Is the Brooklyn Navy Yard is the secret Hollywood of the east coast? Something new is filmed here every day.
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Exploring location files
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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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The fall of 5ptz last neighbors
Davis street in LIC is one of the many short, dead end streets that until recently, time forgot.
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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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Build Everything: Queens Needs Transit.
Over the years, we’ve published a few catty articles on this site that attacked some poorly thought out new transit ideas running through Queens. So let’s be clear: we need to build all of it.
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The Ferrara Bros Abandoned Gowanus Concrete Plant
Down on the Gowanus, a hot tip lead us to a rare NYC ‘abando treat: Ferrara Bros Abandoned Concrete Plant. -
Abandoned houses of Astoria & LIC, a retrospective
Growing up in Queens, we had no shortage of abandoned houses to explore.
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Abandoned Paint Factory: The Night Raid
Located on Vernon boulevard in LIC, the Paragon paint building is currently an abandoned shell of its former self.
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The demolished Astoria Presbyterian Church
The Astoria Presbyterian church was located on 33rd street, near 31st avenue. It was demolished in 2010.
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St. Saviours: The Historic Church that the NYC Government refused to save.
10 years ago, the NYC government had an opportunity to save a historic church in Maspeth, Queens. Nearly every elected official involved either dropped the ball or did not care.
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