Found a collection old photos at my favourite used bookstore... much of the buildings are already gone today in these pictures from 40/50 years ago.... Overview of downtown Industrial side of town - viewing GE plant and... 1930s WGY radio station - stood at the foot of... Erie Boulevard - was once a canal 1910 railway station Shopping district 1930s Shopping district 1960s Main drag 1960s Proctors Theater block 1960s 1960s Detroit iron on Jay Street Crescent Park & Courthouse 1960s Foot of Crescent Park looking westward Modern Diner 1950s - top of Crescent Park hill Modern Diner - was next to court house - torn down in 1959 to build court house annex Ultra-modern High...

Jesus Christ, NY

author: CartLegger : New York, NY

An Alianthus tree(aka Jesus tree or Tree of Heaven) arches up behind the Christ Coffee shop on 168th and Broadway in Washington Heights, NY.

Voo-Voo Revisited

author: Peter : Brooklyn, NY

Three and a half years later, I finally got a closer look at The Voo-Voo Building A white stone facade was exposed when the adjacent warehouse was demolished South, towards the Kentile sign, is all empty lot "No More Corporate Bullshit! Fuk Wall St." Booker & You Go Girl ...and Rancor ...and Boans The Gowanus Brooklyn, NY...

Portable Skatepark

author: Peter : Brooklyn, NY

Last Friday, a friend and I went to pick up a free quarterpipe that someone was giving away off of Craigslist. In order to get it out of the building where it was, we had to cut it in half, instantly transforming it into a mini-halfpipe, hahaha... Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY...

Not-Quite-the-Bronx Graffiti

author: Peter : New York, NY

Owl Mes Scan Just west of the Bronx, right across the 207th Street/University Heights bridge in Northern Manhattan is some great Bronx-style graf... definitely a reason to check out that neighborhood a little more often than I usually do. www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bridges/207th.shtml New York City, NY...

Sparkly Abandoned Shoes

author: Peter : New York, NY

Found, curiously, right behind the DSNY District Garage in northern Manhattan... New York City, NY...

Taedbread?

author: Peter : New York, NY

No hot food or Taedbread with food stamps Lower Manhattan, New York City, NY...

DSNY District Garage, 8th District Manhattan

author: Peter : New York, NY

This is the New York City Department of Sanitation's district garage (Manhattan 8th District) at 423 W 215th St at the far northern tip of New York City, just across the river from The Bronx www.nyc.gov/html/dsny/html/about/garage.shtml Face to face Trucks lurk near the snow plows Back to back The garbage trucks make their rounds Trucks synchronize at the

207th Street Overhaul Shop

author: Peter : New York, NY

The 207th Street Yard is a rail yard of the New York City Subway system. It is located in Northern Manhattan on the Harlem River north of the University Heights Bridge. It serves as the home depot for the R40s, which are assigned to the A. The 207th Street Shop is one of two heavy overhaul shops in the NYCT system and provides for the overhaul and rebuilding of most IRT division cars...

Out of a Dream: The Flotilla Boat Club

author: Peter : New York, NY

As a largely industrial waterway, the Harlem River has few access-points for boats, aside from the handfull of the local college crew teams and boathouses... This is what's left of the Flotilla Boat Club At the far-northern tip of Manhattan, just south of The Bronx, which lies directly across the river And down to the waterfront and dock area Urban Canada Geese Yet the yacht traffic continues, despite the passing...

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