Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Sunday, September 20, 2015

"And the walls came tumbling . . . up." (Mansion Update: 9/20/15)


               Eastern retaining wall continues being constructed with concrete forms and rebar galore. . .


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                        . . . while fill is being added between the northern wall and the Mansion.



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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Sunday, September 13, 2015

Thursday, September 10, 2015

An Ancient Queens Country Road.


(What will happen to this thoroughfare - 41st Street just west of the Steinway Mansion Historical Heritage Site - when the planned warehouses are completed?)




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90-11 56th Avenue, Elmhurst.



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Monday, September 7, 2015

18-32 Steinway Street




Indeed - "A Royal Flush" (Steinway Mansion Historical Heritage Site on Labor Day, Monday, September 7, 2015.


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