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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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Beam me up Scotty. Forget the shoes
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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 the album 39-26 30th St / Before & After Construction
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The Fifty
Stupid name for a building. Seems these new buildings may be receiving some kind of write off if they think up the dumbest, quirkiest name.
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"Keep It Movin'!!", designed by LaGuardia Community College's Fine Arts student Fernanda Contreras, is one of NYC's largest street murals, unveiled on October 6, 2025, on the 29th Street "LaGuardia Community Greenway" in Long Island City, Queens. Covering 17,000 sq ft, it spans 29th Street (between 47th Ave & Skillman Ave) with designs celebrating local subway lines and NYC walkability.
Check out this "Keep it Movin!! creation video
Project Name: "Keep It Movin'!!"
Location: 29th Street, between 47th Ave & Skillman Avenue, Long Island City, Queens (outside LaGuardia Community College).
Designer: Fernanda Contreras, LaGuardia Community College Fine Arts student.
Size: 17,000 square feet.
Features:The mural transforms a former roadway into a pedestrian plaza, featuring designs representing the 7, G, E, F, and N/R/W subway lines.
Background: The project, created in partnership with the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT), was a collaborative effort involving, among others, the LaGuardia Community College President Society.
Purpose: To beautify public spaces and create a vibrant, safe pedestrian area for students and the local community.
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NYC: Midtown Grand Central
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Discarded Street Items/Trash/Litter
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38-27 32nd St and 38-38 32nd St / Before & After Construction
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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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But it rhymes with it!
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Urinetown (click to view)
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In New York City, public urination is a civil offense, not a criminal offense, and is covered by Section 16-118 of the Administrative Code. First-time offenders can receive a fine of up to $75, with subsequent offenses within 12 months resulting in fines of $250–$350 for a second offense and $350–$450 for a third offense. Offenders will receive a civil ticket instead of a criminal summons and will not have a criminal record if found guilty. Administrative courts may also require offenders to perform community service.
BEFORE & AFTER CONSTRUCTION
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Coming Soon, a 40 story tower
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This is a dual album as these two major construction projects are situated just across 24th street @ Queens Plaza South from one another
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25-01 Queens Plaza North / Before-After Construction
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Urinetown (click to view)
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In New York City, public urination is a civil offense, not a criminal offense, and is covered by Section 16-118 of the Administrative Code. First-time offenders can receive a fine of up to $75, with subsequent offenses within 12 months resulting in fines of $250–$350 for a second offense and $350–$450 for a third offense. Offenders will receive a civil ticket instead of a criminal summons and will not have a criminal record if found guilty. Administrative courts may also require offenders to perform community service.
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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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I never seem to ever grow tired of the NYC Skyline
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Before & After Construction
My hunch paid off as this structure was completely torn down. I've been photographing the back of the building, as the front faces a police station, and not many people understand why I photograph construction. Several times I've been asked if I was an insurance surveyor. That one makes sense, as many times I'm dressed from work. No, just a hobbyist photographer. Essentially it's my documenting the pre/post gentrification of my neighborhood
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38-27 32nd St and 38-38 32nd St / Before & After Construction
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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.
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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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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This morning along my walk to work I happened upon this 5 toothed iron bucket for a backhoe sitting by its lonesome along the walkway on the Honeywell Street bridge, and with no work crew, or anyone for that matter, in sight. It hadn't been there yesterday afternoon so probably a night crew. Still kinda strange. I noticed it from a distance and just couldn't figure out what it could possibly be. Being constructed of iron is no doubt why it was still there as it probably weighs a ton.
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The best part of my job is my ability to work to/fro my place of employment, and I certainly see a lot of strange people and things along my walks. The "regular commuters" are apparently the one's in the cars, on the buses and subways, though us walkers, we are certainly having much more fun
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