#dutch kills

[rockhyrax]

water qualities, dutch kills.

[wanderingnewyork]

Buildings in Long Island City, Queens.

[wanderingnewyork]

Houses in Dutch Kills, Queens.

[crying-on-the-six]

8.21.2022

[newtownpentacle]

final peril

Thursday – photo by Mitch Waxman “Every time might be the last time.” Dutch Kills, where I’ve spent so much time and effort over the last 15 years, is pictured in today’s post. I can’t help but be reminiscent. The broiling hot summer days bringing tours through here, those frigid frost bitten mornings standing on one of these bridges with a camera and tripod waiting for the sun to rise, the…

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[newtownpentacle]

unguessed companion

Wednesday – photo by Mitch Waxman A scuttle through the lonely corridors of Long Island City continues in todays post. The rain had stopped, but it was still kind of wet out. One was heading, ultimately, to a subway stop. This was one of the nights where I walk for a few miles and then take a train back to Astoria. Every step and every thought was consumed by the forthcoming “escape from New…

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[newtownpentacle]

fired spectacularly

Friday – photo by Mitch Waxman As alluded to yesterday, the bulkhead situation along the 29th street side of Dutch Kills most definitely got worse in the 2 weeks or so that I hadn’t been there. Unfortunately, I was not about to try and get some shots of it in the dark as it was way too risky due to the degradation of the shoreline. Saying that, I came back a couple of days later, during the…

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[newtownpentacle]

harrow up

Tuesday – photo by Mitch Waxman After confirming that Dutch Kills was indeed still bubbling, one accomplished his usual shot list at the Hunters Point Avenue Bridge. All these years, one of my self appointed obligations has been to take the same photo from the same spot over and over and over again. Pedantic, yes, but I can show you the evolution of this area over the last 15 years. The skyline…

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