Built in 1917, this now-abandoned factory once housed the chicle-processing operations for the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, aka Wrigley's Gum You can see the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge from inside It even features a nice view of Manhattan in the middle-distance, and Brooklyn to the right, just across the Verrazano Narrows Rosebank, Staten Island, New York City...

Pilot No. 2

author: Peter : Staten Island, NY

Workboats docked in the Verrazano Narrows, which separate Staten Island to the west and Brooklyn to the east...

The Staten Island University Hospital

author: Peter : Staten Island, NY

The Staten Island University Hospital was built in 1861, and originally called the Samuel R. Smith Infirmary They also have bee hives The adjacent newer hospital building These are just a few of my hurried photos. There is a far superior post with much more background information here: kingstonlounge.blogspot.com/2009 . . . el-r-smith-infirmary.html Here's a great "before" photo, borrowed from that site: Staten Island, NY

The Golden Hour

author: Peter : New York, NY

Printing Stationery Greeting Cards Sacred Tattoo Sunset Chinatown, Manhattan, NYC

Newtown Creek Environs

author: Peter : Queens, NY

Just a few things going on around Newtown Creek and its adjacent neighborhoods This area in Hunters Point is where Newtown Creek branches from the East River towards the northeast, separating Queens and Brooklyn The Pulaski Bridge Smells Trap, Dart, Smells The General Lee, budget-style Deep and Gaia www.flickr.com/photos/gaiastreetart Armer A vent on the Queens side of the Queens-Midtown Tunnel Manhattan in the distance Sere Queens, NY...

End

author: Peter : Brooklyn, NY

Many of the houses and structures between Bushwick Avenue and Evergreen Cemetery lie on dead-end streets. Many are also abandoned or vacant, such as this one on Granite Street A vacant former cemetery building located at Central Avenue and Chauncey Street Pilling Street just off of Evergreen Avenue Furman Avenue, just off of Bushwick. The sign hanging from the gate reads "LEAVE my property ALONE" L train subway station at Bushwick Avenue and Aberdeen Street Bushwick and East New York, Brooklyn

B-Boy Alpha

author: Peter : New York, NY

Walking through the subway station under Union Square in Manhattan, I ran into the spot where breaker, breakdancer and adoring crowd collide. As always, I was glad to see B-Boy culture still strong, alive and kicking in NYC...

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