - Year of the City
Year built: 1959
Purchase date: 07/03/2025
Purchase price: $11,009,125
Here's the design for the upcoming new building. I really like it
www.caliendoarchitects.com/project-gallery/31-05-astoria-...
History of the site:
After 40 years in business the Neptune Diner located in Astoria, Queens, NYC served its last meal on Sunday, July 29. 2024. The owners claimed they were not given a chance to renew their lease, because the property will soon be turned into a residential building.
Since 1983, The Katsihtis brothers have owned the building on Astoria Boulevard but not the land, which was sold in 2018 for over $10 million.
The brothers also had a 35-year lease which expired in 2019. But since then, they were not able to come to a long-term agreement with the landlord.
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But that's what Long Island City/Astoria needs is another apartment building. It's already so overbuilt, it's ridiculous. Yet they keep tearing them down and building new ones, many of which are luxury rentals. The neighborhood is losing its character to steel and glass.
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Queens: 31-05 Astoria Blvd North - Before & After Construction
The River King
~ by Alice Hoffman
For more than a century, the small town of Haddan, Massachusetts, has been divided, as if by a line drawn down the centre of Main Street, separating those born and bred in the 'village' from those who attend the prestigious Haddan School. But one October night the two worlds are thrust together by an inexplicable death and the town's divided history is revealed in all its complexity.
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I've been an avid fan of author Alice Hoffman for 30+ years. Hoffman writes magical realism, a literary genre that depicts the real world interwoven with elements of magic and fantasy. Whenever I've mentioned Hoffman's name to people they typically shrug and say how they've never heard of her, that is until I've noted how it was Hoffman whom had written the novel "Practical Magic" which later became a Hollywood movie, that people say "oooh".
Oooh. Hmm. Welp, obviously not readers.
Walking home from work
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Queens: Honeywell Street Bridge (click to view that entire album)