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Catching up with the Pentacle

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creek fungus by you.

Newtown Creek Bulkhead Fungus – photo by Mitch Waxman

Terms coined by the Newtown Pentacle in recent posts for future usage by the Real Estate Industry when the economy cycles back up- 

DUPBO– Down under the Pulaski Bridge Onramp

DUGABO– Down under the Greenpoint avenue Bridge Onramp

DULIE– Down under the Long Island Expressway

DURFKO- Down under the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge Onramp
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DUTBO–  Down under the Triborough Bridge Onramp

DUKBO– Down under the Kosciuszko Bridge Onramp

DUTZBO– Down under the Tappan Zee Bridge Onramp

DUGWO– Down under the George Washington Bridge Onramp

Sorry for the “clip show” today, I’m running a little late on my schedule, and the next “Astoria to Calvary” photowalk installment will be ready tomorrow.

also: Click here for a fascinating experience one pedestrian had down by Gantry Plaza Park. This is precisely the sort of thing that I’m constantly droning on about…

Also, something I found while doing research on Northern Blvd.- or how Robert Moses almost did to western Queens what he did to the South Bronx.

Written by Mitch Waxman

August 18, 2009 at 3:17 pm