Multimodal Suspension

Well alright, the Queensboro is a cantilever bridge, but I liked the title.  I offer my apologies for the soft posting as of late, my schedule has not allowed my much to this blog.

A Sun Sets on Queens

A beautiful sunset descending upon the city as I left from a late day at work, luckily, I decided to bring my camera along.  Racing the sunset through Astoria and Long Island City using the N Train to gain different perspectives is only one of the things I will do to get my photographs.

Queensboro Plaza and Bridge.

Astoria Blvd Station looking toward Long Island City.

The Triborough Bridge and Grand Central Parkway.

Generic rooftop silhouettes and the sky.

Night Approaching

Foot of the Bridge Photography I, The Manhattan Side

This post is a collection of scenes from the foot of the 59th / Queensboro / Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge on the Manhattan side of the East River.

Crowded skyline view full of fire escapes, bridges, pylons, signs, cables, and air conditioners.  Taken from 60th street, near 1st Avenue.

I have to admit, the wonderful blur here was actually an accident, courtesy of a large smudge on the lens.  Taken at the corner of 60th and 3rd.

The Roosevelt Island skyline, Roosevelt Island Tram, and the bridge taken from the East River Waterfront Esplanade. 

Demonstrating the scale of perspective that is New York City.  Manhattan, the FDR, East River, Queens, Brooklyn, and many other NYC items all under the watchful eye of the Queensboro Bridge.

A Breaking

Taken from Queensbridge area along 21st Street in Queens.

L.I.C 2.0

A softer, gentrified gentler Long Island City brings costly condos to an area that was and is, in large part, still contains industrial, working class housing, and the Queensbridge public housing complex.  The neighborhood’s proximity to the Upper East Side of Manhattan has determinately sealed this inevitability.  Taken near Queensboro Plaza, which is at the foot of the Queensboro…err…Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge.

Under (and Beside) the Bridge of 59th Street

The Queensboro (or 59th Street) Bridge is about to be renamed the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, after the former New York City mayor. The renaming sounds about as cluncky as the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, née Triboro Bridge. It may be just me, but when you rename timeless icons after a politicians or a company, it takes a little away from its status of timeless. Maybe I should take my case to The People's Court ;) Rant is complete... You can also see the Roosevelt Island Tramway in the background, which was closed for construction at the time of this shot.

Queens Zoom Zoom

Taken at the base of the Queensboro Bridge, on the Queens end in Long Island City...

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Feed Me, Feed Me, Feed Me

This was taken at the Queens side of the East River of the base of the Queenboro Bridge in Long Island City, New York. These parking meters are chirping like hungry newly born birds.

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From Long Island City With Love Pt. 2

From the same location as the previous post, except this one is looking to ground level with the Queensboro bridge in the background...



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From Long Island City With Love

Taken from the Queensboro Plaza subway station in Long Island City, Queens. This station is located at the Queens side of the base of the Queensboro Bridge. You can see the Midtown Manhattan skyline in the background.

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