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Strange balconies

 

Apparently anything goes in LIC UBB (Long Island City Unending Building Boom)

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

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All of these establishments have, just recently, gone out of business (?). The job site (middle block) is another example of a stop work order. This entire block will no doubt be blown out to make way for yet another apartment building

"I just want to be there in love and in justice and in truth and in commitment to others, so that we can make of this old world a new world."

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William Tarr’s 1974 weathering Cor-Ten steel black sculpture stands atop the plaza of Martin Luther King Jr. High School down the street from Lincoln Center on the Upper West Side at 66th and Amsterdam. All four sides of this cube include important dates in the life of the civil rights leader as well as famous quotes.

 

The cube is also covered with lots of cryptic initials. BTWHS/MC/CTS/BU is a list of his schools: Booker T. Washington High School, Morehouse College, Crozer Theological School and Boston University. SCLC/MIA are the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Montgomery Improvement Association. On another side are the initials of his family: CSK is Coretta Scott King, and and a block with his four children: Yolanda King, Martin Luther King III, Dexter King and Bernice King. ‘RDA stands for the Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy; ‘JJ for the Rev. Jesse Jackson and ‘BR for Bayard Rustin. Among the dates in his life are 12/10/64, for his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize and 4/4/68 for the date of his assassination.

~ Susan Ives

 

“Let us be dissatisfied until every man can have food and material necessities for his body, culture and education for his mind, freedom and human dignity for his sprit.”

 

Decoding the Upper West Side’s Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Sculpture - Click to read this fascinating article

 

About the Artist:

William (Bill) Tarr (1925 – 2006) was a sculptor, painter, photographer, magician, bestselling author, husband, father, and dedicated artist for over 50 years. His monumental public works have been seen by millions from all over the world, and his 30 x 30 x 30 ft. welded steel memorial to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King is perhaps New York City’s most renowned public work. Yet, Bill remains relatively unknown.

williamtarr.com/

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Part of the album: Manhattan: Lincoln Square

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Over the past year I have been taking this one same shot almost every weekday

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This photo is part of the overall album titled

Thomson Avenue, Long Island City

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Part of the album:

29-15 40th Road, LIC / Before & After Construction

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New Rendering Revealed For 29-15 40th Road in Long Island City, Queens

 

newyorkyimby.com/2024/04/new-rendering-revealed-for-29-15...

 

A new rendering has been revealed for 29-15 40th Road, an upcoming 12-story residential building in Long Island City, Queens. Few details have been made public about the project, which is being designed by Fogarty Finger Architects and developed by SB Development, which also acquired the adjacent lot at 29-13 40th Road for $8.7 million last fall.

Part of the larger photo album titled: Random

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Part of the album titled Queens: Astoria

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Included in the album titled:

NYC: East Village

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This one thing, this soon to open new Starbucks location is so significant to this little area of Long Island City as it's setting the stage for the ongoing building boom that will soon expand into this region beginning around July 2024. Both exciting and frightening.

 

Included in my Flickr album titled:

The Packard Motor Building, 32-02 Queens Blvd

 

The Packard Motor Building website

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This photo is part of an overall album titled: The Rapidly Changing Face of Long Island City/Sunnyside (click to view that entire album)

It's all completely crazy. People are urinating inside of these bottles inside of their cars and seemingly tossing the bottles from their car windows.

 

Part of the album titled:

Urinetown (click to view)

Good Morning, New York

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This photo is included in the album titled Cement Trucks (click to view that entire album)

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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Part of the album:

30-25 Queens Blvd / 29-10 Northern Boulevard

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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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Part of the album:

30-25 Queens Blvd / 29-10 Northern Boulevard

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Lutheran_Church_(Queens)

 

The church owns a 1927 Skinner pipe organ, which is still operational and used during Sunday services. The church also has a handbell choir which rings hymns, peals and processionals. Other musical activity at the church includes a choir, piano, cello and musical saw.

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This photo is included in the album titled: Cathedrals and Churches

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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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Part of the album:

30-25 Queens Blvd / 29-10 Northern Boulevard

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Part of the album Queens: Skillman Ave Greenstreets

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Twice per weekday I walk past this small outcrop of earth situated along Skillman Avenue and the Sunnyside Train Yard and it's just a little something that gives me so much pleasure, as each of the seasons are contained within this one small triangular island that's sandwiched between the intersection of Skillman & 43rd Avenues in Long Island City, Queens, NYC

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The Greenstreets program converts paved, vacant traffic islands, and medians into green spaces filled with trees, shrubs, and groundcover in an effort to capture stormwater.

 

The program is a part of the NYC Green Infrastructure Plan. All funding for Greenstreet construction under this plan is administered by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

 

Green Infrastructure

www.nycgovparks.org/greening/green-infrastructure

The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don’t have to explain things with words.

~ Elliott Erwitt

 

Elliott Erwitt was a French-born American advertising and documentary photographer known for his black and white candid photos of ironic and absurd situations within everyday settings.

 

www.elliotterwitt.com/

All of these establishments have, just recently, gone out of business (?). The job site (middle block) is another example of a stop work order. This entire block will no doubt be blown out to make way for yet another apartment building

That's really pink

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Included in the album titled

My Favorite Parking Spot - Click to View

  

Part of the album Queens: Skillman Ave Greenstreets

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Twice per weekday I walk past this small outcrop of earth situated along Skillman Avenue and the Sunnyside Train Yard and it's just a little something that gives me so much pleasure, as each of the seasons are contained within this one small triangular island that's sandwiched between the intersection of Skillman & 43rd Avenues in Long Island City, Queens, NYC

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The Greenstreets program converts paved, vacant traffic islands, and medians into green spaces filled with trees, shrubs, and groundcover in an effort to capture stormwater.

 

The program is a part of the NYC Green Infrastructure Plan. All funding for Greenstreet construction under this plan is administered by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

 

Green Infrastructure

www.nycgovparks.org/greening/green-infrastructure

Part of the larger photo album titled: Random

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Metropolitan Lumber Permanently Closed

 

34-35 Steinway Street sold on Dec 04, 2024 for $16.6 Million

This photo is part of the album titled: Graffiti Artists

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Included in the album titled

Queens: Long Island City

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Over the past week I've taken notice of a distinct haze wafting over the skies of Long Island City, Queens. It's not smog, it's just a thin haze that makes the light very glairy.

 

Us photographers notice so many things ordinary people would pay no mind

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Part of the album:

29-15 40th Road, LIC / Before & After Construction

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New Rendering Revealed For 29-15 40th Road in Long Island City, Queens

 

newyorkyimby.com/2024/04/new-rendering-revealed-for-29-15...

 

A new rendering has been revealed for 29-15 40th Road, an upcoming 12-story residential building in Long Island City, Queens. Few details have been made public about the project, which is being designed by Fogarty Finger Architects and developed by SB Development, which also acquired the adjacent lot at 29-13 40th Road for $8.7 million last fall.

Included in the album titled:

NYC: Midtown Grand Central

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Lots of different reasons

Shoe Tossing via Wikipedia

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Part of the album:

Walk/Commute to/fro Work

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All four of these properties had been built in 1920

 

38-12 31st St, Long Island City (far right)

Asking price: $1,555,000

 

38-14 31st Street, Long Island City (yellow one)

Sold for: $937,650 in October 2023

 

38-18 31st, Long Island City,

Asking price: $1,750,000 - Property was sold in October 2023

 

38-20 31st Street - Current price: $1,298,888

 

I could see one developer buying up all four of these properties, then constructing one large apartment building. My neighborhood desperately needs supermarkets and not even another new apartment building, yet the developers keep building new buildings, which no one can afford, and which either sit empty for years on end, are partially occupied, or completely sold-out. A half-mile radius from my apartment includes at least 20 (twenty) construction sites of new apartment buildings

 

Part of the album titled: Oh My Lord & Taylor

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Aviation High School, officially named Aviation Career & Technical Education High School, is a public high school owned and operated by the New York City Department of Education. Formerly known as the Manhattan School of Aviation Trades (SAT), Aviation High School has operated since 1936.

 

It is in the Long Island City neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens. The school accepts students from all five boroughs according to the NYC screened school process. The main focus of the school is to train licensed Federal Aviation Administration airframe and powerplant technicians.

 

An airframe license certifies mechanics to work on the aircraft body while a powerplant license certifies them to work on the engine.

 

School motto:

"Where Dreams Take Flight!"

 

Further info: Aviation Career & Technical Education High School

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Part of the album:

Walk/Commute to/fro Work

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Anything to get to the 59th Street bridge

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Part of the album Queens: Queens Plaza/LIC aka The Wild West

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Part of the album titled: Self-Portraiture

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TGIF / Walking to Work

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Part of the album:

Walk/Commute to/fro Work

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Part of the album:

29-15 40th Road, LIC / Before & After Construction

(click to view the entire album)

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New Rendering Revealed For 29-15 40th Road in Long Island City, Queens

 

newyorkyimby.com/2024/04/new-rendering-revealed-for-29-15...

 

A new rendering has been revealed for 29-15 40th Road, an upcoming 12-story residential building in Long Island City, Queens. Few details have been made public about the project, which is being designed by Fogarty Finger Architects and developed by SB Development, which also acquired the adjacent lot at 29-13 40th Road for $8.7 million last fall.

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