Condos looming

For the Queens-Midtown Tunnel. The ventilation system completely changes the air inside the tunnel every 90 seconds.

These Queensmarked beauties come with a less-than-ideal view. See for yourself.

Queens-Midtown Tunnel

(In case you're wondering, I'm trying to block the sun with my left hand.)

A remnant of 1976? (Maybe not: the paint looks a little too fresh.)

The Institute of Higher Burnin'. It's a massive complex — this is just a small part of one side.

(The column you see is a support for the 7 train viaduct overhead.)

The four-star review is attributed to City Councilman Peter F. Vallone, Jr., a strident crusader against graffiti.

The tallest building in NYC outside of Manhattan, it's often derided for being an immensely bland piece of architecture that is totally out of place among the much lower buildings around it. It does have one interesting feature, though, which is only evident at a distance. We'll see it later in the day.

This is where, in response to a reporter asking him why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton apocryphally uttered the famous line: "Because that's where the money is."

Sutton claims this exchange never took place, but does answer the question in his autobiography:

"Why did I rob banks? Because I enjoyed it. I loved it. I was more alive when I was inside a bank, robbing it, than at any other time in my life. I enjoyed everything about it so much that one or two weeks later I'd be out looking for the next job. But to me the money was the chips, that's all."

St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church

A public high school that teaches aircraft maintenance

Casa Jimmy USA, Inc.

He's on the prowl again.

The upward arrow of the Citicorp Building

As seen from the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge

that importance can be steadfast. But if it can, then surely it would prevent the plaque from being ripped off its own monument. To add further indignity, this sign offers up a pretty lukewarm tribute: "pleasant personality"? I think the DOT has proven that it should leave the parks to Parks from now on.

This tiny community library cleverly sits on a hand truck that's chained to the sign post behind it, making it something like a bike locked to a pole, which, I believe, puts it technically in compliance with city regulations. See what's currently in circulation!

And on and on.

Father Giorgio Triangle honors the man who, among other things, was the pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, which is memorialized right on the other side of the BQE.