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Feelin' Groovy: 1909
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 4:23am.
"Blackwell's Island Bridge, East River." Circa 1909 glass negative. Blackwell's Island is now Roosevelt Island, and today the span is called the Queensboro (or 59th Street) Bridge. Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
+95
Submitted by timeandagainphoto on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 10:52am.
This view is from Riverview Terrace off of Sutton Place (which I thought was just a gourmet food store until I started hunting down the spot to get the same perspective). Below is the same view from August of 2004.
The schooner under the bridge
Submitted by captain neal parker on Sat, 11/08/2008 - 10:48pm.
The vessel is a two masted coasting schooner, not a fisherman.
Grand Banks Schooner
Submitted by stanton_square on Tue, 09/02/2008 - 6:37pm.
The ship under sail appears to be a typical design of the fishing schooners of the Grand Banks. (Google Images) Its a shame we can't view the stern well enough to see her name. I can imagine her here sailing into market with a hold full of cod.
Bridge building
Submitted by tterrace on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 9:06pm.
Actually, that building isn't the one at 22 Vernon Blvd., it's the warden's home on Blackwell's Island:
See this page.
22 Vernon Boulevard
Submitted by Bob A on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 5:39pm.
The building nearly under the bridge is still there. It's 22 Vernon and appears on Google Street View:
Queens Plaza Clock Tower
Submitted by Bill B on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 4:57pm.
The clock tower is part of the Brewster Building in Queens Plaza. The building is still there but, sadly, the clock tower was removed in the 1950's.
Going Up
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 3:01pm.
Behind the terra cotta works it looks like a building with clock tower under construction. At first I thought Met Life but it doesn't look quite the same.
Feelin' Groovy
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 10:54am.
La-da-da-da-da - feelin' groovy!
Overshadowed
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 10:36am.
Anybody know the history of the building that appears to be a mansion, under the bridge?
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