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new york city: long island city, p.s. 1 & water taxi beach = wow!

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yesterday was quite the stellar summer day in queens, nyc  8-)

 

long island city queens nyc is more warehouse stuff than anything else

with two bigtime fun exceptions, but first up here is the historic hunter's point nabe:

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under the el

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check out this old out of commisson subway entrance!

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p.s.1 is a cool old school building moma uses as gallery/museum space

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p.s.1 has a dj party every sat afternoon in the courtyard in the summer called 'warm-up' - info:

http://www.ps1.org/ps1_site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=55&Itemid=99&limit=1&limitstart=1

from that link: "The series is a curated mix of live music and DJ acts, and has become an integral part of P.S.1’s summer programming. The backdrop of this year’s Warm Up is BEATFUSE! by the New York-based OBRA Architects, the winner of the 2006 MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program."

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inside it's outstanding!

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up close nice joint work

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ponds

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ice house

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view from above inside

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no photos allowed inside -- so this is bootlegging

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back outside - skywriting

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misty

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get your feet wet

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or whatever

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24hr time-warner cable news channel ny1 is on the scene

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many people head over to the hunter's point commuter water taxi dock

they added a 'beach' last summer, highly recommended!

http://newyork.citysearch.com/profile/41757453/

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they got beer, food & a dj too

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mandatory disco ball in the tents  :mrgreen:

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some all new on the queens waterfront, btw this all would have been

olympic village area had the city won the olympic bid

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best of all....they got the killer views here!

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the united nations of views

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the steam is a mist thingy running along the fence

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great place for a volleyball game

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good idea, two-fisted beer drinking might beat the heat

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he just can't get that 'he's a yankees fan' monkey off his back  :laugh:

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let's end with some fine views

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ugh, shooting into the sun is no good

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can we get a blimp in there too?

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***bye bye from water taxi beach  :clap:  :clap:  :clap: ***

 

next up in part two, the ride home  :wink:

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excellent pictures! P.S. 1 is interesting, to say the least. I revisited it last summer after many, many years. The biggest problem was finding it again! Even when I got off at the subway stop closest to it (a grimy elevated station), I walked around in a disoriented state for a good twenty minutes on a quiet Sunday afternoon in a neighborhood which (at least at that location) is what could be called "eclectic" at best and which is rather unpopulated during that time of week (the only person I encountered before getting to my destination was the security guard in the looming Citicorp building). P.S.-P.S. 1's cafe has some of the best iced coffee I've ever had!

Nice!

"You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers

Neat stuff!

Man...the UN bldg is uggglllyyy

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