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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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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
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
February 01, 2026
I may still be convalescing from the CIPN (Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy), though that should in no way imply I'm miserable, as several friends have mentioned how I must be. I'm not, actually, in any sense of that word. It is healing if not very, very slowly. A snails pace might probably be faster. LOL. It is what it is and I will get past this.
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A Widow for One Year
~ by John Irving
I've read this novel several times, it's that good, though this is my first experience listening to it via Audible
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Ruth Cole is a complex, often self-contradictory character--a "difficult" woman. By no means is she conventionally "nice," but she will never be forgotten.
Ruth's story is told in three parts, each focusing on a crucial time in her life. When we first meet her--on Long Island, in the summer of 1958--Ruth is only four.
The second window into Ruth's life opens in the fall of 1990, when Ruth is an unmarried woman whose personal life is not nearly as successful as her literary career. She distrusts her judgment in men, for good reason.
A Widow for One Year closes in the autumn of 1995, when Ruth Cole is a forty-one-year-old widow and mother. She's about to fall in love for the first time.
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John Irving is such a great novelist and I consider it a privilege to read his work
Bio: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Irving
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Newell's Run - Year of the City
This photo is part of the overall album titled
Long Island City: Court Square
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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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Part of the album: Walk/Commute to/fro Work
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Yesterday, February 10, had been Flickr's 22nd Birthday
From Flickr's inception in February 2004, up until late 2011, I had been a hardcore Flickr user under the handle Newell the Jewell. My late partner, Angel, who passed away suddenly 20 years ago this coming June, would call me that, as a nickname. And within Flickr, I added an extra L to Jewel. For Christmas 2003, Angel had gifted me a digital camera. It was a tiny 2.0 MP Kodak easyshare camera, which had a charging/image transfer station. And after unwrapping the box I just stared at it as if I'd never seen a camera before. Now, Angel knew that I had once upon a time been very much into photography, having even studied film photography for many years at ICP (The International Center of Photography). Though it had been a costly hobby, and I just couldn't keep up with that aspect of it. This little digital camera was something completely different. It was essentially Star Trek meets 2003 Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. I really didn't know what to make of it all. I was excited, though also frightened, as I was essentially a stranger in a strange land. And digital photography was in its infancy back then.
Not even a month and a half later, Flickr launched and I took to it like a fish to water. Digital photography was just getting started and it was all amazing. And I wanted a DSLR and saved my pennies and bought a Canon Rebel, the name of which fit me to a tee. And in 2005 I had participated in a Flickr group showing of Digital Imagery at an Art Gallery up in Harlem.
Much has changed in the 20 years of my being a widower. The cancer and the chemo treatments taught me how precious life is. And perhaps the time has arrived for me to at last let go of that marital status completely, and look for another once again. Though without doing online dating or going to a bar. Tricky Ricky, but not impossible
The Best Time for New Beginning's is Now...
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Newell's Run - Year of the City
Radiant luxury condos in Long Island City reach 30% sales milestone in record time
licpost.com/radiant-luxury-condos-long-island-city-sales-...
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24-01 Queens Plaza North - Before/After Construction
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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.
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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January 28, 2026
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
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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Part of the album titled Queens: Astoria
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"Black or White"
Creation date: August 2018
Address: 400 E 11th Street, New York
Artist: Eduardo Kobra
www.new-york-city-travel-tips.com/eduardo-kobra-new-york-...
There's something about this tree (a Thornless
honeylocust) that I admire. No idea what it is, though I look at it through the seasons whenever I happen down 29th Street between 34th Ave/Broadway in Astoria
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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 five boro's
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Part of the album titled Queens: Astoria
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May 01, 2026
Today marks 7 months since my final of Kemosabe Liquid Sunshine treatment, and I continue to slowly heal. It's me, so I forever want to jump the gun and look for instant gratification but that's not happening here. I need to be patient. Which is hard, because I am a walker, and I need that connection with the pavement and the outdoors.
Following four months of remote work, I returned to my office in January, one day a week, then two, then three. My hope was to keep adding days each month, but three (Monday, Wednesday and Thursday) has been my limit, and even then fatigue sometimes wins on that second Thursday. This coming Monday I begin a new schedule: in-person Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with remote work on Tuesdays and Thursdays. My boss and I are hoping this alternating rhythm gives me the rest I need.
Yesterday I had an appointment at the Medical Complex. I rode the subway two stops there, but on such a beautiful Spring afternoon, I chose to walk home. Halfway there I was getting tired, but it was just too nice out. It's challenges like these that push me forward. I simply cannot sit idle and watch my life pass by without giving it my all.
Newell's Run - Year of the City
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31-25 Thomson Avenue_Before & After Construction
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Year built: 1959
Purchase date: 07/03/2025
Purchase price: $11,009,125
Here's the design for the upcoming new building. I really like it
www.caliendoarchitects.com/project-gallery/31-05-astoria-...
History of the site:
After 40 years in business the Neptune Diner located in Astoria, Queens, NYC served its last meal on Sunday, July 29. 2024. The owners claimed they were not given a chance to renew their lease, because the property will soon be turned into a residential building.
Since 1983, The Katsihtis brothers have owned the building on Astoria Boulevard but not the land, which was sold in 2018 for over $10 million.
The brothers also had a 35-year lease which expired in 2019. But since then, they were not able to come to a long-term agreement with the landlord.
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But that's what Long Island City/Astoria needs is another apartment building. It's already so overbuilt, it's ridiculous. Yet they keep tearing them down and building new ones, many of which are luxury rentals. The neighborhood is losing its character to steel and glass.
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Queens: 31-05 Astoria Blvd North - Before & After Construction
This photo is part of the overall album titled
31-25 Thomson Avenue_Before & After Construction
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Concrete pumping is a specialized technique used in the construction industry to move freshly mixed concrete from a ready-mix truck to the placement area. This process utilizes hydraulic power to transport concrete through a system of pipes and hoses, significantly simplifying the logistics of concrete placement compared to traditional methods like wheelbarrows or crane-lifted buckets.
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Further info on 23-10 Queens Plaza South aka Opus Point
Further info on 42-19 24th Street
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23-10 Queens Plaza South / 42-19 24th Street
Before & After Construction
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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
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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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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Honeywell Street bridge over the Sunnyside Train Yard
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Honeywell Street/Avenue consists entirely of a bridge (Honeywell Street bridge) which spans across the Sunnyside Train Yard, in Long Island City, Queens, New York City. The bridge begins at Northern Boulevard and ends at Stillwell Avenue. 1 Honeywell aka The Center Building, is the only property with an address on this street.
Honeywell Street was built in 1910 as a bridge over the Pennsylvania Railroad/LIRR (Amtrak) Sunnyside Yard. In 1978, it was closed for structural issues for almost 25 years. Delays in repairs and rebuilding of the bridge along with legal issues were held up until 2002, when work on the 90-year-old span resumed. Honeywell Street reopened on January 17, 2003 after a quarter century.
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Queens: Honeywell Street Bridge (click to view that entire album)
Mirabilis jalapa, the marvel of Peru or four o'clock flower, is the most commonly grown ornamental species of Mirabilis plant, and is available in a range of colors. Mirabilis in Latin means wonderful and Jalapa (or Xalapa) is the state capital of Veracruz in Mexico. Mirabilis jalapa is believed to have been cultivated by the Aztecs for medicinal and ornamental purposes.
The flowers usually open from late afternoon or at dusk (namely between 4 and 8 o'clock), giving rise to one of its common names. The flowers then produce a strong, sweet fragrance throughout the night, then close in the morning. New flowers open the following day. It arrived in Europe in 1525. Today, it is common in many tropical regions and is also valued in Europe as a (not hardy) ornamental plant. It is the children's state flower of Connecticut under the name of Michaela Petit's Four O'Clocks.
Further info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirabilis_jalapa
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"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream".
~ C.S. Lewis
March 06, 2026
My hair has grown back, yet the texture and color are different. I miss my old hair. It was straight and white gray. Loved it. And the beard is just hideous. I'll need to visit my Bengali barber, 3 doors away.
This past Monday marked the 5th month since my last Chemo treatment, and I continue to stay positive. I am still plagued with the chemo-induced peripheral neuropathy, though it is slowly healing. Upon awaking each morning is when it's the worst, and I've begun counteracting that with light stretching exercises first thing. Still wearing these crazy blue blocker glasses. Love 'em! And now own multiple pairs. Outside of those I need no glasses, that's for certain. As in 2024 I had undergone cataract surgery on each of my eyes. Wherein on two separate visits, my Ophthalmologist removed the original lens from each eye and replaced them with multi-focal lenses and Voilà ! 20/20 each eye. It was incredible. Like Star Trek. This June I'm hoping to set sail from the NYU College of Dentistry.
I'm like the Six Million Dollar Man. I've been rebuilt.
By Summertime, Newell 2.0 cuts the ribbon, after which the fun will really begin....
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THIS evening, I took notice how this entire album had been randomly deleted. I guess it must have been that Panda. That nonsense has been going on forever. Why not just simply fix it for good, once and for all. As opposed to selling us stuff via Mode. So, I needed to remake the entire album again, along with all of the HTML links. I have those for each of my albums. Thank goodness the photos still existed. Yet, what about the next time....??
To play it safe, I requested a download of all of my data.
Recently I joined ipernity, a British version of Flickr, and I really like it.
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Newell's Run - Year of the City
Little gifts we receive. And it's up to us photographers to capture them
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Part of a sub-album titled: Shoe Cameo
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Note: Within the tags is the specific footwear being worn
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Before & After Construction
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Before & After Construction