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Queens Food Walk
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Where in the world can you dine where the residents speak a combined total of 138 languages and there is a melting pot of diverse food options to choose from? You don't have to go any further than Queens, New York. That’s right, Queens also holds the Guinness World Record for the most ethnically diverse urban area on the planet! With just the swipe of your MetroCard, you can make your way around Queens’s diverse neighborhoods with endless food options to choose from. Take in some history, and whether you’re in Astoria, Jackson Heights, Sunnyside, or Flushing, you’ll surely discover a new meal to try.
Bodine Castle
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Vernon Boulevard, west side, at 43rd Road, showing the Bodine Castle, 1932. One of the many unique features of this castle was an underground tunnel from below the home out to the the East River waterfront, which can be seen just right of center. Before it was demolished the land surrounding the castle was used as a lumberyard evidenced in the details of this photograph.
Bodine Castle
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"Located in the once-fashionable Ravenswood area, the Bodine Castle was typical of the modestly-scaled romantic villas that formerly surrounded New York." Constructed sometime in the mid to late 18th century by a supposedly exiled French nobleman, the eclectic building included a large square tower and turret on a large plot of land. Though considered for landmarking in 1966, just one year after the passage of the Landmarks Law, it was denied and was demolished the same year. It was replaced by expanded infrastructure for the Con Ed "Big Aliss" power plant.
MAS Queens Survey
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Between 1954 and 1957, the Municipal Art Society surveyed historic buildings in all five boroughs to create a database of potential landmarks to preserve. Local residents and MAS staff compiled individual sheets devoted to about 200 buildings. Each sheet outlined the building’s date, location, and style and provided a description and a small photograph. This is the list of Queens buildings.
Bodine Castle
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Bodine Castle With its rather gloomy, forbidding exterior implying Gothic origins, there is almost as much of the Romanesque in this "castle." It may be sensed primarily in the massing of the elements and in the round-arched windows and doors. In its final location, it would have been difficult to visualize the spacious grounds and lawns that must have once surrounded the house.
Medieval New York
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Over the years, more than a few New Yorkers have taken the phrase "A man's home is his castle" literally. This tour takes you through a few of the fortifications that New Yorkers have built for themselves.
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City of New York Department of Purchase
44th Drive and Vernon Boulevard. City of New York Department of Purchase general storehouse.
Nott Avenue and 44th Drive
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.
Nott Avenue and 44th Drive
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.
Nott Avenue and 44th Drive
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.
Nott Avenue and 44th Drive
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.
Nott Avenue and 44th Drive
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.
Nott Avenue and 44th Drive
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.
Nott Avenue and 44th Drive
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.
Nott Avenue and 44th Drive
Board of Water Supply. City Water Tunnel No. 2. Patrick McGovern, Inc., contractor. Hemispherical wooden form used for concreting. August 24, 1932.
Nott Avenue and 44th Drive
Board of Water Supply. City Water Tunnel No. 2. Patrick McGovern, Inc., contractor. Hemispherical wooden form used for concreting. August 24, 1932.
4-01 44th Drive
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.
"Hog House"
\[Workmen's Quarters: IND Queens Boulevard Line] Survey negative documenting the "Hog House" workman's quarters on the Queens side as part of the construction and maintenance of the IND Queens Boulevard Line. Shows work quarters, transformers, trucks, and employees. Logbook reads: View of Workmen's Quarters (Hog House), camera located 25 feet east of northeast corner of shaft.
Pepsi Cola Plant
Pepsi-Cola Sign
Pepsi Cola Plant
Pepsi Cola Plant
Pepsi Cola Bottling Plant - 46-00 5th Street Pepsi Cola bottling plant at 46-00 5th Street.
Pepsi Cola Plant
Pepsi Cola Bottling Plant - 46-00 5th Street Pepsi Cola bottling plant at 46-00 5th Street.
Bodine Castle
Queens: Vernon Boulevard - 43rd Road Vernon Boulevard, west side, at 43rd Road, showing the Bodine Castle, erected by J. Bodine, an exiled French nobleman. It is the last of the old mansions which adorned the East River front in this area. Arthur White 1920's (?) Views 1,2,3
Bodine Castle
Queens: Vernon Boulevard - 43rd Road Vernon Boulevard, west side, at 43rd Road, showing the Bodine Castle, erected by J. Bodine, an exiled French nobleman. It is the last of the old mansions which adorned the East River front in this area. Arthur White 1920's (?) Views 1,2,3
Bodine Castle
Queens: Vernon Boulevard - 43rd Road Vernon Boulevard, west side, at 43rd Road, showing the Bodine Castle, erected by J. Bodine, an exiled French nobleman. It is the last of the old mansions which adorned the East River front in this area. Arthur White 1920's (?) Views 1,2,3
Bodine Castle
Bodine Castle
Bodine Castle
Bodine Castle
Bodine Castle
Bodine Castle
Bodine Castle
5-36 46th Road
Building at 5-36 46th Road Building at 5-36 46th Road.
46-36 Vernon Boulevard
Storefront at 46-36 Vernon Boulevard Storefront at 46-36 Vernon Boulevard.
46-36 Vernon Boulevard
Detail of Storefront at 46-36 Vernon Boulevard Detail of storefront at 46-36 Vernon Boulevard.
46-36 Vernon Boulevard
Detail of Storefront at 46-36 Vernon Boulevard Detail of storefront at 46-36 Vernon Boulevard.
9-03 43rd Avenue
Manhattan Cabinetry 9-03 43rd Avenue Manhattan Cabinetry at 9-03 43rd Avenue at 9th Street.
10-48 46th Road
Houses 10-48 46th Road Houses 10-48 46th Road.
11-53 44th Drive
Residences at 11-53 44th Drive Residences at 11-53 44th Drive.
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