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Flushing in Queens has a large Asian population ass these signs show. Most of these are on Roosevelt Avenue.
June 10, 2020--Flushing-- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announces the opening of the new Terminal B at Laguardia Airport in Queens Wednesday June 10, 2020. Construction on the new Terminal B was completed ahead of schedule during the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak due to less passengers traveling. (Kevin P. Coughlin / Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo)
My FRS Sitting pretty on 18x9.5 +38 Rota Grids. Slammed on BC Racing Coilovers.
Photo by Eric Sanfilippo Photography.
I suspect I have inadvertantly caught the moment of flushing an onboard toilet given the trail visible from the belly of the fuselage!
Kissena Park, bounded by Oak Avenue, Hemstead Turnpike, Kissena Boulevard, and Fresh Meadow Lane, was acquired by the City of New York in pieces. In 1904, the City purchased Kissena Lake from William T. Janes, whose father-in-law had run an ice cutting and manufacturing company on the lake in the late 19th century. Following the death of horticulturist Samuel Bowne Parsons in 1906, the city acquired his historic tree grove, and a year later 65 acres of what was then mostly swampland were purchased. In 1914 the city bought a training farm for the Police Department's horses. Condemnation procedures and private purchases added to the park through 1927, and in 1947 Kissena Park became part of the "Queens Corridor" park system through the addition of Kissena Corridor Park, which links Kissena Park with Flushing Meadows-Corona Park and Cunningham Park.
The park was named by its developers in 1908 after Kissena Lake. It is thought that Parsons, an amateur Indian expert, named the lake in the mid-19th century after the Chippewa word "kissina," meaning "it is cold." The Chippewa are a Midwestern tribe, native to Baraga County, Michigan.
Throughout most of the 18th and 19th century, Flushing enjoyed the reputation of America's premiere horticultural center. William Prince established the New World's first commercial nursery in Flushing 1735. Famous patrons of the area's plants and trees included England's future King William IV, George Washington, and explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who left behind specimens from their expeditions.
In the early 1870s Parsons started his own nursery at the site now home to the historic tree grove. Parson's nursery imported over 100 varieties of exotic trees, and was the first nursery to introduce Japanese maples and propagate rhododendron. Urban park planner Frederick Olmsted purchased and used many of Parson's trees for the construction of Central Park and Brooklyn's Prospect Park. Now more than 100 different types of trees can be found in Kissena Park, including Iranian parrotia and cork, Chinese toon, Asian katsura, and the rare bald cypress.
Since 1907 Kissena Park has undergone many improvements and renovations. In 1942, Kissena Lake was transformed into a "bathtub lake" when the Works Progress Administration drained it, built an encompassing stone retainer, and refilled it. The lake had to be drained again in 1983 due to a buildup of algae. Today the lake is home to a wide variety of plant and animal life, including snapping turtles, ducks, herons, egrets, and gallinules.
The Siegfried Stern Kissena Park Bicycle Track, New York City's only public bike track, was built in 1963. The track was named for Siegfried Stern, treasurer for Hartz Mountain Products and benefactor of many Jewish organizations. An annual junior cycling race, sanctioned by the Amateur Bicycle League of America, was founded in his honor when the track was named. In September 1964 the track was the scene of the United States Olympic Team trials. In addition to the bike track the park also features tennis and handball courts and a golf course.
In 1981 a group of park interns revitalized the historic tree grove by cleaning it, identifying its trees, and creating informative brochures about the site. Community groups such as the Kissena Park Civic Association take active roles in preventing over-development, initiating park clean-ups, planting gardens, and installing litter basins.
The Charlie Emerson Wildlife Garden and adjacent nature center was dedicated to the memory of naturalist and Queens resident Charlie Emerson in 1990. The garden was first planted in 1986 and contains Autumn olive, katsura, raspberry, and mulberry bushes, along with Queen Anne's lace, evening primrose, wild grape, and milkweed.
Chancel, east window, by Morris and Co, designed by Burne Jones, 1917 - The Good Shepherd (first use 1880, Brampton) : detail
...WHAT STILL REMAINS OF THE WORLDS FAIR IN FLUSHING MEADOWS PARK QUEENS NYC, THESE TOWERS ARE INCREDIBLE STRUCTURS AND TRUE WORKS OF ART!!!! THESE ARE THE TOWERS WHERE "MEN IN BLACK" WAS FILMED!!!!!View On Black
Flushing in Queens has a large Asian population ass these signs show. Most of these are on Roosevelt Avenue.
Flushing is a coastal village in west Cornwall, England, UK, in the civil parish of Mylor. It is east of Penryn and south of Truro. It faces Falmouth across the Penryn River, an arm of the Carrick Roads. The village is known for its yearly Regatta week in July.
Shea Stadium, originally to be called Flushing Meadows Stadium Park but instead named after William A. Shea, the man who brought National League baseball back to New York, was opened on April 17, 1964 after 29 months and $25.5M of construction. Located right next to LaGuardia Airport, Shea Stadium is known for the roar of overhead airlines.
The architectural firm of Praeger-Kavanagh-Waterbury designed the stadium to be the first all-purpose facility. In addition to serving as the home to the New York Mets, Shea also hosted the New York Jets until 1983, the New York Yankees and New York Giants during construction on Yankee Stadium (1974-75, and briefly in 1998), and numerous concerts including the opening of the 1965 North American Beatles tour, which was the first concert held at a major outdoor stadium.
With a seating capacity of 55,000+, Shea is a circular stadium, with the grandstand forming a perfect circle around the field, ending a short distance beyond the foul lines. The remainder of the perimeter is mostly empty space beyond the outfield fences--occupied by the bullpens, scoreboards, and a section of bleachers. Shea Stadium, with its swirling winds and poor batter's eye has historically played as a pitcher's park.
Square sections which hold the ramps from level to level pop out of the stadium's perimeter. After the Jets left for the Meadowlands in 1983, the exterior was masked with large blue wind screen panels and neon silhouettes of baseball players were placed on each of the six panels. In 2003, large murals celebrating the Mets' two world championships in 1969 and 1986 were put up, covering the two ends of the grandstand. The 1986 mural was removed following the 2006 season.
A distinctive Big Apple emerges from the Mets Magic Top Hat, a giant upside-down black top hat, and flashes whenever a Mets player hits a home run. the hat features the words home run in big letters. Prior to 1984, the hat featured the words "Mets Magic" in honor of the slogan used in 1980 declaring that "The Magic Is Back."
Prior to the construction of Citizens Bank Park, Shea Stadium's 175' x 86' scoreboard topped with a Bulova clock 25 feet beyond the right field fence was the largest in major league baseball. A new LED system was installed prior to the 2004 season, replacing an older light bulb display that had been in place since 1987. The scoreboard is topped by the New York skyline. Since 9/11 the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center have been kept unlit, a red, white, and blue ribbon placed over them. In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks, Shea served as a relief center.
A DiamondVision video board in left center field was installed in 1982, replaced in 1992 by a higher resolution CRT board, and then again by a high-definition LED board manufactured by Mitsubishi. The screen--35 feet, 8 inches wide by 26 feet, 3 inches high -- shows replays, special in-game features, statistics and more.
Shea Stadium Firsts:
* Game: April 17, 1964 - Pirates 4, Mets 3 (WP-Bob Friend; LP-Ed Bauta)
* Batter: Dick Schofield, Pirates (popped up to Mets second baseman Larry Burright against pitcher Jack Fisher)
* Met Batter: Tim Harkness (grounded out, shortstop Dick Schofield to first baseman Donn Clendenon against Bob Friend)
* Hit: April 17, 1964 - Willie Stargell, Pirates; second inning home run off Jack Fisher
* Met Hit: April 17, 1964 - Tim Harkness, third-inning single off Bob Friend
* Met Victory: April 19, 1964 - Mets 6, Pirates 0 (WP - Al Jackson; LP - Bob Veale)