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Read The Fascinating Origins of Pumpkin Carving: From Ancient Legends to Modern Halloween Tradition
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Part of the album: Walk/Commute to/fro Work
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This one thing, this soon to open new Starbucks location is the catalyst and 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. Both exciting and frightening.
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The flowers of many hydrangea act as natural pH indicators, sporting blue flowers when the soil is acidic and pink ones when the soil is alkaline.
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Hydrangea commonly named the hortensia, is a genus of more than 70 species of flowering plants native to Asia and the Americas. By far the greatest species diversity is in eastern Asia, notably China, Korea, and Japan.
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Hydrangea is derived from Greek and means ‘water vessel’ (from ὕδωρ húdōr "water" + ἄγγος ángos or ἀγγεῖον angeîon "vessel"),in reference to the shape of its seed capsules.
The earlier name, Hortensia, is a Latinised version of the French given name Hortense, honoring French astronomer and mathematician Nicole-Reine Hortense Lepaute. Philibert Commerson attempted to name the flower Lepautia or Peautia after Lepaute. However, the flower's accepted name later became Hortensia. This led to people believing Lepaute's name was Hortense, but the Larousse remarks that this is erroneous, and that the name probably came from hortus, garden.
~ Wikipedia
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Nothing yet on this one, the Janovic Paint building, though the blue and white Pinnacle Realty signs are a telltale indication something's coming down the pike. Those signs are plastered everywhere around Long Island City
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Beam me up Scotty. Forget the shoes
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Two floors, one unit, built 1915. As of late, developers have been snatching up many of these older buildings.
I don't know, though the second one notices "no smoking" signs posted on the exterior walls of a dwelling, it's mostly a telltale sign of upcoming construction.
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237 East 32nd Street
Kenyan-born British photographer Max Vadukul, is a British-Indian photographer based in Milan, Italy. Noted for his black-and-white imagery, Vadukul expressed his preference for monochrome photography as superior, stating, “Black-and-white is king. King of kings. Color is Commercial”, in an interview with J’aipur journal.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Vadukul
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While the name Zabar is synonymous with smoked fish and the quintessential New York brunch, Eli Zabar envisioned a different kind of food store from his family's West Side landmark delicatessen. Inspired by the food halls and markets of London and Paris, Eli's has become an institution on Manhattan's Upper East Side, directly across town from the store and home where he grew up.
In the year 2000, inspired by the flower shops he loves in Paris, a flower shop was added to Eli's Manhattan
Read the fascinating life of the fascinating Eli Zabar
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Architect: ODA (Really cool designs)
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24-01 Queens Plaza North - Before/After Construction
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Just what Long Island City needs, another apartment building
What about some supermarkets!!
newyorkyimby.com/2022/01/new-empire-corporation-reveals-r...
The lead owner of Wildflower Studios is actor Robert DeNiro. The studio features: 11 sound stages, a public promenade, solar panels, cafes, and lounges.
The studio was designed by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels, whose company is titled Bjarke Ingels Group aka BIG. The two letter country code top-level domain extension for Denmark is dk. So his website address is BIG.dk. Coincidence? Doubtful
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The Sunnyside Train Yard at 180-acres is comprised of more than 6x the land area of Hudson Yards' 28-acres, and the vultures have been circling
November 30, 2024
24-11 Jackson Avenue Remains On Hold in Long Island City, Queens
Full article:
newyorkyimby.com/2024/11/24-11-jackson-avenue-remains-on-...
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24-11 Jackson Avenue / Before & After Construction
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I see this quite often along my walks to/from my office, though mostly with cinched filled baggies. The fine for public urination must be more than littering, though with the baggies and this bottle, it should be a double penalty
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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.
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Urinetown (click to view)
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25-01 Queens Plaza North / Before-After Construction
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup, marketed as FIFA World Cup 26, will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA.
The tournament will take place from June 11 to July 19, 2026.
It will be jointly hosted by 16 cities in three North American countries; the main host country of matches is the United States, while Canada and Mexico will be the auxiliary hosts. The tournament will be the first to be hosted by three nations
~Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup
FIFA 26 Official Website
www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup
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There's NO Parking on Sidewalks
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Included in the album titled: CURB YOUR VEHICLE (There's no free parking on Sidewalks) (Click to view)
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“What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.”
~ Maya Angelou
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Welp, as it presently stands my neuropathy may never completely dissipate back to the baseline. Alas, I wasn't expecting this answer. Not the end of the 🌎🌍 but kind of disappointing. As that answer is not yet cut in stone, we're going to counteract it with every possible option.....
Will begin researching physical therapists and continue my daily stretching exercises and will also begin taking short daily walks around my neighborhood
This Friday, December 12th I have a consultation with Access-A-Ride, so that's another option. Typically, I prefer to have several irons in the fire at once.
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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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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
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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Queens: Honeywell Street Bridge (click to view that entire album)
Carmel Place is New York’s first micro-unit building. This nine-story residence is the product of a 2012 design competition intended to introduce additional choices within New York’s housing market to accommodate the city’s rapidly growing population. Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group collaborated with Monadnock Development on a proposal for the city’s first micro-unit apartment building, originally called “My Micro NY”, and turned out to be the winning proposal selected by the Bloomberg administration.
Each studio residence has been pre-fabricated in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and assembled on site. The efficiently designed studios include over nine foot ceiling heights, floor-to-ceiling windows, Juliette balconies, and ample storage. Tasteful finishes are complimented by Italian cabinetry, stainless steel appliances, and Hansgrohe fixtures.
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As posted today, May 01, 2024
Skittles, the candy company, is giving one lucky person the chance to live in a micro-apartment for one year rent-free.
The apartment is a 350-square-foot studio located at Carmel Place on East 27th Street. This is the city's first micro-unity apartment building designed by TikTok sensation and interior designer Dani Klarić.
www.fox5ny.com/news/skittles-nyc-apartment-giveaway-
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Founding and early history
Paul Van Doren, his brother James, and Gordon C. Lee opened the first Vans store as "The Van Doren Rubber Company" on March 16, 1966, at 704 East Broadway in Anaheim, California. The business manufactured shoes and sold them directly to the public. Upon opening, twelve customers purchased Vans deck shoes (now called "Authentic"), similar to those manufactured by Keds but with a thicker sole. The store had display models of three styles of shoes, priced between US$2.49 and $4.99, but did not have any inventory ready to sell and Paul Van Doren did not have change to give customers; customers took their shoes home and came back the next day to pay.
Middle history
The original Vans skateboard logo was designed in Costa Mesa, California, in the 1970s by Mark Van Doren, son of then-President and co-owner James Van Doren, at age 13; Mark's design was a stencil, allowing the logo to be spray-painted onto his skateboards. The design was incorporated into the heel tab on Style 95, an early Vans skateboard shoe. Mark's interest in skateboarding is what led Vans to manufacture skateboarding shoes.
Further info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vans
UBB = Unending Building Boom
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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.
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Beam me up Scotty. Forget the shoes
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The national flag of the United States, often referred to as the American flag or the U.S. flag, consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle in the canton bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars alternate with rows of five stars. The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 U.S. states, and the 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that won independence from Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War.
Further info via Wikipedia: Flag of the United States
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