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5 Pointz pointillism

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9/11 memorial #36

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Back to nature

March 3rd, 2012



Here we are, once again, at the forest of illegal billboards.

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9/11 memorial #37

March 3rd, 2012


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Portal of the day

March 3rd, 2012



The rest of the building doesn't quite match its extravagance.

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According to the Parks Department page about this square, Woodside was known for its "snake-infested swamps and wolf-ridden woodlands" during the colonial period. Which reminds me: I need to start using the term "wolf-ridden" much more often.

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This building was once part of a hub for that now-defunct trolley company.

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Hart Playground

March 3rd, 2012



Built decades ago, but renovated by you-know-who.

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Indian karela

March 3rd, 2012



a.k.a. bitter melon

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Don’t get offended

March 3rd, 2012



It's just Enrique!

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Best botánica yet!

March 3rd, 2012




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Meat in motion

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Blast off!

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DOT tribute to grass

March 3rd, 2012



Along Northern Boulevard, beneath the BQE overpass, are two abutment walls celebrating all that grass has meant to humans over the years. One wall lists various types of grass used by different societies throughout history, while the other (pictured) contains excerpts from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, specifically from the poem Song of Myself, which can be read in its entirety here.

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Adding to the absurdity

March 3rd, 2012



The double-walled paean to grass is maintained by White Castle!

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Subway vents!

March 3rd, 2012



This guy, and his decapitated twin across the street, are subway vents. In fact, it turns out that a couple of the mystery towers I've been photographing (specifically, this one and this one) are also subway vents, rather than natural gas line vents (as I originally thought). The same type of vent can be used in different situations, so it's hard to determine just what is being vented unless you happen to know what is underground at a particular location. For more information, and some hilarious misinformation, let's turn things over to the esteemed Kevin Walsh of Forgotten New York.