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The quiet neighborhood of Glendale contains a number of anachronisms, including the passage of the Long Island Rail Road Montauk spur from west to east. This sleepy line now carries freight only, but it’s only been a year or two since at least one daily passenger train plied the tracks here. And, until March 1998…
I was slowly and steadily making my way down 29th Street in Long Island City recently from 38th Avenue to Queens Plaza. As with a previous post on 37th Street, I was fascinated by Astoria’s varied and eclectic housing stock. Nowhere else in the borough, and certainly not west of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, have buildings…
With sushi, specialty drinks and an energetic, positive atmosphere, Hyatt Place Flushing/LaGuardia Airport held its grand opening last night, June 26th. Located directly across from Flushing Mall at 133-42 39th Avenue, the 168-room property is the first Hyatt-branded hotel in Queens. It features a rooftop outdoor garden area (above) with spectacular panoramic views of the Manhattan skyline and…
The sun, or as Mitch refers to it, the “burning thermonuclear eye of God,” was beating down mercilessly, or as merciless as 80 degrees can get. Unlike Rockaway peninsula residents, I’m not a beach devotee; like Nixon, I keep my shirt and shoes on when walking in the sand, though I skip the jacket and…
I gotta say I was driving around north of the Queensboro bridge the other day and all these small hotels are making a hash of the area. it's like a hotel / warehouse / storage mishmash and the hotels do not add to the charm. kind of a waste of an opportunity to remake a neighborhood.
Long Island City’s 25th Hotel Is OpenI love you Mitch. Great pics too. But for the love of God, your wife didn't come to Queens from "the city," she came from fucking Manhattan. For someone who's so into nomenclature, at least as it involves the QB Bridge, you should be the last to refer to that other borough in such an insecure, deferential way. As the map, the law, and your pics suggest, Queens is as much the city as Manhattan and the other boroughs.
From High Above LICgreat write-up, thanks for sharing!
Hiding in WoodsideI walk this street a lot with my dog. Nice to learn a little bit more about some of these buildings.
The Worlds of 29th Street