This hideous monstrosity is good for you!
Delivering natural gas from the Gulf Coast to New York City
You don't forget that building once you've seen it. (We came upon a local congregation of this controversial church back in Jackson Heights.)
Coming soon: a new house of worship for Staten Island's St. George Malankara Orthodox Church of India
The possibilities seem endless: aircraft carriers, roads... I've even heard rumors of cube-shaped ice lumps that keep drinks cool, but — as the old saying goes — I'll believe it when I see it on the side of a moving truck.
Another bike on bike, and another look at the old Domino Sugar refinery
This Peace Pole is planted in Williamsburg's Earth Spirit community garden.
George Washington is bundled up for a long winter at Valley Forge.
The former Williamsburgh Trust Company building is now the Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Ukrainian Autocephalic Orthodox Church in Exile.
Hey, they're carpenters, not graphic designers.
To quote from an earlier post:
The world's longest suspension bridge from 1903 to 1924, the Williamsburg Bridge has a very unusual design: as you can see in this photo, only the center span (the section of the bridge between the two towers) is suspended from the cables.
of this baby. The beehive in the tympanum above the door symbolizes industry and thrift, and is a motif often found on older banks in the city. The most notable feature of this building (in my opinion, anyway) is its seriously squiggled column and wall sections (closer view here), which predate Keith Haring's work by more than a century.
This playground's Old Testament name is presumably a reference to the large Hasidic Jewish population here in South Williamsburg; note the Sukkot balconies on the building to the left.
Honoring the former legislator and judge with a little stele strangely hidden from public view; I had to enter through a gate at the far side of the square and tromp across the unmowed grass to take a look at it.
mean mean mean mean
This sign is one of about two dozen posted outside the Jonathan Williams Daycare Center in Williamsburg protesting the mayor's recent proposal to shut down this and hundreds of other city-run daycare and after-school programs.
Founded by homeless canners, Sure We Can is a homeless-friendly beverage container redemption center that seeks to eliminate the unnecessary hardships and demeaning conditions that canners face elsewhere. As the door suggests, there is also a garden on site; it utilizes many repurposed materials recovered from people's garbage.
This subway-themed East Williamsburg playground claims that a perplexing array of trains stop here: the L, F, A, C, and 6. (While the L is the closest subway line to this spot, the 6 does not even enter Brooklyn.) Perhaps the playground was designed by Laurentius Farnsworth Aeolian Casimir the Sixth?
This micro-library has changed location (and name) since we last saw it.
Complete with running water, this grotto at Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii in East Williamsburg is a smaller (though still quite impressive) one of these. A nearby plaque reads: "This shrine has been erected by the faithful in honor of Our Lady of Lourdes that she may protect the boys in the armed forces — May 30, 1943".
Regardless of your feelings about the mayor's proposed soda ban, it's probably wise to ignore any advice on the subject given by a soda distribution truck.
This property was donated by Sarah Ann Wyckoff in 1868 under the condition that no building ever be constructed here. Technically a park, it was paved over in the 1930s (with the approval of a Wyckoff descendant) after it was deemed too difficult to maintain as a green space. What a lovely tribute to the family!
spray something.
Another good take on the MTA's central doctrine of paranoia
this would have been the portal of the day.
