Articles from CartLegger

Watermelon Man

author: Cartlegger : Brooklyn, NY
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

A Sign of Past Times?

author: CartLegger : Brooklyn, NY
Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Water Falls on the City

author: CartLegger : New York, NY
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Governors Island: The Death of Motel 8

author: CartLegger : New York, NY
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Queen of the Valley

author: CartLegger : Jersey City, NJ
Sunday, June 15th, 2008

Bridging Bayonne

author: CartLegger : Staten Island, NY
Monday, May 26th, 2008

Staten: Once Upon a Line

author: CartLegger : Staten Island, NY
Monday, May 26th, 2008

Drugstore Dock

author: CartLegger : Staten Island, NY
Monday, May 19th, 2008

Been STOP So Long Its Time to Go!

author: CartLegger : Brooklyn, NY
Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Queens Tapestry

author: CartLegger : New York, NY
Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Open House

author: CartLegger : Brooklyn, NY
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Where Cranes Sleep

author: CartLegger : Brooklyn, NY
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Unmentionables

author: CartLegger : Brooklyn, NY
Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Thoroughness Is (usually) a Virtue

author: CartLegger : New York, NY
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Island Under the Sun

author: CartLegger : Caye Caulker, Belize
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

The Littlest Capital

author: CartLegger : Belmopan, Belize
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

WinterWork

author: CartLegger : Brooklyn, NY
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Ikea's Watery Shadow

author: CartLegger : Brooklyn, NY
Monday, February 4th, 2008

StoryCorps Grand Central

author: CartLegger : New York, NY
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Little Dutch Number

author: CartLegger : New York, NY
Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Block Jockeys

author: CartLegger : New York, NY
Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Mixed Messages

author: CartLegger : Brooklyn, NY
Saturday, December 1st, 2007

Newtown Creek: Dirty Water

author: CartLegger : Brooklyn, NY
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007

Bushwick Halloween

author: CartLegger : Brooklyn, NY
Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Opera Dock

author: CartLegger : Brooklyn, NY
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

Gowanus Glimpses: Brooklyn Bridges

author: CartLegger : Brooklyn, NY
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Anyplace, Brooklyn

author: CartLegger : Brooklyn, NY
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

She Must Have Been So Happy...

author: CartLegger : Brooklyn, NY
Sunday, September 16th, 2007

Conflux Festival: CrippleBush Ghost Tour

author: CartLegger : Brooklyn, NY
Friday, September 14th, 2007

After Winter, Spring

author: CartLegger : Brooklyn, NY
Friday, September 14th, 2007

Watermelon Man

author: Cartlegger : Brooklyn, NY

Dekalb Ave. and Lewis Ave. Bed Stuy in the heat of summer. You want to stop, don't you?!?!?

A Sign of Past Times?

author: CartLegger : Brooklyn, NY

Found this sign wilting in the sun on Shore Parkway east between Rockaway Parkway and Pennsylvania Ave. I guess abandoned cars use to be an issue out in these parts... Are there still lots of abandoned cars rotting in the city? Whaddya say, citynoisers? Got some evidence?

Water Falls on the City

author: CartLegger : New York, NY

It was only a matter of time before someone posted photos of Olafur Eliasson’s waterfalls, so why not me? I spent the first two afternoons of my teacherly summer visiting every one, so here are some images from my ride! Pier 35 Water fall, Manhattan (from the East side bike bath) Goveror's Island Waterfall (from the ferry) Pier 35 Water fall, Manhattan (from the East side bike path) Pier 35 Water fall, Manhattan (from the Manhattan Bridge) Pier 1 Waterfall (from Brooklyn Bridge Pocket Park) Brooklyn Piers Waterfall, (from Furman Street) If you would like to follow engage in this wet observational experience, use this handy...

Governors Island: The Death of Motel 8

author: CartLegger : New York, NY

Its summer time again, so welcome back to Governor's Island! With the approval of the redesign plans for the island, things are starting to happen for the islands long term potential. But in the very short term, there's going to be a lot of demolition. the Motel 8 is one of the first buildings to go. There is a saying among former island military residents about the hotel. Governor's Island, the nations oldest continuous military installation, may have a lot of cannons in its fortifications. But the Motel 8 was the only spot on the island that ever saw any...

Queen of the Valley

author: CartLegger : Jersey City, NJ

A commute out of the past, long gone days in NJ. Not the only people to pass through the now overgrown tracks of the Central Railroad of NJ Terminal. "The opening of the new terminal (in 1989) occurred with the time of heaviest immigration to the United States from Europe. It is estimated that from 1890 to 1915 9-to-12 million immigrants were processed for entry at Ellis Island and entered the country via the terminal." But after the Fed cut off immigration after 1924, commuters replaced immigrants... "The popularity of the use of the terminal claims a record peak use of 21 million passengers...

Bridging Bayonne

author: CartLegger : Staten Island, NY

Taken from the Bayonne Bridge, view of Staten Island.

Staten: Once Upon a Line

author: CartLegger : Staten Island, NY

Abandoned commuter line, a wild pocket in the suburban stretches of North Staten Island. www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.p . . . ps/calcagno-1949-sirt.gif