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Renegade picnic table

March 6th, 2012



There's no such thing as useless public space.

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Hocr!

March 6th, 2012



I had never given any thought to the origin of "Rego Park", the name of a neighborhood in Queens. Nothing about it grabs your attention; it sounds like it was probably named after some guy who owned a lot of farmland or something.

But no! Rego Park, you see, was developed by the Real Good Construction Company, and its name is actually a shortening of Re(al) Go(od). Fascinating! Sort of.

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Saxon Hall apartments

March 6th, 2012


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Tower Diner

March 6th, 2012



Formerly Emigrant Savings Bank



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Welcome friends

March 6th, 2012


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Newtown High School

March 6th, 2012



Like Morris and Erasmus, Newtown is one of Charles B.J. Snyder's soaring civic monuments.

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Barberz #10

March 6th, 2012



They're kommunikable!

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I mean, aren't we all, but he was looking for the other kind of cobbler. Despite my intimate relationship with shoes, I was of no help.

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At the close of the school day, the sidewalk outside PS 89 was lined with vendors hawking their junk food from shopping carts and other mobile stands.




Now owned by the United Sherpa Association



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Portal of the day

March 6th, 2012



Leading to the...

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BQE maintenance walkway!

March 6th, 2012



Look at that hilarious stubby street lamp.