Pepsi-Cola Sign

Pepsi Cola Bottling Plant - 46-00 5th Street Pepsi Cola bottling plant at 46-00 5th Street.

Pepsi Cola Bottling Plant - 46-00 5th Street Pepsi Cola bottling plant at 46-00 5th Street.

Building at 5-36 46th Road Building at 5-36 46th Road.

Frank Carrado took this waterfront skyline view of Manhattan from Long Island City, next to a riverside restaurant called Water's Edge, around 1980. It shows the construction of the pier on 44th Drive. The view across the river includes the United Nations building, the Empire State Building, FDR Drive and the Chrysler Building.

Storefront at 46-36 Vernon Boulevard Storefront at 46-36 Vernon Boulevard.

Detail of Storefront at 46-36 Vernon Boulevard Detail of storefront at 46-36 Vernon Boulevard.

Detail of Storefront at 46-36 Vernon Boulevard Detail of storefront at 46-36 Vernon Boulevard.

44th Drive and Vernon Boulevard. City of New York Department of Purchase general storehouse.

Long Island Railroad Grade Crossing Long Island Railroad grade crossing at 5th Street. hand written on back of print: Grade crossing at 5th St + 48th Ave L.I. City Nov. 3, 1930

Citylights Apartments 4-74 48th Avenue

Board of Water Supply. City Water Tunnel No. 2. Patrick McGovern, Incorporated, contractor. View of the Long Island City contractor's yard at Nott Avenue and Vernon Avenue. Showing the wooden form used to make special parts of City Water Tunnel No. 2 where it transitions from a single 17-foot diameter waterway to two 66-inch sections. November 16, 1932.

Board of Water Supply. City Water Tunnel No. 2. Patrick McGovern, Inc., contractor. View of the Long Island City contractor's yard at Nott Avenue and Vernon Avenue. Showing construction of the wooden form used to make special parts of City Water Tunnel No. 2 where it transitions from a single 17-foot diameter waterway to two 66-inch sections. November 16, 1932.

Board of Water Supply. City Water Tunnel No. 2. American Locomotive Company and American Manganese Bronze Company, contractors. View in the storage yard of Patrick McGovern, Inc., showing riser valves and three bronze shaft caps in storage prior to their installation in City Water Tunnel No. 2. July 8, 1931.

Board of Water Supply. City Water Tunnel No. 2. Patrick McGovern, Inc., contractor. Special wooden form for construction of the concrete lining for tunnel. The form was completely erected in the contractor's yard and was built so that it could be taken apart in sections for transportation and handling. This photograph is a view of the form as erected in the contractor's yard and shows the circular and elliptical ribs covered with lagging of narrow wooden strips which were steamed and bent to the required curvature. March 25, 1932.

Board of Water Supply. City Water Tunnel No. 2. Patrick McGovern, Inc., contractor. This special wooden form was assembled to construct the concrete lining where a 21-foot diameter shaft meets City Water Tunnel No. 2. It was built in the contractor's yard and designed so it could be taken apart in sections for transportation. Here the ribs are in place, to later be completely covered with wooden strips that were steamed and bent to the required curvature. This photograph is a view taken during the construction and shows only the circular and elliptical ribs which will later be completely covered with wooden lagging. March 10, 1932.

Board of Water Supply. City Water Tunnel No. 2. Patrick McGovern, Inc., contractor. View of the Long Island City contractor's yard at Nott Avenue and Vernon Avenue. Showing construction of the wooden form used to make special parts of City Water Tunnel No. 2 where it transitions from a single 17-foot diameter waterway to two 66-inch sections. November 16, 1932.

Board of Water Supply. City Water Tunnel No. 2. American Locomotive Company, contractor. A number of 72-inch riser valve pedestals, bodies and envelopes in storage at the yard of Patrick McGovern, Inc., in Long Island City. July 8, 1931.

Board of Water Supply. City Water Tunnel No. 2. Patrick McGovern, Inc., contractor. Hemispherical wooden form used for concreting. August 24, 1932.

Board of Water Supply. City Water Tunnel No. 2. Patrick McGovern, Inc., contractor. Hemispherical wooden form used for concreting. August 24, 1932.

Apartment Building at 5-53 48th Avenue Apartment building at 5-53 48th Avenue. A stiorefront on the first floor corner is for rent.

48th Avenue and Vernon Boulevard, facing south around 1990. Bella Via Restaurant and low rise older brick buildings line the street, a crane and a high rise residential building under construction in the distance show the development of Long Island City from abandoned factories and artist enclave to upscale housing. Photo by Frank Carrado.

Small House at 49-09 5th Street Small house at 49-09 5th Street \[since demolished].

Small House at 49-09 5th Street Small house at 49-09 5th Street \[since demolished].

Houses 10-48 46th Road Houses 10-48 46th Road.

\[Transfer bridges and support gantries in what is now Gantry Plaza State Park.]

\[Looking west from Long Island City to the Midtown Manhattan skyline.]

\[Looking west from Long Island City to the Midtown Manhattan skyline.]

\[Transfer bridges and support gantries in what is now Gantry Plaza State Park.]

\[Transfer bridges and support gantries in what is now Gantry Plaza State Park.]

Unidentified man holding lamppost in front of East River and Belmont Island, with midtown Manhattan skyline. Possibly related to Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity lamppost installation or testing in Long Island City. Includes Chrysler Building, Tudor City, and 230 Park Avenue. Circa 1931; construction of 708 Third Avenue underway.

\[Looking west from Long Island City to the Midtown Manhattan skyline.]

View East from Gantry Park View east from Gantry Park with Schwartz Chemical plant building and Avalon Riverview Apartments (under construction).

\[Looking west from Long Island City to the Midtown Manhattan skyline.]

Gantry Park and Citylights Apartments Gantry park with Citylights Apartments in the background.

\[Looking southwest from Long Island City to the Midtown Manhattan skyline.]

\[Looking northwest from Long Island City to the Queensboro Bridge.]

Gantry Park and the Citylights Apartments

\[Transfer bridges and support gantries in what is now Gantry Plaza State Park.]