2008 - Rego Center under construction, corner of Junction Blvd and Horace Harding Expy., with 97th Street on east and 62nd Drive on the south.
Almost complete
Completed
Eventually, Century 21 left.
View from across the street
Early in the morning
On my way to meet the L&M Tour bus
2014 - The luxury apartment Alexander's being built.
A baby squirrel across the street
Building slowly being built
Another view
A food vendor at the site
A view from the bridge connecting one section of the mall to the other
From the parking lot where Bed Bath and Beyond and Burlington are located
On 3rd floor of mall looking west
Photo of benches on street level
A luxury apartment building on Queens Blvd as seen from Rego Center
2014 - Top floor of mall
62nd Drive
Bridge connecting both sides of the mall
Bridge is for cars and pedestrians
The Alexander completed
A better view of mall and the Alexander
Photo taken from Junction Blvd 62nd Drive is the next corner
Sears sign can still be seen when this photos taken. 62nd Drive
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Junction Blvd, looking north
Remember Alexander's? Eventually, Sears took over the location. Ikea moved in and then in December 2022 moved out. Upstairs: Bed Bath and Beyond, Old Navy and Burlington. On Queens Blvd side there is Marshalls. The parking lot in the photo is now the other section of Rego Center, connected by a bridge. In the other section there is Costco, Aldi, Panera, etc. Stores have come and gone. The Alexander's luxury apartment building was constructed on the corner of 62nd Drive and Junction Blvd.
December 2017 - Snow on the benches across from Rego Center Mall Part of Lost Battalion Playground?
December 2017 - Another view
Graffiti or art? - Various dates Pages DDD, YYY, CCCC and LLLLL
Seen from the platform at the 90th Street #7 train station
More trucks - Most trucks parked in Municipal Parking Lot across mall that is now home to 3 restaurants - Olive Garden, Longhorn & Fogo de Chao (previously Joe's Crab Shack and later Queens Beer House)
Are you?? Poster on Subway
On Saturday, October 26th, as the L&M bus was stuck in traffic on the l.I.E, I looked to my right and saw a building covered in "graffiti". The building was not too far from the City Group building in Long Island City. I made a mental note to look for the building on Monday.
Between Davis and Crane Streets on Jackson Avenue in Long Island City there is a building that is beautifully decorated by artists. The following photos show some of the artwork on the walls of the building. They call themselves 5Pointz (representing the 5 counties of NYC). Artists from all over the country and world have visited the area and have some of their artwork on the walls.
There were many people in the area taking photos. I even met a French couple that did not speak any English. I managed to get an opinion of the site, "beau" (beautiful).
The building is scheduled for demolition since there will be a high rise built on the spot. Long Island City has changed in the years since Citi Group built its offices in he area, close to the Supreme Court. Gone are the warehouses, the empty buildings and the lots.
5Pointz - 10/28/2013
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Supreme Court. On my way to the 5Pointz location
Closer view of Supreme Court
This is Davis Street, which is under the #7 train.
Crane Street
Front of building, Jackson Avenue
I returned November 6th to take more photos.
A close-up of part of the wall seen in previous 2 photos.
What was once PS1 is now the Museum of Modern Art, MoMa
Freedom Tower from Jackson Avenue
The tracks for the #7 train. Jackson Avenue and Davis Streete
Unfortunately, every good thing must come to an end. The building with the "graffiti art" is being torn down to begin construction of new buildings. The art was painted over by the owner. Below you can see what the building looks like. Photos were taken November 20th. I also took photos of work that's across Davis Street. Were these painting there when I visited previously or are they new works?
The art was whitewashed - November 20, 2013
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Front of building, Jackson Avenue
Side of building, Crane Street
The artwork is slowly being painted over.
Here you can see a painter doing away with artwork.
Back of building as seen from Crane Street
Side of building, Davis Street
Sheets of paper on wall giving visitors the opportunity to express themselves
The 5 Pointz
The gold letters in center read: "It cost aprox. $20,000 to paint this building overnight. Imagine what a $20,000 donation would have done to families that won't have a meal this Thanksgiving?"
Across the street from the 5Pointz building on Davis Street. Had not seen this one, and next one, before.
RIP - Rest in Power, with the O being the 5Pointz logo.
1. From http://darkroom.baltimoresun.com/2013/11/5-pointz-erased-queens-new-york-graffiti/#1
"The space, considered the Mecca of the graffiti world, was located (in) Queens in New York City. Used as a space for graffiti artists since the early 1980s, the owner of the property announced in 2011 he planned to demolish the building to build high-rise residential buildings, which was approved by the City Council in Oct. 2013. The 5Pointz graffiti community had since been in a battle to keep the space as is and petitioned the government to consider the space a protected cultural landmark."
2. From the Queens Chronical of Thursday, February 15, 2018, VOL XXV NO. 7, Page 4, Western Queens News:
"A federal judge on Monday ruled the owner of the former site of 5Pointz in Long Island City, violated federal law when he had violated federal copyright law when he had the graffiti mecca whitewashed in 2013 and must pay the artists $6.75 million..." "...The ruling applies to 45 of the paintings at the site, which people from around the world came to see before it was torn down..." (Monday would have been February 12th. The address of the building is 45-46 Davis Street. I have shown a few of the whitewashed walls above.)
Some of the artists represented by 5Pointz could have been the ones who painted the trucks I display above.
2018 - What was built where 5Pointz was located Page YYYYY
Coleus in the area. #7 train is close by.
2018 - This, and next photo, taken from Jackson Avenue, close to new building under construction where 5Pointz was located.
Subway, Noguchi Museum, Socrates Sculpture Park - July 13, 2011
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Stained glass displays at 49th Street Subway Station, #7 line
Looking east from 52nd Street platform, #7 line. Queens Blvd.
40th Street Station
# 7 train. Looking west. Empire State Building visible in the background.
Manhattan Skyline
Noguchi Museum 9-01 33rd Road (at Vernon Blvd)
The Garden
"The Well", 1982
"Practice Rocks in Placement" (1982-83) Bird is real, not part of the display, and appears to be studying the rock formation.
Trees outside a window on the 2nd floor.
"Sun at Midnight" (1973)
"The Seeker Sought"
"The Void" (1970)
"Memorial To The Dead in Hiroshima"
"Ding Dong Bat" (1968-69) "Sun At Noon" (1969) "The Mountain" (1964)
Close-up: "The Mountain" (1964)
"The Tree With a Noose" (1945) John Brown
"Rocking Chair" (1985)
Noguchi Museum & Socrates Sculpture Park
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"Double Red Mountain" (1969)
"Variations on a Millstone" (1962)
"Little ID" (1970)
All art work displayed here from the Noguchi Museum property of Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) the foundation and the Museum.
Minimal wooden
Roosevelt Island and Manhattan as seen from Socrates Sculpture Park
I didn't see any sculpture worth photographing.
Found the building to have an interesting shape. Close to the park.
Taken in Socrates Park
Flowers being sold in a store as I walked to the subway.
Photo taken from Queensboro Plaza. The N train on its way to Ditmars Boulevard
2019? Galaxy S20 used. Sunset. 46 Street Station on #7 train. Page ZZZZZ
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