Archive for August 18th, 2009
Catching up with the Pentacle
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
aka
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.