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[September 01, 2009|12:00 am] |
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More photographic travels with which to celebrate the
arrival of the great month of September. A couple of weeks
ago I took my Brownie Six-20 and took the A train and shuttle
all the way to Rockaway Park. My goal was make it all the way
to the western tip of Rockaway beach, and I did, but don't
tell anyone, because to do it I had to go through Breezy
Point, which is not allowed, or at any case highly
discouraged. Truly I did no harm, and I respected the dozens
of No Trespassing signs I saw on the way and didn't cross any
of them.
My journey took me through Jacob Riis Park, which, I
guess based on its placement on the subway map (don't even bother
looking for it on that map, by the way, because they seem to
have taken it off), I thought would be isolated, but was
pretty much packed (even though it may not look like it in
this picture). I guess lots of people have cars in New York,
because not everyone's going to bother taking the secret bus
that never comes and goes nowhere.
But I finally made it to the end. The west end of
Rockaway looked almost identical to Jone's Beach's West End
2, except that instead of overlooking Long Beach, it looks
out over Coney Island. Certainly one of the best and rarely
seen views in the city.
This is a picture of seagulls, but there was also this
amazing bird that I did not take a picture of, which was
black with a truly absurd orange bill, that looked like it
belonged in the Amazonian rain forest but instead decided to
make its home in Queens. Also, if you are actually interested
in Amazon rain forest birds, you may CLICK HERE. |
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