{"id":250,"date":"2010-02-24T07:16:54","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T15:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/?p=250"},"modified":"2013-04-12T08:14:20","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T12:14:20","slug":"long_island_city_fall_2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/2010\/02\/24\/long_island_city_fall_2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Island City, Fall 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/queens\/lic\/hunterspt\/queenswestsportsfield\/index.htm\">Queens West Sportsfield<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/lic\/hunterspt\/queenswestsportsfield\/2610-01-09.jpg\" alt=\"Queens West Sportsfield, 5th Street and 47th Avenue, Hunters Point, Long Island City, Queens, October 1, 2009\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/queens\/lic\/queensbridgepark\/index.htm\">Queensbridge Park<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/lic\/queensbridgepark\/2410-20-09.jpg\" alt=\"Queensboro Bridge From Queensbridge Park, Long Island City, Queens, October 20, 2009\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve perhaps heard of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.historichousetrust.org\/item.php?i_id=24\">Little Red Lighthouse<\/a>. This is the Little Red Comfort Station at Queensbridge Park:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/lic\/queensbridgepark\/3910-20-09.jpg\" alt=\"Comfort Station and Queensboro Bridge, Queensbridge Park, Long Island City, Queens, October 20, 2009\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s called by one local newspaper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/queens\/lic\/4402vernonblvd\/index.htm\">Lake Vernon Boulevard<\/a> at the stalled River East project:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/lic\/4402vernonblvd\/0210-20-09.jpg\" alt=\"River East Site\/Lake Vernon Boulevard, 44-02 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City, Queens, October 20, 2009\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The whimsical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/queens\/lic\/urbangarden\/index.htm\">Recycle-A-Bicycle Urban Garden<\/a> underneath the Queensboro Bridge along Vernon Boulevard:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/lic\/urbangarden\/0411-04-09.jpg\" alt=\"Recycle-A-Bicycle Urban Garden, Vernon Boulevard and Queens Plaza South, Long Island City, Queens, November 4, 2009\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Other stuff: A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/queens\/lic\/queensborobridge\/10-22-09\/index.htm\">Drive Across the Queensboro Bridge<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/queens\/lic\/silvercupstudios\/index.htm\">Silvercup Studios<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/queens\/lic\/centuryrubbersupply\/index.htm\">Century Rubber Supply<\/a> on Jackson Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>The North Recreation and Interpretive Area of Gantry Plaza State Park is one of our new favorite spots. Every week we&#8217;d head down there after work to hang out. A series of pages from those days, which I&#8217;ve posted all in one chunk. First, trying to capture the moon setting over Lower Manhattan from the North Recreation and Interpretive Area of Gantry Plaza State Park on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/queens\/lic\/hunterspt\/gantryplazastatepark\/08-25-09\/index.htm\">August 25, 2009<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/lic\/hunterspt\/gantryplazastatepark\/08-25-09\/042137.jpg\" alt=\"North Recreation and Interpretive Area, Gantry Plaza State Park, Hunters Point, Long Island City, Queens, August 25, 2009, 9:37 p.m.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Watching what seemed to be a recent graduate&#8217;s picture being taken for a portfolio of some sort at the North Recreation and Interpretive Area of Gantry Plaza State Park on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/queens\/lic\/hunterspt\/gantryplazastatepark\/09-01-09\/index.htm\">September 1, 2009<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/lic\/hunterspt\/gantryplazastatepark\/09-01-09\/0309-01-09.jpg\" alt=\"North Recreation and Interpretive Area, Gantry Plaza State Park, Hunters Point, Long Island City, Queens, September 1, 2009\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The setting sun and some pictures of the Pepsi-Cola sign from the North Recreation and Interpretive Area of Gantry Plaza State Park on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/queens\/lic\/hunterspt\/gantryplazastatepark\/09-08-09\/index.htm\">September 8, 2009<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/lic\/hunterspt\/gantryplazastatepark\/09-08-09\/211921.jpg\" alt=\"North Recreation and Interpretive Area, Gantry Plaza State Park, Hunters Point, Long Island City, Queens, September 8, 2009, 7:21 p.m.\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/lic\/hunterspt\/gantryplazastatepark\/09-08-09\/2509-08-09.jpg\" alt=\"Pepsi-Cola Sign, North Recreation and Interpretive Area, Gantry Plaza State Park, Hunters Point, Long Island City, Queens, September 8, 2009\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just when they open the park, more work, this time for a children&#8217;s play area in the North Recreation and Interpretive Area of Gantry Plaza State Park, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/queens\/lic\/hunterspt\/gantryplazastatepark\/10-06-09\/index.htm\">October 6, 2009<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigmap\/queens\/lic\/hunterspt\/gantryplazastatepark\/10-06-09\/0410-06-09.jpg\" alt=\"North Recreation and Interpretive Area, Gantry Plaza State Park, Hunters Point, Long Island City, Queens, October 6, 2009\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Queens West Sportsfield: Queensbridge Park: You&#8217;ve perhaps heard of the Little Red Lighthouse. This is the Little Red Comfort Station at Queensbridge Park: What&#8217;s called by one local newspaper Lake Vernon Boulevard at the stalled River East project: The whimsical Recycle-A-Bicycle Urban Garden underneath the Queensboro Bridge along Vernon Boulevard: Other stuff: A Drive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-queens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":484,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions\/484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}