As this sign at the erstwhile JFK Commuter Plaza…otherwise known as “Queens Plaza”, proclaims, the Queensboro Bridge was “renamed” for popular NYC three-term mayor from 1977-1989, Edward I. Koch, in…
Queensboro Bridge
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IT’S one of a kind…but it used to be two of a kind. Back in 1998, I (nearly) panicked when this copper-clad, vertigris’ed lamppost at the eastbound Queensboro Bridge entrance…
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Paraphrasing the old Donovan hit…first there was a lamppost, then there was no lamppost, then there is… In 1999 we mourned the (premature) loss of this original Queensboro Bridge light stanchion,…