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Archive for November 2013

no fooling

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It’s trash time, here in the Newtown Pentacle.

– photo by Mitch Waxman

Packer trucks are what the garbage guys call vehicles like the familiar DSNY conveyances. Municipal vehicles whose ubiquity and constant presence renders them nearly invisible, they hide in plain sight, and most of us only notice them when they don’t show up or if we are instead stuck behind them in traffic. An archive shot, I acquired this one nearby Queens Blvd. at the border of Woodside.

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November 14, 2013 at 7:30 am

no fantasy

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Mr. Waxman’s short break continues.

– photo by Mitch Waxman

Another shot from the archives today, this time depicting a fuel tanker discharging its load into the holding tanks of a Northern Blvd. filling station. Oh, the luxuries I enjoy during these intervals of archive shot presentation. Amenities abound here in Astoria, and one intends to enjoy them entirely.

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November 13, 2013 at 7:30 am

no dream

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Another archive shot, today from Queens.

– photo by Mitch Waxman

The Long Island Expressway squats and sags over Borden Avenue as it returns to ground nearby Greenpoint Avenue at the border of Blissville and Long Island City. My little break is turning out to be kind of productive, so look forward to some cool stuff in the near future. Also, I’ve got a couple of shots in an article at today’s NY Daily News- check it out.

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November 12, 2013 at 9:53 am

fortified places

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Another one from the Archives

– photo by Mitch Waxman

Almost dug out from under the blanket of obligations, lords and ladies, and nearly ready to return to presenting fresh material. For today, however, another shot from the archives- this one of St. Joseph’s RC Church from the rooftops of Astoria- a view familiar and loved by those who hail from the ancient village.

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November 11, 2013 at 8:23 am

wildly over

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Maritime Sunday navigates out from the archives.

– photo by Mitch Waxman

Buchanan 1 was built in 1967 and weighs 191 tons. This photo is from 2007, and pulled from the extensive Newtown Pentacle photographic archives of NY Harbor. A humble narrator is currently enjoying a little “me time” and apologizes for the occasional recycling of older content, but even a motormouth like me needs to take a short break now and again. Anyway, Maritime Sunday.

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November 10, 2013 at 7:39 am