Author: Control@ltvsquad.com
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Il-Makiage: LIC’s forgotten cosmetics company
Il-Makiage was a pioneering, NYC grown cosmetics company. Founded in 1972, the company operated out of a gritty unlabeled warehouse on Davis street in L.I.C. Their neighbors included the Cosola Contractors workshop (which at the time was used by a Hispanic newspaper), and the far better known Neptune Meter Company, whose buildings became the legendary 5ptz graffiti gallery.
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From Conrail to Crusty: NYC’s touring abandoned locomotive.
It seems our favorite resident ‘abandoned’ locomotive still lives.
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Freight Chronicles: Rockhound
Big trains of rock keep NYC’s ready-mix plants chugging along, paving our way to oblivion.
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Film Journal: November 2018 – Lomo X Pro in the desert
I spent half of this past month on the road, traveling to Pittsburgh, Ohio, Southern California, New Mexico and Arizona. It was an attempt to make up for going years without any serious photography trips.
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Farewell, Prince of Pavement: a ‘bando explorer party
This place was begging for a good explorer party. A proper send off for a facility that literally helped build the NYC we know today.
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