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Lucent 33, 37-24 33rd St - Before & After Construction
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After almost an entire year, this project is starting up again thanks to new funding
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8:00 am on June 30, 2025
Updated Design Revealed for 561-Unit Skyscraper at 30-25 Queens Boulevard in Long Island City, Queens
newyorkyimby.com/2025/06/updated-design-revealed-for-561-...
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30-25 Queens Blvd / 29-10 Northern Boulevard
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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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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
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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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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38-15 Queens Boulevard / Before & After Construction
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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.
Read up on Willie Cole's 3,000 Buddha Chandelier project
Artist Willie Cole's website
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This is the beauty of street photography, as you never know what you'll stumble upon
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38-27 32nd St and 38-38 32nd St / Before & After Construction
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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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25-01 Queens Plaza North / Before-After Construction
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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
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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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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Kips Bay Towers is a large two-building condominium complex in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan with a total of 1,118 units in a private 3 acre landscaped park. The complex was designed by architects I.M. Pei and S. J. Kessler, with the involvement of James Ingo Freed, in the brutalist style and completed in 1965.
~ Wikipedia
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I find it so interesting when there's an empty lot of land during a NYC spring/summer, as plant life takes root immediately. In this photo, those are very tall sunflower plants
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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Pareidolia
Is the tendency to see faces, animals, or other images in random visual patterns. For example, people might see a face in the headlights and grill of a car, or the Virgin Mary in grilled cheese
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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
“Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.”
From the 2001 movie "Donnie Darko"
Kitty Farmer, a character portrayed by Beth Grant delivers this humorous and absurd line, as she directs the young dancers in the film. While it may seem comical on the surface, this quote reflects the film’s commentary on conformity and the absurdity of societal expectations.
Kitty’s obsession with “Sparkle Motion” represents a shallow pursuit of perfection and conformity. The line serves as a satirical critique of the pressure to conform to societal norms, even in seemingly trivial matters like dance routines. It highlights the absurdity of placing unwavering commitment to conformity above genuine individuality.
~ Stories at Worlds End
Further info:
storiesatworldsend.com/donnie-darko-quotes
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Manhattan: Gramercy
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