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Kerosene was “invented” by a Canadian named Abraham Gesner, who built the first large scale refinery in North America along the Newtown Creek in 1854. He received the patents for the process, and coined the name “Kerosene” for a distillation of coal oil (like a lot of 19th century industrial product names, we moderns inherited the…
Woe to that New Yorker who achieves our common societal goal, which is being always at the head of a long queue – the first in line. There isn’t much I can tell you about Esther Ennis, an Irish immigrant, other than she was the very first person buried in Calvary Cemetery in 1848. Intonations…
Blissville, once a thriving bucolic community, is one of the darkest sections of the fabled Newtown Creek. Named for Greenpoint’s Neziah Bliss who – with Eliaphet Nott – founded the community in Newtown during the early 19th century, Blissville was once what we would call “affordable housing” for the industrial laborers of Bliss’ operations on the…
You never know what you might find at First Calvary Cemetery in Queens. Here lies Tammany, gazing eternally upon their work. The city. That great city. The greatest and last of their projects is promontory above the shield wall of Manhattan, and the familiar vista of Calvary Cemetery is offered as an iconic representation by most. It’s…
Incredible post, and thank you. The aeration study is slightly disturbing. Curious to know what geographical area (i.e. how far do the bacteria travel) is potentially affected by the aeration. Then an informed decision can be made. - Chris
My Beloved CreekDear Friends, 5years ago I stumbled on Novena to St. Raphael and started saying it. After some time I recommended it to my friend. After a month he saw he met a former high school friend he works in a bank. After about a year, they got married. I kept praying the prayer myself and many girls came along who were not for me and finally my sister called me one day and told me of her friend she got us introduced and in less than a year we got married. St. Raphael is a wonderful friend! My take is this: In the process of searching, never give up nor stop praying; those that come and go most likely were not for you. Stick with your man - St. Raphael, he will surely lead you by the hand like he led Tobias to marry Sarah who was pretty, rich, good!!
St. Raphael’s R.C. ChurchThese are awesome, keep doing these. One on the Grand Central Parkway and it's relationship to Astoria Boulevard would be awesome.
The LIE, Now and ThenAh...aren't you contradicting on this article. At first you stated "... welcomes private and public (DSNY) recyclable material, within certain guidelines." Then at the end you wrote "...Sims is off limits to the public". So, which is right?
Sims Metal at Newtown Creek