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What a gorgeous day. Bright 🌞 Blue skies. Got up to 44°
I needed to venture up to northern Astoria and purposely left the cane at home, which was kind of stupid. Rode the subway 3 stops, instead of the 4, and opted to walk the remaining. It felt great, though that was my limit after having to scale the subway stairs again. Rome wasn't built in a day. It actually took 700 years. Let us hope my neuropathy heals sooner.
Upon arriving back home, Amazon had delivered to their locker situated in my building's lobby (so dangerous): Yoga mat, resistance bands, and hand weights. I aim to begin slowly. I feel how I might be able to heal myself through stretching, light weights, and walking. Many times exercise can seem repetitive and boring, but the results are so worth it.
By way of my own research: The stretching exercises will strengthen my muscles and increase blood flow and oxygen to the damaged nerve fibers (neuropathy) in my feet, a long-term side effect from my Chemotherapy treatments. The exercises will also reduce the stiffness of my joints and increase flexibility.
Mount Sinai hospital informed me how the peripheral neuropathy may never return to the baseline, and I would like to prove them wrong!
My out to lunch medical team has not offered any advice or recommendations reference anything. They're essentially useless.
BE YOUR OWN ADVOCATE
This low to mid 40's weather looks to be around for a bit, so short walks around my neighborhood will be scheduled, with able and cane in hand.
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Newell's Run - Year of the City
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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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This photo is part of the overall album titled
Queens: 31-05 Astoria Blvd North - Before & After Construction
Before the Kemosabe Liquid Sunshine, each Sunday afternoon I'd take a long walk through either Astoria or Long Island City. Then, I would arrive back home around 4 or 5pm when I'd prepare an early dinner
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I'm on the road back, having concluded my 6th Cycle on Thursday, October 2nd. Tis a bumpy road, mind you, as I am still afflicted with Neuropathy of my feet, which are both numb, allied with swollen ankles. Makes walking quite challenging. I'm feeling how nothing significant will change until mid-November or early December. That's just a hunch and I may be completely wrong. I'm no doctor.
When I first began my Cycles back in early June (2025), I was having my head shaven each week. Then it stopped growing completely, though several days ago I noticed how it has begun to grow again
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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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I've been photographing this same corner for 3-years now
Sooner or later something has got to give
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Flickr’s Explore page has an algorithm which selects & showcases 500 photos per day, which is about 0.005% of Flickr’s total daily upload volume of about 25 million photographs.
This photo of mine had been both selected and showcased by Flickr's EXPLORE page algorithm.
It's considered an honor to a photographer when one their images are selected
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Queens: Ravenswood - Click to View
Flickr’s Explore page has an algorithm which selects & showcases 500 photos per day, which is about 0.005% of Flickr’s total daily upload volume of about 25 million photographs.
This photo of mine had been both selected and showcased by Flickr's EXPLORE page algorithm.
It's considered an honor to a photographer when one their images are selected
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I like corners, and especially ones with crosswalks as there's always some sort of activity.
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Many years ago that corner building had been a movie theatre.
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The Astoria Theater, now home to a New York Sports Club gym, began as a vaudeville theater in November, 1920, on the corner of Steinway Street and 30th Avenue. Within three years it was converted into a 2,900-seat movie palace. The Astoria Theater underwent two splits—divided into four theaters in 1977, with two more screens added in 1981—to become the more modern UA Astoria Sixplex, which closed on Dec. 26, 2001. The remains of the marquee and façade are still visible.
From: QS (Queens Scene)
www.queensscene.com/articles/remembering-the-movie-theate...Queens: Astoria
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My hunch paid off as this structure was completely torn down. I've been photographing the back of the building, as the front faces a police station, and not many people understand why I photograph construction. Several times I've been asked if I was an insurance surveyor. That one makes sense, as many times I'm dressed from work. No, just a hobbyist photographer. Essentially it's my documenting the pre/post gentrification of my neighborhood
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38-27 32nd St and 38-38 32nd 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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Part of the album:
30-25 Queens Blvd / 29-10 Northern Boulevard
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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
This afternoon while I was walking along Second Avenue, in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, I took notice of this window on the opposite side of the avenue and felt this overwhelming need to photograph it. Impromptu inspiration many times materializes like magic, out of thin air. And whenever it does, I feel a short-term emotional connection with the subject. It's such a dynamic feeling, and one that I have not experienced since before I underwent chemotherapy treatments last Summer.
My treatments concluded in early October, and yesterday with the window was a clear indicator of how my overall healing is progressing in the right direction. if anything, this experience has certainly taught me to become more focused on stuff, and to slow down and not to get manic over anything. Essentially, take it easy, Newell. You're going to be fine
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New addition. Love it. People in the suburbs hang these metal flowers upon their backyard fences. Me, I hang mine on my apartment walls, and, as of today, now own ten of them. And that metal piece surrounding the flower, I found one afternoon walking home from work. It's really cool looking.
I've actually found quite a few nice pieces walking home from work, one of which was an elongated wooden coffee table made of walnut wood, no blemishes, perfect condition, which I proceeded to carry across 4 avenues, then up the 4 flights to my apartment. Some things you just shouldn't ignore
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Newell's Run - Year of the City
Also included in the album titled:
4th Floor Walk-up Penthouse Apartment
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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
This afternoon while I was walking along Second Avenue, in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, I took notice of this window on the opposite side of the avenue and felt this overwhelming need to photograph it. Impromptu inspiration many times materializes, like magic, out of thin air. And whenever it does, I feel a short-term emotional connection with the subject. It's such a dynamic feeling, and one that I have not experienced since before I underwent chemotherapy treatments last Summer.
My treatments concluded in early October, and yesterday with the window was a clear indicator of how my overall healing is progressing in the right direction. if anything, this experience has certainly taught me to become more focused on stuff, and to slow down and not to get manic over anything. Essentially, take it easy, Newell. You're going to be fine
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This photo came about after I had enjoyed a wonderful lunch at "Bread N Wine", this awesome hole-in-the-wall restaurant situated along Lexington Avenue at 92nd St, in New York City. They've amazing food, offer 1/2 sandwiches, have great salads, and delicious soups. Their staff is also wonderful and very laid back, and magically appear when needed. Live music too some evenings. N and I had specifically picked this venue for our lunch, and walked the 30-blocks there from her apartment. Following lunch, I walked across town to Central Park and wandered around its Reservoir, during which time I took this photo, which perfectly matched the essence of my afternoon.
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Per Wikipedia:
In 1994 the reservoir was renamed in honor of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis to commemorate her many contributions to the city (which included helping to save Grand Central Terminal from demolition and helping to restore it as an architectural landmark, protesting against proposed structures that would have marred Central Park's beauty, and serving as a board member of the Municipal Art Society). Furthermore, she enjoyed jogging in the area, and the windows of her apartment at 1040 Fifth Avenue overlooked the reservoir.
Further info:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Kennedy_Onassis_Reservoir
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May 1, 2024
This photo of mine was published by: The Center for New York City Affairs at The New School
Spring will arrive soon as the tree branches have begin to spread out. Had taken notice of it about a week ago and thought it odd because it has been so cold. Doesn't matter, for they know somehow
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Just so y'all know
Here's the official Valentine's Day 2026 Countdown
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Here's an interesting tidbit of information not many people know about:
The Hell Gate Bridge in New York City, completed in 1917, is known for its steel arch design and was the longest steel arch bridge in the world at the time. The Sydney Harbour Bridge, in Sydney Australia, inspired by the Hell Gate Bridge, was completed in 1932 and is notable for being the widest long-span bridge globally, showcasing a similar arch design
Further info:
The Sydney Harbour Bridge doppelganger hiding in New York
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Newell's Run - Year of the City
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New York Yimby, March 13, 2026
Construction is about to go vertical at 24-19 Jackson Avenue, a 55-story residential skyscraper in the Court Square section of Long Island City, Queens. Designed by FXCollaborative and developed by Charney Companies and Tavros Capital in partnership with Incoco Capital, the 676-foot-tall structure will yield 600 apartments and 10,000 square feet of retail space. The 18,000-square-foot property is bounded by 45th Avenue to the north, Jackson Avenue to the southeast, and 23rd Street to the west.
Full article: 55-Story Skyscraper Readies for Vertical Construction at 24-19 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City, Queens
Part of the album titled 45-11 23rd Street / Before & After Construction
Part of the album:
29-15 40th Road, LIC / Before & After Construction
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My Alternate Health Care Proxy recommends:
I know you're looking forward to being able to walk the neighborhood and take your pictures. I would strongly suggest that you let the winter pass by and begin that next spring. Don't challenge the cold by putting yourself out there and hopefully if you get started in the spring, you'll go through the spring and into the summer, and you'll be in a better position for next winter.
Duly noted. This is the absolute reason why I chose this individual, both my principal and my alternate Health Care Proxies, as they are down-to-earth people and tell it like it is.
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New York City winters are no joking matter, as they can be balmy one day, and bitterly cold the next, rainy and windy the following, then there's a blizzard, or worse, a Nor'easter. This upcoming winter season is forecasted to be record-breaking.
I'll be catching up on a lot of reading. As well as use my apartment as a creative Muse.
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Newell's Run - Year of the City
June 07, 2023
Smoke from the Canadian wildfires descends on NYC
This photo of mine was published by:
Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory website on June 8, 2023
Environmental Health News website on June 29, 2023
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30-25 Queens Blvd / 29-10 Northern Boulevard -
Before & After Construction
Apparently Truckers often tie stuffed animals, such as teddy bears, to the front of their trucks for a variety of reasons, many of which are rooted in personal expression and tradition.
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Part of the album:
Queens: Long Island City, Queens Blvd
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Housing Lottery Launches for 37-42 30th Street in Astoria, Queens
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Part of the album 37-42 30th Street / Before & After Construction
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BEFORE & AFTER CONSTRUCTION
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Coming Soon, a 40 story tower
Further info on 42-19 24th Street
23-10 Queens Plaza South aka Opus Point
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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
Giulia Cenci
secondary forest
April 2024 – March 2025
Location
On The High Line at 24th Street
Giulia Cenci creates elaborate sculptures and installations by fusing industrial elements and organic forms, arranging them into jarring compositions that invite viewers to question human’s relationship with nature. Cenci’s work features animals, plants, and human appendages cast from melted-down scrap metal, reusing found objects, agricultural tools, old machinery, and car parts. These seemingly disparate elements are then hung, suspended, or pierced together like pieces of meat, morphing into a wild habitat void of hierarchy—where a human bone is treated with the same care as the branch of a tree or a wolf’s face.
Further info:
THE HIGH LINE: ART - Giulia Cenci
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Manhattan: High Line (West Side) - Click to View