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The first incarnation of the lollipop was probably invented by our cave-dwelling ancestors, who collected honey from beehives with sticks. In order to not waste any of the sweet nectar they had collected, these cavepeople probably ended up licking the sticks, perhaps creating the earliest form of the lollipop.
Historians and archaeologists believe that many ancient civilizations, including the Egyptians, Arabians and the Chinese used to preserve fruits, nuts and other confections by covering them with honey. Sticks were inserted in these concoctions to make them easier to eat and keep your hands from getting all sticky. This practical invention is so simple that historians believe the lollipop could have been invented and reinvented numerous times throughout the course of human history.
Further info on The History of the Giant Lollipop
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Metropolitan Life North Building
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Manhattan: Flatiron District
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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.
Pretty, just don't touch it. The flowers are poisonous to people and the leaves, upon touch, can produce Contact Dermatitis, just like poison ivy.
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Growing to 10 meters (33 feet), it is a vigorous, deciduous woody vine, notable for its showy trumpet-shaped flowers. It inhabits woodlands and riverbanks, and is also a popular garden plant.
C. radicans is a vine that climbs on trees, other plants, or structures or trails along the ground. From the main vine, rigid or woody arching vines up to 2 meters (7 feet) long extend outward. The plant can form a dense groundcover or an aggressive liana covering plants or buildings. The leaves are opposite and odd-pinnately compound, meaning there is an odd number of leaflets, with one terminal leaflet.
C. radicans climbs through aerial rootlets and twining stems; these stems grow upwards of 12 m in length. Its bark is tan in color, and shreds easily.
Further info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campsis_radicans
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The Romantic is the upcoming fourth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars and his fifth overall, scheduled to be released by Atlantic Records on February 27, 2026. It is set to be his first album since the collaborative project An Evening with Silk Sonic (2021) with American singer and rapper Anderson. Paak as Silk Sonic, and his first solo release since 24K Magic (2016). The lead single, "I Just Might", was released on January 9, 2026, debuted at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100. A concert tour in support of the album, The Romantic Tour, is set to take place from April to October 2026, consisting of 71 shows across North America and Europe.
Further info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Romantic_(album)
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24-01 Queens Plaza North - Before/After Construction
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Those sneaky construction workers
Free NYC Parking
Where do the people living in this neighborhood find parking what with this silliness?
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My route to work on many a morning's
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Queens: Honeywell Street Bridge (click to view that entire album)
"Samba" can refer to several things, primarily a Brazilian music and dance style, but also a popular adidas shoe and a software for file and print services.
In Brazil, samba is a vibrant and rhythmic genre of music with African roots, deeply embedded in the nation's culture.
The Adidas Samba is a classic sneaker known for its retro design and versatility.
Additionally,
Samba is also the name of open-source software that allows computers running Linux and Unix-like systems to interact with Windows file and print services.
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Thomson Avenue, Long Island City
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Cafeteria Marketplace Signs Lease At 32-02 Queens Boulevard
Summary of transaction details:
Property Type: Retail
Transaction Amount: $75/ft
Square Footage: 3,421
Address: 32-02 Queens Boulevard
Market: Long Island City
Landlord: Related & Greenfield Partners
Tenant: Cafeteria Marketplace
Further info:
traded.co/deals/new-york/retail/lease/32-02-queens-boulev...
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This is both welcomed and exciting news to anyone whom works in this neighborhood, as food choices are quite limited. Thank you!!
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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
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30-25 Queens Blvd / 29-10 Northern Boulevard
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My apologies, but we don't have that information and are no longer covering this medication for you
Welp, I will hold while you speak with your supervisor and you both listen to my phone call from last week.
She came back after 5 minutes with apologies and retracted everything she said
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The moral is: Never fuck with me
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As my maternal grandmother ❤ always said:
You can't spell STUPID without U in it
BE YOUR OWN ADVOCATE
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Newell's Run - Year of the City
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"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.
“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.
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Little did I know what was coming down the pike.
What I hadn't known about was how side effects become cumulative following each successive treatment, meaning they build up incrementally over time. So #4 had actually been round #1 thru round #4 "compounded". Hit me like a sledgehammer
NO ONE INFORMED ME OF THIS INFORMATION. NO ONE
THEY'RE TOO BUSY TO INFORM THEIR PATIENTS??
This information is something cancer patients should be made aware of, in advance, yet no one informed me. I learned from my own first-hand experience and research. So, so wrong
My Principal Healthcare Proxy, forever best friend of 35 years and retired 42 years Professional Registered/Oncology (Cancer) Nurse at various NYC hospitals and I discussed much and I moved forward with my intent to see this through and met with my medical team to request a reduction in Kemosabe dosage levels for the remainder of my treatments, of which their are two, and they agreed.
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Newell's Run - Year of the City
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I just need to be grateful for so many things
My job especially. They're unbelievable. It's so amazing.
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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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BEFORE & AFTER CONSTRUCTION
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Further info on 42-19 24th Street
Further info on 23-10 Queens Plaza South aka Opus Point
This is a dual album as these two major construction projects are situated just across 24th street @ Queens Plaza South from one another
Sunnyside's 46th Street was christened "Luke Adams Way" in August 2015, honoring the late neighborhood resident and advocate who died in 2014 and was known as the "best promoter in Queens".
Full article: Street Renamed After Civic Leader Who Helped Build Iconic Sunnyside Arch
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DeWitt Clinton (March 2, 1769 – February 11, 1828) was an American politician and naturalist. He served as a United States senator, as the mayor of New York City, and as the sixth governor of New York state.
"Success is not about beating others, it's about becoming the best version of yourself."
~ DeWitt Clinton
He was born in Little Britain, New York, which today is a hamlet in the western part of New Windsor. He attended Kingston Academy and began his college studies at the College of New Jersey (now known as Princeton University) before transferring to King's College (which was renamed Columbia College, and eventually Columbia University, while he was a student there; Clinton was in the first class to graduate under the school's new name.)
"Dream big, believe in yourself, and make it happen."
~ DeWitt Clinton
Clinton shaped the history of New York in the first decades of the nineteenth century. Best known for his indefatigable efforts to build the Erie Canal—derided as “Clinton’s Ditch” by opponents. The canal was completed in 1825, and transformed the nation, as the canal was the first navigable waterway connecting the Hudson River to Lake Erie, essentially providing access from the Atlantic Ocean to the upper Great Lakes above Niagara Falls, vastly reducing the costs of transporting people and goods across the Appalachians. The Erie Canal accelerated the settlement of the Great Lakes region, the westward expansion of the United States, and the economic ascendancy of New York state.
As mayor, Clinton established the New York public school system, and literally helped to shape the city by appointing the planning commission that plotted the grid of streets and avenues. He advocated social reform and promoted a number of cultural institutions, including the New-York Historical Society.
Info obtained from Wikipedia & Columbia University websites
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Traffic Enforcement Agents patrol an assigned area in order to enforce laws, rules and regulations relating to movement, parking, stopping and standing of vehicles. They prepare and issue paper and electronic summonses for violations; prepare and issue summonses to vehicles and motorists; testify at administrative hearing offices and court; report inoperative or missing parking meters and traffic conditions requiring attention; prepare required reports; operate a motor vehicle; operate portable and vehicle radios and other electronic equipment; and perform related work.
Keeping Traffic Flowing And Getting New Yorkers Where They're Going
Further info: nypdrecruit.com/pages/traffic-enforcement-agent
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Long Island City: Court Square
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Radiant luxury condos in Long Island City reach 30% sales milestone in record time
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24-01 Queens Plaza North - Before/After Construction
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When I arrived at the far side of the Honeywell Street bridge this morning along my walk to work, it all looked deserted. Long Island City can feel like that sometimes, especially on summer weekends
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January 15, 2025 / Time: 8:48 a.m.
24° F / Real Feel: 10° F
Still walking to work & Loving it!
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Based on the location of the school across the street, I pulled up the New York City Tree Map (a street map of planted trees) and determined that this is a Crataegus, commonly called hawthorn, quickthorn, thornapple, May-tree, whitethorn, Mayflower or hawberry. Of which there are 1,000 or more species. Gracious, that's a lot of names and information.
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 five boro's
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