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Monday – photo by Mitch Waxman A long walk continues! From Astoria to LIC’s Blissville, and then looping around and through Brooklyn’s Greenpoint section, on the 23rd of September of 2022. “Every time might be the last time…” Scuttling along the hoary asphalt, which armors the oil choked loam of this ancient outpost of the decadent Dutch, a humble narrator suddenly realized that both altitude…

Thursday – photo by Mitch Waxman A brief visit to the nest back in NYC occurred, and one of the few photographs I was desirous of capturing, was from up high on the Kosciuszcko Bridge. The K-bridge replacement project was something which I had the pleasure of being quite close to, and one enjoyed an amazing amount of access during the demolition of the old bridge, and design/construction…

Wednesday – photo by Mitch Waxman As described in prior posts, a humble narrator was back in NYC for a few days attending to some personal business, and a point was made to get in a visit with my beloved Newtown Creek. All the familiar places… Also as described, I had driven back out here from Pittsburgh, since a car in NYC creates more problems that it solves, I left it in my buddy’s driveway…

Friday – photo by Mitch Waxman November 15th also marked the last time I would be visiting DUKBO in Maspeth, an area found along the fabulous Newtown Creek’s Queens side. At the time of these photo’s captures, I thought it would be my second to last visit, but as it turns out… I set up the tripod, and all the special camera gear and tools which I’ve mentioned to you over the years. It was…

Tuesday – photo by Mitch Waxman One last batch of photos from my penultimate boat trip down Newtown Creek greets you in today’s post. The very first time I came back here by boat was back in 2007 or 2008, and it was a tour led by my future friend Bernie Ente with Working Harbor Committee acting as the organizer. Bernie was one of the founders of Newtown Creek Alliance, a great photographer,…

Friday – photo by Mitch Waxman As described yesterday, on the 27th of September my friend Carter Craft offered to shuttle me around Newtown Creek onboard his boat. These photos are from that excursion, which is likely my penultimate trip on the Creek. That’s the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge pictured above, and the POV looks westwards along the creek towards LIC. This spot is 1.37 miles from the…

Tuesday – photo by Mitch Waxman First off – Newtown Creek Alliance will be honoring John Lipscomb of Riverkeeper, Christine Holowacz, and… your humble narrator… this coming Thursday night (the 20th) at the annual “Tidal Toast” fundraising event. Ticketing information can be found here, and the tax deductible donation of your ticket money will help to fund NCA’s ongoing mission to Reveal,…

Monday – photo by Mitch Waxman May 4th was a pretty productive day for me. Caught a nice sunset from the Kosciuszcko Bridge, then began a fairly low key walk back to HQ in Astoria. Along the way, lots of things caught my eye. 43rd street offers a fairly “straight shot” for me to get back home, but I seem to prefer 39th street as that’s where my toes point. – photo by Mitch Waxman You have to…