Comments for The Newtown Pentacle http://newtownpentacle.com Altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labi Fri, 17 May 2013 02:28:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on mighty temples by Lynn del Sol http://newtownpentacle.com/2011/11/21/mighty-temples/#comment-8020 Fri, 17 May 2013 02:28:14 +0000 http://newtownpentacle.com/?p=7845#comment-8020 Hey. love the blog. I have some questions about this site as well.
What was the last company that occupied the ground floor?
Who owns the building? Is it Andover or are they just the realtor/management company.
Why wasn’t landmarked?

But I did find this bit of new news…;

1927: First skyscraper in Queens opens

The first skyscraper in Queens, a branch of the Bank of the Manhattan Company in Long Island City, was dedicated 81 years ago this month.

The 14-story tower was the largest office building in the borough and was built at a cost of $1 million, the Times reported. The building, located at 29-27 41st Avenue, has a four-faced clock tower, and was 85 percent leased when it opened.

The tower is now home to unions, professional services and small businesses. During World War II, it housed the offices of the U.S. Employment Office of the War Manpower Commission.

The building is not landmarked and was included in the 2001 rezoning intended to increase density in Queens Plaza. The 52,000-square-foot building is modest by today’s standards and since 1989 has been dwarfed by the tallest building in the borough, the 50-story Citibank tower located several blocks south, at Court Square.

Compiled by Adam Pincus
http://therealdeal.com/issues_articles/this-month-in-real-estate-history-19/

]]> Comment on quiet travel by georgetheatheist . . . avian avatar http://newtownpentacle.com/2013/05/16/quiet-travel/#comment-8017 Thu, 16 May 2013 13:55:30 +0000 http://newtownpentacle.com/?p=17334#comment-8017 This blogsite is for the birds.

]]> Comment on slowly onward by georgetheatheist . . . poignantly perceptive http://newtownpentacle.com/2013/05/15/slowly-onward/#comment-8014 Wed, 15 May 2013 13:35:06 +0000 http://newtownpentacle.com/?p=17323#comment-8014 Witness the last photo in this series, the traffic mess at Queens Plaza. All these vehicles funneling into just 2 lanes on the lower level of the Queensboro Bridge. Where and how would they ever put EZ Pass there? The mess would just be compounded for miles eastward.

]]> Comment on The River of Sound by Kelly http://newtownpentacle.com/2009/06/05/the-river-of-sound/#comment-8011 Tue, 14 May 2013 22:39:39 +0000 http://newtownpentacle.wordpress.com/?p=46#comment-8011 Before Adriean Block discovered Block Island naming it after himself, the island was discovered by Giovanni da Verrazzano, who named it “Claudia”, in honor of Claude, Duchess of Brittany, queen consort of France and the wife of Francis I. The island has also been previously identified as “Luisa,” after Louise of Savoy, the Queen Mother of France, and the mother of Francis. Before anyone else named it, the Indians called it Manisses meaning ‘island of the little gods.’

]]> Comment on tireless and continuing by impassable barrier | The Newtown Pentacle http://newtownpentacle.com/2013/04/30/tireless-and-continuing/#comment-8006 Tue, 14 May 2013 05:58:35 +0000 http://newtownpentacle.com/?p=17214#comment-8006 […] reporting on the bridge maintenance last month, in the posting “tireless and continuing,” your humble narrator contacted the WHC group’s leader- Captain John Doswell- and the […]

]]> Comment on deeds and aspect by Did You See This? | Working Harbor Committee http://newtownpentacle.com/2013/05/12/deeds-and-aspect/#comment-8001 Mon, 13 May 2013 12:09:34 +0000 http://newtownpentacle.com/?p=17300#comment-8001 […] NewtownPentacle.com: The Doris Moran and the James Turecamo- towing a floating dry dock past midtown. The Caddell […]

]]> Comment on deeds and aspect by Mitch Waxman http://newtownpentacle.com/2013/05/12/deeds-and-aspect/#comment-7998 Sun, 12 May 2013 18:40:24 +0000 http://newtownpentacle.com/?p=17300#comment-7998 Staten Island

]]> Comment on deeds and aspect by georgetheatheist . . . dads and moms http://newtownpentacle.com/2013/05/12/deeds-and-aspect/#comment-7997 Sun, 12 May 2013 18:12:41 +0000 http://newtownpentacle.com/?p=17300#comment-7997 It would be great Mitch, in the future, to have some imagery of exactly how this submersion/lifting procedure is done. Nice photos of the contraption itself. I wonder where it was headed.

]]> Comment on sacred grove by Mitch Waxman http://newtownpentacle.com/2013/05/10/sacred-grove/#comment-7991 Fri, 10 May 2013 12:58:18 +0000 http://newtownpentacle.com/?p=17288#comment-7991 But the population was huge, on the Brooklyn side. Don’t forget, back then you worked in Queens but lived in Bushwick or Williamsburg and used the Grand Street streetcar line to get back and forth.

]]> Comment on sacred grove by georgetheatheist... always helpful http://newtownpentacle.com/2013/05/10/sacred-grove/#comment-7990 Fri, 10 May 2013 12:32:17 +0000 http://newtownpentacle.com/?p=17288#comment-7990 Great point about the ignoring of the Creek by those muckrackers. Needless to say there was (and is) a lot of “muck” there to rake. Maybe because of the low population in the area at the time that it slipped under their Shining City radar?

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