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From hideous balconies to strange entrance steps

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38-27 32nd St and 38-38 32nd St / Before & After Construction

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Nothing yet with this one, though it's merely a matter of time now

 

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32-44 Queens Blvd - Before/After Construction - Click to View

I'm so pale, my goodness. Supposed to stay out of the Sun. And with those crazy glasses. LOL. They're blue blockers. I just got them as my head hair had stopped growing during my Kemosabe Liquid Sunshine cycles, and I just wanted something to interrupt the visual. Now I've like 12 pairs of them. So insane. You gotta have a little fun when you go through something like this. I got a lot of compliments on my glasses, though never any mentions of my not having hair. A week ago my hair began to regrow. And I don't need glasses, outside of sunglasses. In June 2024 I had cataract surgery on both of my eyes and can now see 20/20. Prior to that I was wearing tri-focal glasses.

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Newell's Run - Year of the City

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The Thornless Honeylocust, scientifically known as Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis, is a large deciduous tree that grows 30 to 40 feet tall and is known for its lack of thorns, making it suitable for urban landscapes and children's gardens. It is drought-tolerant, casts light shade, and produces small, yellow leaves in the fall.

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You too can learn about trees in NYC via the New York City Tree Map Click to View the Map which includes 873,757 trees of 542 species spread throughout NYC's 5 Boro's

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Queens: Ravenswood - Click to View

This cycle almost put me in the grave. As I hadn't known about how over time side effects become cumulative.

 

Not only that, what had happened was during Cycle # 3 on July 17th, the Neulasta Device had malfunctioned while I was at home. This medical device would be affixed to my upper arm at the end of each treatment, and it helped to stimulate the production of white blood cells, reducing the risk of infection. Meds from the device would be administered automatically 27-hours following treatment

 

On the evening of July 17th I began to notice how the device was detaching from my arm and required tape reinforcement. It activated July 18th though I experienced none of the typical side effects, suggesting improper medication delivery. You need to be your own advocate when you go through something like this, and you need to read everything, and stay on top of EVERY SINGLE THING.

 

As a result of the malfunction, my white blood cell (WBC) counts plummeted, and the following week I required two separate injections to bring them back up. On the morning of August 7th, prior to my scheduled 4th treatment, it was confirmed how my WBC counts were almost at their maximum counts.

 

I recalled how during my first Kemosabe session, a specific Infusion Nurse had secured the Neulasta Device with an additional bandage that had a clear window and provided better adhesion. On July 20th, I sent a message to my Oncologist mentioning how I would like to request that same application method moving forward.

Remember, BE YOUR OWN ADVOCATE

 

Also, I asked that their office please refrain from scheduling follow-up appointments immediately after my treatment sessions, as I'm too fatigued post-treatment to navigate additional appts, esp in different buildings. So stupid. I just can't understand that. Requested if they could please schedule follow-ups on separate days. Her staff may just not realize how exhausting chemo is.

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One needs to pay very close attention to every single aspect of it all. Especially when one lives alone

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Bought a second poncho in black

Forever the fashionista

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Newell's Run - Year of the City

Balconies going up, black netting coming down

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38-27 32nd St and 38-38 32nd St / Before & After Construction

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Decided to have my hair buzzed so as to grow into my new look. These things need to be done correctly

 

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Newell's Run - Year of the City

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Part of the album titled: Self-Portraiture

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They dismantled all of the sidewalk sheds, yet the green wall remains. Loving those black framed windows. Have always wanted an apartment with those types of windows. The ones where you need to wind a lever and they open sideways. In my fantasy it needs to be a red bricked building second floor apartment, and the building is situated on a tree lined street. Make that a cobblestone street. No, not a street. A lane. And it's raining. It's springtime...

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No clue what this building is supposed to be though it most certainly is not going not going to be another apartment building. Those steel rollup doors speak shops, though we shall see.

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37-12 31st Street / Before & After Construction

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You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.

 

~ Maya Angelou

(American memoirist, poet, singer, dancer, actress, and civil rights activist)

 

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Part of the album: Walk/Commute to/fro Work

 

I hadn't seen any abandoned shoes for well over a month, and now twice in two days, and both sightings located very close to one another

 

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Beam me up Scotty. Forget the shoes

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Crain's New York Business, March 7, 2024

 

Midtown-based Fisher Bros. has parted ways with a Long Island City site where it once hoped to build a 240-unit project.

 

The real estate firm has sold 42-50 24th St. to developer Chris Xu's United Construction & Development for $57.5 million, property records show. The deal will add to Xu's already substantial portfolio of Queens projects.

 

The Hakim Organization and Property Markets Group bought the site in 2015 for $69 million, and the real estate website New York YIMBY published renderings of a 74-story tower planned for the address in 2018. However, in 2019 Fisher Bros. prefiled plans for a 35-story project at the site that would span about 255,000 square feet with 240 residential units, 40,000 square feet of commercial space and a hotel.

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Queens, New York (Random) - Click to View

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Built in 1931, 4 floors, 20 units

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Thankfully it's situated 3-doors away from a Firehouse. But still. My neighborhood is super hot Real Estate wise, and a building like this, on a corner, could fetch 10-15 million. Let's see what happens.

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That's 28-08 28th St on the far left corner. Building Boom here

Read up on Willie Cole's 3,000 Buddha Chandelier project

 

Artist Willie Cole's website

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Manhattan: Upper Eastside

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About the project

From the 1880s through the 1920s, 23rd Street was a major vaudeville, entertainment, and cultural district; "Ladies Mile," the fashion and department store haven of the time, was located nearby. In his mosaic “Memories of 23rd Street,” Keith Godard represents the area’s history through the various hats icons of the neighborhood may have worn. The celebrities Godard had in mind include Jim Brady, Oscar Wilde, Sara Bernhardt, Mark Twain, and Lillian Russell. "In addition to bringing back memories of the specific time period and people and appealing to the viewers on a more common level as fascinating hats, this design can also serve as an interactive, playful, and witty landmark," Godard says. "As a diversion, passengers waiting for the subway train might try to picture people on the opposite platform 'wearing' the hats they are standing beneath!"

 

Further info:

Memories of Twenty-Third Street

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Part of the album titled: NYC Subway

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Mostly I prefer taking photos that are devoid of people, unless I need them to set scale or play off of lines & shapes in the image.

 

A tricky preference/maneuver in a city such as New York, though obviously not impossible.

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Manhattan: Midtown Northeast

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31-18 38 Avenue is a commercial building located in Long Island City, NY. 31-18 38 Avenue was built in 1944 and has 2 stories and 1 unit.

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Nothing on this property yet, though it's just a feeling I have. Could be right, could be wrong

That big truck on the left, its driver kept repeatedly blowing its horn and when I walked past, I looked over and he was wagging his finger at me, meaning NO! I just happened to be walking by in the middle of the day, on a weekday. And I need to remember to only photograph construction sites on weekends, as construction site personnel do not like people taking photos. And I could unknowingly photograph something that I shouldn't.

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28-08 38th Ave / Before & After Construction

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Rainy days and Monday's

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Over the past year I have been taking this one same shot almost every weekday, mostly in the morning.

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Thomson Avenue, Long Island City

 

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Queens: 31-25 Thomson Avenue - Before/After Construction

INSPIRATION

 

The siren was created by Terry Heckler, a corporate artist and creative partner of Starbucks founder Gordon Bowker. Heckler was inspired by a 16th century Norse woodcut of a two-tailed siren. The siren's hair is similar to ocean waves, a reference to Seattle's (in the U.S. State of Washington) proximity to the sea.

 

MEANING

 

The siren is a metaphor for the siren song of coffee, luring people to the brand. The siren's mythical and mysterious appeal is intended to convey the idea that Starbucks seduces coffee lovers. From European myths and alchemy, her two tails represent dualities, such as earth and water, or body and soul

 

DESIGN

 

The siren has been updated over the years, but the siren remains at its core. The latest design includes asymmetry, such as a dipped nose on the right side of the siren's face. This was done to avoid making the siren look too perfect.

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Discarded Street Items/Trash/Litter

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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.

This afternoon I came upon this cup rolling back and forth on a sidewalk nearby my office and I just stopped and watched it for awhile. It reminded me of the plastic bag video from the movie "American Beauty", and I just felt compelled to video-tape it

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