Williamsburg Photo Du Jour: Jack Nicholson

March 2, 2009 ·
Filed under: Williamsburg 

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From North 6th Street.

Miss Heather

The Astral Gets Its Wings…

March 2, 2009 ·
Filed under: Astoria, Greenpoint Magic, Queens 

(AKA: Behind The Beige Door)

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Lost among the recent drama in Greenpoint is something that has been nagging at me for some time. Specifically: is the perv-a-licious Super of the Astral (“Tommy”) still using the premises for boudoir photography? The answer is yes. Per a tipster, March 1, 2009:

Yesterday afternoon (February 28, 2009),  i saw Tommy crossing the Astral courtyard with a petite, dark-haired girl, both are carrying chunky silver suitcases or whatever you call them (big, square, silvery-metal things with handles). she’s in sweats but hair and makeup are done.

three or four hours later. i’m going down the entrance steps with the garbage. Tommy and the model come out from the basement apartment, ahead of me. still got the silver suitcases and Tommy is carrying a flat cardboard box with the angel wings peeking out. i say hello because no point in pretending we don’t see each other. Tommy can’t look me in the face, as usual, but the model politely holds the Astral’s front door open for me because of the giant bag of garbage. Nice! (Naturally, I said thank you to her)

the following link also enhances the story. note that his last log-in is today. and the girl in his profile photo is the very one i saw yesterday.

Aaaaand if you click on the view photos link on Tommy’s Model Mayhem page, you’ll see another girl with the same wings and another photo of the model i saw yesterday in chains and lingerie and sitting ON THE FLOOR OF THE ASTRAL HALLWAY!

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this has to be what is behind that basement door in my part of the Astral. and i really, really hope she was able to take a hot shower with disinfectant soap after that was taken. i would not sit on that floor wearing jeans, much less in my dainties!

The above photograph— which I have cribbed and give full credit to Glamour Images Studio— was taken by the Astral’s Super: Tommy. The location is a stairwell of the apartment building under his supervision: The Astral. To this I can attest. I wonder what his employer Pistilli Realty would think about this?

Miss Heather

P.S.: Nice logo, Tommy. Glad to see you’re making productive use of this building— which is landmarked.

Street Art Photo Du Jour: Back In The Spotlight

March 1, 2009 ·
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic 

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Not only is the Production Lounge back in the spotlight courtesy of New York’s Finest but it would also appear someone has incorporated it into a rather nifty piece of street art. Nice job Ellis!

Miss Heather

Long Island City Photos Du Jour: A Trip To Grandma’s House

March 1, 2009 ·
Filed under: Long Island City, Queens 

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From 51st Avenue.

Miss Heather

Greenpoint Photo Du Jour: Reincarnation On Manhattan Avenue

March 1, 2009 ·
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic 

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The reasons I find this advertisement of interest are too numerous to go into here. However, I would like to offer a couple of observations:

  1. The Yasser Arafat/Ringo Starr pairing is logically flawed by virtue of the fact their life times have overlapped.
  2. The prospect of learning I was Michael Jackson or Joey Stalin in a previous incarnation is a pretty big incentive for me NOT to want to go through past life regression. Michael Jackson isn’t dead, you say? Look at his career (or the above photograph) and give me a compelling reason to believe he is alive.
  3. What is it with time travel in this neighborhood of late?

Miss Heather

Reader Contribution Du Jour: Greenpoint In Black & White

March 1, 2009 ·
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic 

Yesterday I received an email from a gentleman named Kris. It was entitled “some photos of greenpoint” and its body contained a Flickr link with the following commentary:

nothing particularly interesting… no story, no nothing.

Intrigued, I ventured over to Flickr to see these “not particularly interesting” photographs. The work I discovered was anything but dull; it was quite beautiful. Enough so that I had trouble deciding which photographs to run so I decided to simply embed the whole set below. Enjoy!

If the previous strikes Kris as being nothing special I can only hope he will share some “extraordinary” shots of the Garden Spot with us in the future. Thanks for bring these shots to my attention Kris, they made my day!

Miss Heather

Williamspoint Photos Du Jour: Juxtaposition

March 1, 2009 ·
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic, Williamsburg 

followyourheart

From Powers Street, Williamsburg.

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From Green Street, Greenpoint.

Miss Heather

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