User:DanTD/New York gallery/Photographic rampages of the 2010s

Since I've got so many images from New York, I had to make a separate chapter just for them. And after going on even greater photographic rampages since 2010, I've had to split them off from that chapter as well.

New York; June 2010(The rampage)

June 9, 2010

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  A staircase at Laurelton LIRR Station facing Springfield Junction
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  Over 225th Street with the Montauk Line in the background.
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  Another staircase at Laurelton Station
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  Laurelton Station waiting room. If you could only see the mosaics on the floor at the doorway.

June 10, 2010

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  Bellmore LIRR station from the main parking lot
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  The old Bellmore Station sheltered shed behind the existing station...
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  .. and again from another angle.
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  Westwood LIRR Station...
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  .. from the basketball court...
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  .. on the Malverne side.
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  This is the Lynbrook side of Westwood Station
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  Westwood station taken from the middle of the tracks at the pedestrian grade crossing.
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  West Hempstead-bound train leaves Westwood Station.
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  The Old Nassau County Courthouse on the Garden City-Mineola border.
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  The canopy extending from Roslyn Station.
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  Roslyn Station from the pedestrian bridge.
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  A shot of that pedestrian bridge.
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  Glen Street Station, also in Glen Cove.
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  NYS Historic Plaque for Glen Street Station.
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  The LIRR has their own signs for Glen Street Station.
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  This canopy can also be seen from the north parking lot of Glen Street Station...
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  .. as well as from Glen Street itself.
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  Glen Street Station from the south parking lot.
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  A view of Glen Cove Station from the northeastbound platform, at the same angle of a post card made 103 years earlier.
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  A close-up view of the station from the same platform.
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  The station from the Green at Pearsall Avenue and St. Andrew's Lane.
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  Glen Cove Station from the parking lot at Pearsall Avenue...
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  .. and from the driveway near the intersection of St. Andrew's Lane and Highland Road.
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  Port Jefferson's old First National Bank...
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  .. from diagonally across the corner.
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  Port Jefferson Masonic Lodge...
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  .. from across the street.
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  Port Jefferson 1st Presbyterian Church
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  Port Jefferson United Methodist Church...
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  .. from the other side of Main and Spring Streets.
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  Theater Three in Port Jefferson
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  Historic houses at 505...
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  .. and 507 Main Street in Port Jefferson
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  The corner of Main Street and Arden Place in Port Jefferson
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  Davis Town Meeting House in Coram
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  In Gordon Heights, Long Island Well Drillers had a 1978 GMC C-6500...
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  .. and a 1984 GMC C-Series who's weight class I can't see from here.
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  St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Yaphank...
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  .. and the church's sign on East Main Street.

June 11, 2010

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  Former Patchogue Library.
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  A Wrong Way sign with the colors reversed on Church Street.
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  Westbound NY 109 at Suffolk CR 2, North Lindenhurst.

More to Come

June 12, 2010

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  Terry-Ketcham Inn, Center Moriches.
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  Blurry shot of the NYS Parks Department sign.
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  Terry-Ketcham Inn Book Barn, formerly a Hay Barn.
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  Speonk Trackside Cafe.
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  Westhampton Station.
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  Hampton Bays Station Platform.
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  Two trains at Hampton Bays Station.
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  Railroad Museum of Long Island; Riverhead headquarters.

More to Come

June 14, 2010

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  Bald Hill Schoolhouse, Farmingville.
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  Middle Island Presbyterian Church.
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  Robert Hawkins Homestead...
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  .. and the sign for it in Yaphank.
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  Original Suffolk County Police Car at the SCPD headquarters & museum in Yaphank.
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  The dashboard of that 1960 Plymouth Suffolk County Police Car.
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  The tailfins of that 1960 Plymouth Suffolk County Police Car. The Suffolk County Police has their own license plates.
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  The color scheme of Suffolk County Police Car's between 1960 and 1972.
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  The Village Bistro in Historic Bellport.
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  Bellport Village Hall.
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  Gateway Playhouse; Bellport...
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  .. and the sign at the entrance.
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  Smith-Rourke House, East Patchogue.

More to Come

June 15, 2010

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  Jacob Ockers House; Oakdale
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  Welcome to Heckscher State Park.
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  Heckscher State Park(Do Not Feed the Deer).
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  The west bathhouse is the only one to survive at the beach.
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  There used to be an east bathhouse but it was closed in the 1970's...
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  .. and burned down in the 1980's.
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  At the time this was taken, it was the site of a model airplane club.
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  A bike path crosses the loop within the park.
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  The entrance to a camping area.
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  Sign for parking fields 1 and 2.
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  Babylon Town Hall...
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  .. with a hand-made locally built sign on the right...
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  .. a New York State Historic Marker...
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  .. and a federal NRHP plaque.
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  Sister of Saint Dominic's Motherhouse Complex in North Amityville.

More to Come

June 16, 2010

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  Medford LIRR station from the other side(Long Island Avenue)
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  Medford Fire Department Headquarters.
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  Peppermint Park in Medford.

June 17, 2010

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  Belmont Park Station at the Cross Island Parkway-NY 24 Interchange.
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  Queens Village Station.
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  Another view of Queens Village Station.
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  Signal tower at the east end of Queens Village Station from the Jamaica-bound platform.
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  Four tracks over the Springfield Boulevard bridge as seen from the Hempstead-bound platform.
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  Jamaica-bound train leaves Queens Village station. This was taken from the Hempstead-bound platform.
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  Another shot over the Springfield Boulevard bridge from the Hempstead-bound platform that also includes the LIRR standard sign.
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  Another shot of the signal tower at the east end of Queens Village Station from the Hempstead-bound platform. This also includes the Queens Interlocking Tower.
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  A third shot the Springfield Boulevard bridge, but this is from the Jamaica-bound platform that also includes the LIRR standard sign.
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  Staircase to the Hempstead-bound platform from the southbound sidewalk on Springfield Boulevard.
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  Storage track behind the Hempstead-bound platform.
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  Storage track behind the Hempstead-bound platform.
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  Storage track behind the Hempstead-bound platform.
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  Lawrence Station. Note the stenciled glass, which is quite common on Lawrence structures for some reason.
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  Another view of Lawrence Station, this time of the canopy and platforms.
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  Patchogue Theatre. The Long Island Philharmonic Orchestra was scheduled for a show on November 5, 2010.
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  Patchogue Theatre. The Nutcracker was scheduled for a show on December 12, 2010.

June 19, 2010

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  Homan-Gerard House & Mills, Yaphank, NY.
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  Historic Union Savings Bank in Patchogue...
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  ..on the northwest corner of South Ocean Avenue and Church Street.
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  Smithtown 1st Presbyterian Church in the Village of the Branch.
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  Smithtown Bull at the west end of the NY 25-25A multiplex.
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  Close-up of the inscription beneath the bull.

More to Come

June 21, 2010

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  Great River Fire Department.
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  Old shed for Great River LIRR station.

More to Come

June 22, 2010

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  St. John's Episcopal Church & Cemetery; Oakdale.
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  Garden City Post Office...
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  .. Built in 1936...
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  .. and named after John W. Wydler on Christmas Eve, 1987.
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  This was where Garden City PO used to mount it's flagpole(It looks like a manhole or bomb shelter or something like that to me.).
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  New York State Route 25C 1/10th Mile Marker in New Hyde Park.

More to Come

New York; April 2011(The second rampage)

April 16, 2011

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  The NRHP-listed Jamaica Center Sidewalk Clock
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  75th Avenue IND Queens Boulevard Line helvetica signs both with glare...
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  .. and without glare.
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  The old signs on the beams along the tracks
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  ... and the mosaics
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  36th Street IND Queens Boulevard Line helvetica signs both with glare...
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  .. and without glare.
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  36th Street Mosaics as seen from across the tracks. I tried to capture the older sings there, but it didn't work.
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  36th Street IND Queens Boulevard Line station entrance as seen from the railing.
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  The same staircase looking straight down into the station.
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  Locust Manor LIRR station. That's the Valley Stream-bound platform.
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  Locust Manor LIRR station. The same platform, but from a different angle.
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  Locust Manor LIRR station.
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  Locust Manor LIRR station.
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  Locust Manor LIRR station sign.

More to Come

April 17, 2011

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  Northport former Public Library, now an NRHP-listed museum.
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  Northport Library's World War one memorial.
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  Northport Library's two historic plaques.
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  The museum gives walking tours... or you can take your own, like I did.
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  Northport Post Office, also on NRHP.
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  The cornerstone to Northport Post Office.
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  The Soldiers and Sailors Building at Fort Golgotha in Huntington Village, New York
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  The Huntington Sewing and Trade School, now the Huntington Historical Society HQ.
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  The front gate of Heckscher State Park.
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  Heckscher Museum of Art.
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  The Prime Octagon House...
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  .. and the other Prime House next door.
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  The Mineola-bound platform at Locust Valley (LIRR station)
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  The former Locust Tower, now a Nassau County Police sub-station.
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  An old wooden shed...
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  .. on the Oyster Bay-bound platform at Locust Valley station.
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  The old Hicks Lumber Store in Roslyn, along the Village Historic District.
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  The Roslyn Savings Bank headquarters... and it's still independent.
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  Roslyn Rescue Hook & Ladder Company Number One. It was still active when I took this picture.
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  Willet Titus House, a.k.a., "Beacon."
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  Another NRHP listed local bank in Roslyn;the Roslyn National Bank & Trust,...
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  .. now the Tyrone Men's Clothing, Sportswear and Accessories store.
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  The Hempstead Post Office, also on NRHP.

More to Come, possibly

April 18, 2011

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  Eastbound platform for Great River (LIRR station).
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  Great River Station from Hawthorne and Connetquot Avenues.
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  Close-up of the historic plaque on the corner of Hawthorne and Connetquot.
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  Westbound platform for Great River (LIRR station).
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  Four-wheel-drive school buses of the Fire Island Union Free School District parked at Captree State Park.
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  The Pavilion at the Captree State Park overlook.
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  The entrance/exit to the Captree State Park overlook.
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  The former gas station in the median of Wantagh State Parkway at Jones Beach State Park.
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  The former New York Telephone building in Long Beach, New York, now owned by Verizon.
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  The former main library in Long Beach, New York, now a bar.
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  Long Beach, New York Main Library.
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  Now for the NRHP-listed houses, like the Samuel Vaisberg House
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  The House at 226 West Penn Street is the headquarters for the Long Beach Historical Museum.
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  Plaque for the Pauline Felix House
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  I had to take a broader shot of the house
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  Freeport (LIRR station) from the parking lot.
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  Merrick (LIRR station) from New York State Route 27.

More to Come

April 19, 2011

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  The historic St. James General Store.
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  Sign for Deepwells Farm House across from the store.
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  Entrnace to the historic Deepwells Farm House.
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  St. James' historic Episcopal Church.
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  Edwards House in Sayville, HQ for the Sayville Historical Society.

April 20, 2011

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  Blurry shot of the Joseph Wood House in Sayville.
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  St. Ann's Episcopal Church, also in Sayville.
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  Middle Road(Suffolk CR 65) and Gillette Avenue in Bayport.
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  From there, I got all the way out to the Longwood Estate owned by William "Tangier" Smith in Ridge, New York.
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  Bates House at Frank Melville Memorial Park in Setauket.
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  A driveway to Frank Melville Memorial Park between the Post Office and the Setauket Mill Pond.
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  The Smithtown Bull as seen from NY 25.

More to Come

April 21, 2011

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  Sign on the platform of Harlem 148th Street IRT Lenox Avenue Terminal.
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  The #3 Train leaves Harlem 148th Street IRT Lenox Avenue Terminal.
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  145th Street IND Eighth Avenue Line station entrance from St. Nicholas Avenue. Cool angle, IMHO.
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  Manufacturer's plaque on the interior of an R68 car on the IND Concourse D train.
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  Safety and emergency signs on the train. I was the only person on my car when I took this.
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  In case you lose your brakes, pray.
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  The historic Valentine-Varian House.
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  I stumbled upon this place trying to get to Williams Bridge Metro-North station.
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  The platforms of Mount Vernon West Metro-North Station
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  The same platform looking at a sign.
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  Looking south from one of those platforms.
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  Looking north at a Grand Central-bound train.
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  The old NYCRR station house.
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  Dead traffic signal at West 1st and South 8th.
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  Another one at the same intersection.
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  Old catenary pole on the New Haven Line in Mt. Vernon.
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  The northeast platform of Mount Vernon East Metro-North Station...
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  Looking south from the southwest platform
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  A sign on the northeast platform from across the tracks.
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  Looking northeast from the southwest platform.
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  Mount Vernon East Metro-North Station from Elm Avenue....
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  .. and the entrance to the station from Elm Avenue.
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  Plaque for the artwork there.
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  A train to State Street Station...
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  ... and another to Grand Central Terminal.
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  Grand Central Terminal elevator from the platforms.
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  One of the "clock-dial" readouts for the elevators at Grand Central.
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  Another "clock" readout.
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  Pre-1966 small NYC Subway sign at 103rd Street on the IRT Flushing Line.
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  The same small subway sign next to a Helvetica one.

New York; June 2012(The Conquest of Sayville, and beyond)

• Category:Sayville, New York

June 1, 2012

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  Greater Sayville Chamber of Commerce
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  ... and their official coupons
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  Sayville Fire Department
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  Sayville Masonic Temple, a.k.a.; "The Blue House Foundation."
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  The Sayville Republican Club.
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  Sign leading people to the Long Island Maritime Museum in West Sayville.
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  Sayville's sidewalk clock
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  Pedestriran Crosswalk across Main Street.
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  A diner in Sayville

More to Come

June 2, 2012

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  Returning to Sayville LIRR Station
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  The old Sayville Court House
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  A Suffolk County Police Car at Sayville Community Ambulance headquarters.
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  Island Fish Net & Supply Company... closed for a long time.
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  Sayville Community Ambulance Corporation offices. Actual ambulances around the corner behind the old court house.
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  Sayville Movie Theater.
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  Thornhill's Rexall Drug Store... also closed for a while.
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  Sayville General Store, the former Oysterman's National Bank building.
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  William Bason & Sons Building, an old Post Office.
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  The old Suffolk County News office.

More to Come

June 3, 2012

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  Stadtmuller Jewlers in Sayville
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  Sign at the entrance of Islip Grange
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  Another sign at the entrance of Islip Grange
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  Driveway to the other historic buildings...
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  .. including Robinson Cottage...
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  .. and Ocker's Barns and "Outbuildings."

More to Come... maybe

June 4, 2012

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  The front steps of the Town of Islip Town Hall... closed for construction.
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  Close-up view of the door.
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  Town hall sign looking west...
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  .. and east along NY 27A.
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  Gibb Patenet historical marker looking east...
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  .. and west along NY 27A near the Islip Town Hall.
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  The Sweezey-Avey House on Upper Yaphank Lake in Yaphank, New York.
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  Entrance to Cathedral Pines County Park, off of SCR 21 in Middle Island, New York.

New York; September 2012 (Sayville Reconquista, plus Bay Shore, Rockville Centre, and elsewhere):

September 21, 2012

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  Northbound NY 112 at the Long Island Expressway in Medford.
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  Holy Sepulchre Cemetery from NY 112 in Coram.
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  Sayville's Community Ambulance Garage.
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  A Ford F-Series Super Duty at the Community Ambulance Garage.
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  The 1888-established Sayville Inn on Middle Road (SCR 65)...
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  .. just east of Foster Avenue. This was from the driveway between the restaurant and a gas station/garage on the corner.
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  Driveway to Saint Ann's Cemetery off of Foster Avenue (SCR 65).
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  Brinkmann Hardware on the southeast corner of Foster Avenue (SCR 65), and Montauk Highway (SCR 85); a former traditional corner hardware store.
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  The "Father Divine House," what was originally considered an extravagant house owned by a controversial Afro-American preacher.

September 24, 2012

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  UPDATE: Bay Shore's LIRR station now has a pedestrian bridge.
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  Westbound view from that bridge.
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  Eastbound view from that bridge.
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  Bay Shore Memorial Park from the parking lot of Bay Shore Station.
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  Sagtikos Manor, in West Bay Shore.
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  Tours for Sagtikos Manor.
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  George Washington Slept Here.
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  More proof... somewhat.
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  Direct view from NY 27A.
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  Historic plaque for the manor along NY 27A, westbound...
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  .. and eastbound along NY 27A west of the entrance.
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  Sagtikos Manor, a.k.a.; "Apple Tree Wicke."
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  Nice design on the opposite side of the driveway entrance.
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  Address to the First Congregational Church of Bay Shore.
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  Historical marker at the church.
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  Built in 1891.
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  The "Head Start"(pre-school) built into the side of the church on Union Boulevard.
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  That shot was taken from First Street in Bay Shore...
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  ..while this one was taken from the middle of the eastbound lane of CR 50.
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  Two more shots of...
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  .. Bay Shore Memorial Park.
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  LIRR signs for Touro College and the Fire Island Ferry at Bay Shore Station.
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  One of the signs at Rockville Centre LIRR station. Somebody there wants you to "kill shit."
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  Directional sign to New York City...
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  .. and "Points East," like Babylon, Patchogue, Speonk, and Montauk.
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  Smaller LIRR Helvetica sign.
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  Looking west to NYC.
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  A green sign at the station.
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  Non-MUTCD compliant Two Way Traffic sign over South Station Plaza.
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  Another view from a gated parking lot along South Station Plaza.
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  View of the elevator shaft from behind the fence of that parking lot. I'm surprised they didn't call the cops on me.
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  A plaque for the station escalator.
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  The entrance to that very escalator.
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  This parking space was closed, and is now for bikes only.
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  Blurry shot from South Station Plaza.
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  The sign over the North Park Avenue bridge looks like a movie marquee.
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  Old-fashioned wrought-iron street-name sign at North Park Avenue and Front Street.
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  Station Clock at Rockville Centre Station on Front Street & North Park Avenue.
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  Main entrance of Rockville Centre Station on Front Street.
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  Another view of the main entrance from North Clinton Avenue & Front Street.
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  St. Agnes Cathedral as seen from Front Street.
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  Blinker-light for the Rockville Centre Fire Department.
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  Street name sign for a fallen fire captain.
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  The Rockville Office Center.
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  Oh, look! An old yellow stop sign.
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  And a low-clearance sign.
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  The Rockville Center Bus Garage. Owned by MTA until January 2012.
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  Non-MUTCD compliant Do Not Enter & Arrow signs over South Station Plaza.
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  Where in the US do you see street-name signs on buildings? NY 27 and Park Avenue in Rockville Centre!
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  Office Building of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre.
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  Rockville Centre Post Office...
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  .. on the National Register of Historic Places.
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  Cornerstone of the Rockville Centre Post Office.
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  Baldwin LIRR station.
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  Same station, different view.
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  Small Helvetica LIRR sign on the northeast corner of the Grand Avenue/Boulevard Bridge.
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  A gabled-roof between the two tracks over the Grand Avenue/Boulevard Bridge. That's another thing you don't see every day on the Babylon Branch.

September 25, 2012

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  Sign at the entrance of Bayport Aerodrome
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  The Grey Horse Tavern in Bayport.
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  The former Brookhaven Town Hall in Patchogue.
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  Patchogue Village Hall.

More to Come... maybe.

June 2013: Jammin' in Jamaica, Queens, and the rest of Downstate New York

June 9, 2013

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  Standard NYPD-FDNY Call Box in Bayside, Queens
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  View of a pedestrian bridge over Clearview Expressway in Bayside, Queens.
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  The bridge is known as Christopher's Crossing.
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  Named for Christopher A. Scott (1989-2000), a boy who was killed when he was hit by a car while riding his bike from the bridge.
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  Southbound view of the Clearview Expressway, which should've gone to JFK Airport, but only goes as far as Hillside Avenue instead.
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  Northbound view of the Clearview Expressway, which leads to the Throgs Neck Bridge to the Bronx and New England.
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  East end of Christopher's Crossing.
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  1970's era NYC Department of Sanitation sign.
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  These orange lights are located on random telephone poles and traffic lights in NYC. This one is at 206th & 46th.
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  Bayside Diner on NY 25A.

More to Come... maybe

June 10, 2013

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  Blurry picture of an entrance to Jamaica-179th Street Subway station. It didn't turn out so good.
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  This shot was much better.
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  Staircase leading to the actual street the station was named for.
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  Tiles and stripes from across the platforms.
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  Plaque for the entrance to Rufus King Park...
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  .. which happens to be at the west gate of the historic King Manor
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  Another NYC Parks sign at the gate.
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  The house looked like it had a coat of fresh paint before I got there.
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  The east gate of King Manor.
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  The cornerstone of the Old Jamaica Savings Bank Building. The bank itself was built in 1866, and the building was being constructed in 1897.
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  The address of the bank; 161-02 Jamaica Avenue.
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  The real estate company trying to lease the building, which unfortunately was declared a fire hazard.
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  Plaque for the Jamaica Avenue Sidewalk Clock at a Chase Manhattan Bank branch.
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  Another plaque above it marking the site of the Old Stone Church of Jamaica
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  1799-1921? I'm going to have to look this one up
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  Fashion Corner; The former 168th Street BMT Jamaica Line station (Actually, this is on 165th Street, but that's besides the point).
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  Shot of one of the mosaics of Seventh Avenue Station on the Queens Blvd and 6th Avenue Line
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  Pillar for Seventh Avenue station with Helvetica lettering.
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  To Uptown Manhattan, the Bronx or Queens
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  A D Train leaves the station.
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  Another Mosaic at Seventh Avenue
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  The National Railway Historical Society gives Grand Central Terminal a plaque for their 100th Anniversary
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  Staircases and an escalator to the IRT Flushing Line at GCT.
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  A G Train has a short stay at Long Island City Court Square station
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  Court Square mosaics in Long Island City
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  A full view of the Old Jamaica Savings Bank Building.
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  The historic Jamaica Main Post Office
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  View of the second floor and the Greco-Roman columns.
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  Shot of the front doors at less of an angle.
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  Blue Bay Diner in Fresh Meadow, Queens.

June 11, 2013

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  Tracy Lane & Country Village Lane in East Islip, New York.
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  Memorial for Corporal Robert C. Pope...
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  .. in the median of Country Village Lane.

June 12, 2013

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  A sign at Sayville LIRR station for the Fire Island Ferries.
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  Finally! A contemporary Suffolk County Police Car for Wikipedia.
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  I actually wanted this one, but SCPD is phasing them out.
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  Patchogue Village Hall from a southeast view...
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  .. an almost direct south view...
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  .. and a southwest view.
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  Patchogue's American Legion Post
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  An old cannon on the grounds of the American Legion Post.
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  The post as seen from the southwest corner of Division Street and South Ocean Avenue...
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  .. and from South Ocean Avenue itself.
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  The site of Patchogue LIRR station's former PD Tower...
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  .. now a flower and bush garden.

June 14, 2013

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  Times Square Subway Station, to the IRT Flushing Line platforms
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  Sign pointing to Citi Field/Flushing-bound trains. This is sure to be replaced when the 7 train is extended.
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  The Flushing Express Train...
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  .. and the Flushing Local.
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  Grand Central Terminal's subway. One more staircase and you can take the 7 train.
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  Another sign over the IRT Flushing Line platform.
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  Instead of mosaics, you've got a brass-looking sign.
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  Hollis LIRR station as seen from 193rd Street & 99th Avenue on the south side.
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  Close-up of the tunnel beneath the station.
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  Sign on the westbound platform seen from the eastbound one.
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  Storage/Bypass track to the Holban Yard and Hillside Facility.
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  Jamaica-bound tracks on a cloudy day.
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  Hempstead-bound tracks, even cloudier.
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  On the north side, 193rd Street is a dead end at the station...
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  .. but the pedestrian tunnel isn't.
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  The Hillside Maintenance Facility, as seen from a train.

New York; November 2013; The almost surprise re-invasion

November 13, 2013

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  The Lefferts Boulevard JFK AirTrain station; Southbound view.
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  The same station looking northwest from Lefferts Boulevard. Looks pretty generic from here, I know.
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  Bellerose LIRR station on the north side of the tracks.
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  This decorative wall only leads to the tunnel beneath the tracks.
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  Bellerose LIRR station on the south side of the tracks.
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  The south side is where the real station is.
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  The historic Joseph Denton House, a McDonald's since the mid-1980's.
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  A close-up view of the decorative open shed at East Williston LIRR station that replaced the old Victorian Depot. Didn't really have the impact I was looking for, though.
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  That, of course is the four-faced station clock on NY 25B.
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  There's the sugar!
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  South towards Mineola, where the Oyster Bay Branch becomes electric.
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  North, to Glen Cove. Once you go north, the line is diesel.
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  Trackside view of the former Clinton Road LIRR station on an old section of the Central Branch in Garden City...
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  .. today it's a firehouse.
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  Also in Garden City, is the Garden City Public Library. The main entrance...
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  .. and the sign on the corner.
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  NY 102 as it approaches the bridge under...
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  .. Meadowbrook State Parkway. Note the formerly proposed eastbound ROW.
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  Failed attempt to capture the cornerstone. NYSDOT should build the eastbound lane.
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  A sign on the Southern State Parkway for one of the park entrances is finally brown, as it should be. More need to be changed.
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  Medford, New York Post Office.
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  An old Medford Volunteer Ambulance Garage... actually, I think it was from another volunteer ambulance corps in Medford.
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  St. Sylvester's RC Church on Ohio Avenue.
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  The Meat Farms in Medford, which today was visited by a flock of pigeons.
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  The Patchogue Armory on Barton Avenue.
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  The current Bellport Fire Department.
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  The Great South Bay Inn, in the Bellport Village Historic District.
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  Signs at the...
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  ..entrance of the...
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  .. Southaven County Park.
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  The VA Medical Center in East Northport, New York.
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  Dr. Daniel Kissam House in Huntington, New York. Not on the NRHP...
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  .. except as a contributing property, and it is a historic house.
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  A memorial statue honoring Nathan Hale near Fort Golgotha.
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  The Old Huntington Town Hall
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  Slightly improved shot of the Town Hall
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  A historic plaque at that hall
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  Closer worm's eye view of the Town Seal above the hall.
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  The other side of that historic plaque.
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  Another memorial at Fort Golgotha; this time to U.S. soldiers in the Korean War who tried to hold back the communist threat.
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  And a memorial to Americans who fought in the Revolution.
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  Trial marker for the "Nathan Hale Trial" along the south side of NY 25A in Huntington
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  Also a sign for the Culver Spy Ring, which claims to have an accompanying audio tour.
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  Side door of the Cold Spring Harbor Fire Museum.

November 14, 2013

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  The platform of Junius Street IRT New Lots Line station
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  The westbound platform of Pennsylvania Avenue IRT New Lots Line station as seen from the eastbound platform.
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  Looking west from the Pennsylvania Avenue IRT New Lots Line station
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  Small sign along the pillars holding up the canopies.
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  Another small sign along the pillars, but with braille symbols.
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  Looking east from the Pennsylvania Avenue IRT New Lots Line station
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  A westbound train leaves for Lenox Terminal.
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  Crooked view of the signs along the eastbound platform as seen from the westbound platform.
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  An old sign at Pennsylvania Avenue station painted over.
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  The mosaics of Nostrand Avenue IRT Eastern Parkway Line station.
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  The overhead Helvetica sign at Grand Army Plaza subway station in Brooklyn.
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  The only mosaic, other than the one with the old IRT Subway car.
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  Blurry shot of the sign leading up to Flatbush Avenue.
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  Side of the southwest entrance with a yellow staircase sign.
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  Not one, but two entrances on the southeast corner.
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  Entrance at the northwest corner. That scaffolding normally isn't there.
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  Another view of the southwest entrance, this time with a bike rack.
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  On the other side of that is a kiosk with a public map of the plaza itself.
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  And here's an official NYC park sign near the southeast subway station entrances.
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  Back to Jamaica LIRR station. Here's an official MTA sign.
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  An overhead brown sign on the Southern State Parkway for Valley Stream State Park.
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  The Welcome sign for Valley Stream State Park from the Southern State off-ramp.
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  The Entenmann's bakery in Brentwood, New York.
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  Plaque for the NRHP-listed Modern Times School in Brentwood, New York...
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  .. which the Brentwood Historical Society promises to restore.
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  Can you see it through the Brentwood High School fence?
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  If not, here's a better view.
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  Just in case that chain linked fence was blocking your view of the BHS's restoration proposal.

November 15, 2013

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  The historic Hallock Homestead, originally built by Noah Hallock, and could wind up on NRHP.
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  Currently owned and maintained by the Rocky Point Historical Society.
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  The same house from another angle. Didn't come out so good here.
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  A random house within the Miller Place Historic District.
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  The Brewster House in East Setauket. Not taken from the given address, but at least it's here now.
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  Sign for the historic Sherwood-Jayne House in East Setauket.
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  The barn, carriage house, and part of the house itself.
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  More of a view of the house.
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  This looks like an outhouse, but I'm not so sure.
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  And this looks like a chicken coup. Perhaps the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities knows better.
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  Historic Marker for the site of Roe Tavern, on NY 25A in East Setauket. One of George Washington's dens of spies.
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  Sign for the historic Zachariah Hawkins Homestead in Stony Brook, New York.
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  The Zachariah Homestead itself.
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  Not just the sign and the house, but the carriage house.
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  The Saint James Fire House, once part of the Saint James Historic District.
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  Halliock Inn, in the Village of the Branch.
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  Today it's a medical office.
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  The entrance to the Long Island Maritime Museum in West Sayville... or you could sneak in through the West Sayville Golf Course.
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  But you'd really be better off coming in from West Avenue. This is the sign to that entrance.
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  A reconstruction project of "Bryan's Bridge," a small two-lane bridge carrying Suffolk CR 65 over the Brown's River. What they should be working on...
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  .. is the unpaved entrance to Meadowcroft, a.k.a. the John Ellis Roosevelt Estate.
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  The Veterans Memorial Park...
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  .. and St. John's Greek Orthodox Church in Blue Point, New York.

More to Come

November 16, 2013

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  The staircase to Mets-Willets Point IRT Flushing Line station from westbound Roosevelt Avenue. Main Street-Flushing station was closed that day, so everybody had to get a shuttle bus from there.
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  The Eastchester-Dyre Avenue station on the IRT Dyre Avenue Line. This is Track #2...
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  ..and this is Track #1. I got the other track first.
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  I tried other shots, but they turned out like crap, so I had to settle for this one of the warning signs.
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  Grand Central Terminal was celebrating it's centennial that year, and this is the only shot of it I was able to get.

New York; November 2014; Tearing up the Subways, Metro-North and Historic Long Island

November 12, 2014

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  Historic Marker for the Main Street Historic District in Roslyn, New York.
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  The Van Nostrand-Starkins House in Roslyn, New York.
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  Built in 1680, making it one of the oldest structures on Long Island.
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  Antoher shot of the sign.
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  Another shot of the house. A newer house can be found behind it.
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  A high LIRR bridge over Roslyn Road, near the LIRR station.
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  The Bonwit Inn, in Commack; On the site of an old Vanderbilt Motor Parkway tollgate.
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  Brentwood Fire Department.
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  Good Steer in Lake Grove, New York.
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  The entrance to Bellport LIRR station.
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  A sign for the station with Montauk Highway behind it.
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  Another sign along the platform at the station.
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  The station shelter as seen from across the tracks.
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  Mastic-Shirley LIRR station from the west side...
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  .. and the east side.
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  The station sign on the north side of the tracks.
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  The tracks leading toward New York City...
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  .. and Montauk.
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  The Masury Estate Ballroom in Center Moriches...
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  .. somewhere behind that fence.
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  Sign at the ballroom for a local food drive.
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  Close-up shot of the sign to the ballroom.
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  Moriches Bay as seen from the Union Avenue Dock in Center Moriches
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  View from the Union Avenue Dock looking east.
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  Northeast of the dock where an old surf and turf restaurant used to be.
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  The Moriches Yacht Club, located just north of the Union Avenue Dock.
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  The remains of Center Moriches station.
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  Towards East Moriches and eventually Montauk.
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  The two tracks at the former station still remain.
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  East Moriches station, now a private house.
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  The Castle at Casa Basso...
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  .. and the Theophilus Brouwer House on the same site.
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  Casa Basso from Montauk Highway
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  I almost ate at the Speonk Trackside Café a second time. They closed just as I arrived, but at least I captured the sign.
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  The Triangle Pub in Eastport on the corner of two former segments of Montauk Highway.
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  The same restaurant from the back. I ate there instead.
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  Downtown East Moriches, as seen from a dirty windshield.
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  Most old Sinclar gas stations in New York were converted to BP when Arco bought that company... this one in East Moriches wasn't.
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  Back to Terry-Ketcham Inn and here's a historic marker there.
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  Old-fashioned style sign at the inn.
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  My second effort to capture the NYS Parks Department sign at the house.
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  A marker for the 1710 section of the inn...
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  .. and a hotel stoop near that marker.
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  Another marker for the 1750 section of the inn...
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  .. and another for the 1790 section.
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  Northeast shot, which includes the sign, and the 1850-built barn now used as a rummage shop.
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  Through downtown Center Moriches again...
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  ..and the old bank on the corner of Montauk Highway and Union Avenue.
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  Dusk shot, and thus poor shot of the historic LaGrange Inn in West Islip, New York.
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  This shot isn't that much better.
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  Unfortunatley, the same can be said for the historic marker.
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  This one is a little better... but that's not saying much.
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  This one isn't. but at least it's in front of Montauk Highway.

November 13, 2014

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  The 104th Field Artiliery Armory in Jamaica, Queens, on the site of the old Canal Street LIRR station.
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  Direct shot of the same armory. Both pictures were taken from the parking lot of a supermarket on the southwest corner of 168th Street and Archer Avenue.
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  The first new picture of Nevins Street station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line
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  Braille sign along the westbound platform of Nevins Street station.
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  Mount Kisco Metro-North station, with it's former New York Central mileage sign.
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  One of the former Mount Kisco freight stations, now a pizzeria.
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  Distant shot of the elevators and staircases from the center and side platforms.
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  The bottom of that staircase, which leads to that former passenger station, now the Via Vanti restaurant.
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  Bicycle racks at the station.
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  The base of the station clock.
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  The station clock itself.
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  The station clock in the opposite direction, with the old station house in the background.

November 14, 2014

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  Sign for Woodmere LIRR station.
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  An old trackside canopy used to be here, before the high-level platforms were added.
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  Distant shot along the Valley Stream-bound tracks.
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  View of the waiting room from Cedar Lane, and Wood Lane.
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  A second shot of the waiting room.
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  Station interior, which looks like a second floor could be added over the bathrooms and ticket booth.
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  Interior of the waiting room in the vicinity of Cedar and Wood.
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  Homemade printout of the waiting room hours.
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  Local taxi company uses the other side of the station.
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  Bike rack near the Plexiglas shelter along the Valley Stream-bound platform.
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  A Far Rockaway-bound train arrives at the station...
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  .. then leaves. Both pictures are from the Woodmere Boulevard grade crossing.
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  The historic Haviland-Davison Grist Mill in East Rockaway, New York.
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  The milling and bedding stone at the mill.
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  Close-up view of the sign for the "East Rockaway Grist Mill Museum."
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  Distant view of the mill from the corner of Woods and Denton Avenues.
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  Another distant view from Denton Avenue.
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  The former Sunrise National Bank in Baldwin, New York.
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  A failed attempt to capture the platform of Seaford LIRR station from the parking lot.
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  The front entrance of Seaford LIRR station.
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  The Rafael Guastavino Junior House in Bay Shore, New York
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  The south end of the Guastavino driveway...
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  .. and the north end, which includes a small garage.
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  The John Mollenhauer House, also in Bay Shore.
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  The Carriage House of John Mollenhauer
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  An attempt to capture both structures.
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  Another attempt at a shot of the Brentwood Fire Department...
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  .. and while we're at it, the Brentwood Public Library.
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  The Central Islip Fire Department as seen from Suffolk County Road 17.
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  The same firehouse from around the corner on Clayton Street.
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  The old firehouse across from the existing one on CR 17.
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  The former Calverton LIRR station, which was closed in 1958... and still stands!
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  An apparent former freight station in Calverton. Another one exists just west of here.
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  The Maples, an old railroad hotel that served the former Manorville LIRR station, now just a local restaurant.
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  Many railfan sites have incorrectly called this house the old Manorville station.
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  A small parking lot in Farmingville, New York that used to be Granny Road.
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  Horseblock or Farm-to-Market Road; the main drag in Farmingville.
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  A meager effort to bring nostalgia to Farmingville with a sidewalk clock at Horseblock and Woodycrest.

November 15, 2014

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  Site of the former South Farmingdale (LIRR station)
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  Quick shot of Adventureland from NY 110 in East Farmingdale.
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  Street-name sign for the west end of Long Island Motor Parkway
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  Though the road ends at Half Hollow Road, it used to go into Fresh Meadows, Queens.
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  The current beginning of Vanderbilt's Motor Parkway.
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  A historic marker for L.I. Motor Parkway...
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  .. the same marker on the opposite side...
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  .. at Half Hollow Hills Library.
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  A fledgling attempt to capture the Middle Island Country Club off of Suffolk CR 21.
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  My second attempt to capture Cathedeal Pines County Park.
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  Back to Artist Lake in Middle Island, where the stub of the former segment of NY 25 can finally be shown.
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  Another former section of NY 25 at Picasso Way, closed within the 2010's.
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  The ruins of the former Baier Lustgarten Farms and Nurseries along NY 25 in Ridge.
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  Close-up of the former neon sign at the nursery.
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  Some other parts of the nursery still exist too.

November 16, 2014

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  The Alley Pond Park entrance under the Grand Central Parkway bridge over Douglaston Parkway.
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  Southern State Parkway just before the Valley Stream State Park entrance (Exit 15A).
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  A second version of the entrance sign to the park.
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  The "toll booth" at the park, which was closed for the fall and winter.
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  From Parking Field #1, you can see Southern State Parkway.
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  Off in the distance (too distant, actually) is a sign to Parking Field #2, and the two exits from the park.
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  The base of the flagpole at Exit 15A. I actually had to walk through the woods from Parking Field #1 behind this flagpole to get this shot.
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  Another shot of the "toll booth." This one was taken on foot too. Luckily no State Troopers or "State Rangers" saw me.
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  The athletic field at the east end of the park. I can't remember if this was a soccer game or a rugby game.
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  Another view of the "toll booth" from inside the park.
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  Wider shot with the ramp from the parkway.
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  Outside of the park is the Pagan-Fletcher House...
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  ..which is on the National Register of Historic Places, although the sign doesn't indicate that.
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  Back at Valley Stream State Park, you'll find the entrance to some trails and a picnic area. Note the official map.
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  Another trail sign sponsored by PlayWorld Systems (is this the same PlayWorld as the old toy store chain?)
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  An attempt to shoot Valley Stream Park's offices...
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  .. and a playground for the kids.
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  Some shots of Lakeview station on the LIRR West Hempstead Line.
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  Closer view of the station
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  A local welcome sign at the station.
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  A standard LIRR Helvetica sign across the tracks
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  View from the platform looking towards West Hempstead.
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  And this is Hempstead Gardens station.
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  Nassau Tower at Mineola LIRR station from the Main Street grade crossing.
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  My second attempt to capture the tower.
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  The historic Mineola Post Office on the other side of the tracks.
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  Hendricks Tavern in Historic Downtown Roslyn, New York. I don't know if it's an NRHP contributing property, but it is within historic downtown Roslyn.
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  The Cold Spring Harbor Fire Museum, and I got a front end shot this time. I would've taken a tour if I didn't have another family affair.
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  After numerous attempts, here's a color shot of the David Conklin House in Huntington, New York.

More to Come... maybe.

November 17, 2014

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  Junius Street station on the IRT New Lots Line ...
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  .. from the westbound platform...
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  .. looking mostly at the eastbound platform (although in this case a subway signal is included)...
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  .. it looks like an extra bridge is underneath here, but the whole station is itself a bridge.
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  Traditional mosaics for the Kingston Avenue station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line
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  Contemporary MTA Helvetica sign pillar
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  Another mosaic more reminiscent of the Independent Subway System
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  Emergency exit signs at the station (I'm not sure I should've taken this picture)
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  There was a discussion about these cubbyholes on WP:NYPT
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  A much larger Helvetica sign near one of the staircases.
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  Returning to Nevins Street Subway station four days later. Note the traditional mosaics.
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  Crossunder tunnel to the New Lots-bound platform and tracks.
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  Down the stairs from the Manhattan and Bronx-bound tracks.
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  Under the wall between the Bronx-bound and New Lots-bound tracks where the formerly proposed lower level was supposed to go.
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  Crossunder tunnel to the New Bronx-bound platform and tracks.
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  Contemporary MTA Helvetica overhead sign in front of a train.
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  Another Helvetica sign on a pillar, but this time with much more rust.
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  The "N" Mosaics.
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  Yet another Helvetica sign on a pillar, but this time a square pillar.

November 18, 2014

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  An unattended NYPD kiosk on the Flushing Line platforms at Grand Central.
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  And just when I thought I could capture everything from the Flushing Line platforms...
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  ..then I stumble upon this World War One memorial in the main lobby of the subway station.
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  Sign for Simpson Street Subway Station in the South Bronx.
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  Looking north towards the northbound station house, elevator, and either Wakefield or Eastchester.
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  The southbound station house as seen from the northbound platform
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  This looks like a decorated garbage pale, but I don't think it is.
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  The Westchester-Simpson Street Substation...
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  .. also known as IRT Substation #18
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  This was actually my reason for stopping at this station in the first place.
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  Contemporary street-name sign for Detective Luis Suarez Way...
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  .. but a pre-1971 Keep Right Sign still exists here.
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  Back at 149th Street-Grand Concourse Subway Complex, where an old mosaic on the White Plains Road Line points to the Jerome Avenue Line
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  An "MPS Mosaic," although some editors insist this is graffiti.
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  The mosaics to the never-built 149th Street New York Central Railroad station.
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  Another mosaic for the Down Town Trains, Lexington Avenue, and the Streets.
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  A transfer tunnel from the Jerome Avenue Line to the White Plains Road Line
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  Small mosaic for 149th Street on the Jerome Avenue platforms
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  A "Path Through History" sign inside the 167th Street station on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line. I held this back over copyright paranoia.
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  One block east of the station, I was able to get an interesting shot.
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  Then I went to the other side and snapped a shot of the low clearance chains...
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  .. and a staircase to the station from the SW corner.
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  Back to 149th Street-Grand Concourse Subway Complex, I got a shot of another "Down Town Trains" arrow mosaics...
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  .. and a nearby "Up Town Trains" arrow mosaic...
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  .. and finally the grand prize of the trip, a shot of the NRHP listed Mott Avenue Control House... IN COLOR!
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  And then I decided to take a shot of the NRHP-listed Bronx Central Annex Post Office.
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  Going back to Manhattan, I found I had to head to 135th Street Station on the IRT Lenox Avenue Line.
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  I was really looking for a transfer, not these mosaics, but it was still worth taking.
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  Outside of the station, I spotted the Harlem YMCA, and took a shot of it just for the hell of it.
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  Back at 135th Street station, there were still other reasons to get pics; An elevator...
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  ... a staircase...
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  .. and both at the same time.
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  And after my failed attempt at a pic in 2011, I finally got an image of the street entrance to Harlem – 148th Street - Lenox Terminal!
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  A random platform shot of Pelham Parkway station.
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  I could've stayed there for more pics, but I was determined to return to Eastchester - Dyre Avenue. Note the old IRT lamppost in the platform.
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  And in daylight this time... And here's part of the old New York, Westchester and Boston Railway right-of-way.
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  Same ROW looking south towards West Farms, and at one time Mott Haven.
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  Until 1937, some EMU's came from either White Plains or Port Chester on that track.
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  Street-level entrance...
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  .. from the northeast corner of Dyre Avenue and Light Street.
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  The northbound Bx16 bus stop on Webster Avenue north of 233rd Street...
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  .. and the entrance to the southbound Bronx River Parkway, which is also the entrance to Woodlawn Metro-North station.
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  The southbound exit from the Bronx River Parkway also contains the exit from Woodlawn Station.
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  Unfortunatley you can't make a U-turn...
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  .. or go to the station from the southbound ramp... or back onto the parkway.
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  There's even a pocket park along the bike path between the station and the ramps to the parkway.
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  The old public bathrooms across the street from Harlem - 125th Street Metro-North Station.
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  The entrance to the station from 125th Street itself.
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  Most MNRR signs are mounted on or near the platforms. This one is under the bridge over the sidewalk.
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  An information kiosk inside the station with a clock on top.
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  That old NYC public bathroom again, this time from North Park Avenue.
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  Since there were no other pictures of Junior's at GCT, I thought I'd snap an extra one.
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  Just to the west of it is a passageway, which I thought was to the Oyster Bar, but is probably one for the restaurant employees.

November 20, 2014

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  A sign along 14th Avenue at the southbound service road for the Whitestone Expressway.
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  A Ford F-550 tow truck rented by the NYCDOT at a rest area on Grand Central Parkway near LaGuardia.
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  The headquarters of Bulova Watches as seen from Grand Central Parkway.
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  I've seen the Jackson Hole Air Line Diner in other pics...
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  .. so I thought I'd take advantage of the traffic jam along GCP...
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  .. and try to snap some pics myself.

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