One weekday there was a slight break from the blazing heat of July 2015 (as it turned out August and September were even more blazing) and I decided to walk…
Astoria
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There is an interesting building on Broadway and 31st Street by the el in Astoria. It appears to be two separate buildings, but that’s only because the right side has…
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I need something cleared up. In 2015, what, specifically, is Astoria and what, specifically, is Long Island City? I understand that Long Island City was a separate entity on its…
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CONTINUED FROM PART 1 Astoria…Ditmars Boulevard…the subway roll signs on the R train advertised these outlandish, far-off locales when I boarded it in Bay Ridge when I lived there for…
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Astoria…Ditmars Boulevard…the subway roll signs on the R train advertised these outlandish, far-off locales when I boarded it in Bay Ridge when I lived there for the better part of…
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Upscale pizza joint Milkflower opened on 34-12 31st Avenue in Astoria in 2013. I haven’t been in yet (my favorite pizza in Astoria remains Sac’s on Broadway) but I was…
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I’m past this neon liquor store sign on Broadway west of Steinway Street all the time, but rarely late enough to see it lit up, like this. You rarely see…
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History can be found in the most mundane of settings. Take this 3-story walkup on the corner of Broadway and 37th Street, for example. It has been covered with aluminum…
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As of early 2014 I’m looking around for work and have been “freelancing” for three years. Most of my career has consisted of working with print, editing, writing, proofreading, and…
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I was stalking up 33rd Street in Astoria, on my way from a nutritious Whopper at Burger King to my biweekly penitence at the Greater Astoria Historical Society when I…
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This magnificent deli awning sign from the mid-20th Century, Broadway and 48th Street, spotted on a ForgottenTour in 2010, has since been “modernized” and is not nearly so special. 4/10/14
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I was attracted to this nearly intact sign on 36th Avenue and 35th Street. It probably goes back 50 years or more. If you’re not busy getting clean, you’re busy…