Laid Low by a Curve

Laid Low by a Curv

BLDG 1/291, Material Laboratory, Substation 27 – Brooklyn Navy Yard

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Telephone Wire Hugger

Trees trimmed around the telephone line on Little Neck Parkway

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A Little Slice of Grand Street History

Two Abused Federal Survivors

I wrote a paper on Grand Street’s commercial history for Documentation class last year and this post from Daytonian in Manhattan gives the flavor. I thought I would link to it because the author used one of my pictures and unlike most of the Internet actually included a photographer credit line. Capital, I say.

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Glen Oaks in a Sunny Snow Shower

View of the clouds in Glen Oaks, Queens

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Flowers on the Desk at Work

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Mergenthaler Linotype Complex

View from Flushing Avenue of the Mergenthaler Buildings on Hall and Ryerson Streets in Brooklyn

All these years, because I had only seen the word in print, I was pronouncing it lin-o-type. Apparently, its pronounced line-o-type.

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Historic Details in Wallabout

Historic Details in Wallabout

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Saturday Snowfall

View of Adelphi Street in Brooklyn

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Remnants: Long Island City

View of the remnants of two low-rise buildings on the side of another building

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On Foot in the Rain

Bridge to Queens Plaza in the Rain

Walking is colder but during rush hour it seems to be faster than driving through that tangle.

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