This is a photography blog based in and around New York City for non-New Yorkers and New Yorkers alike. It will contain images of some of the usual and unusual sites, scenes and sights around NYC. And yes, even some cites.
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Eastern Queens 75 MM Howitzer dedicated on Veterans Day Nov. 11, 1943 by the Queens County Jewish War Veterans. The square honors two Queens World War ll heroes: Marine Corps Lt. Saul Stein, who died in the South Pacific, and Army Sgt. Harold Goldie, who was killed in the North African campaign.
Artillery cannon (one of 28 and can fire a 32-pound cannonball) on display inside Castle Clinton National Monument, Battery Park, southern tip of Manhattan. Castle Clinton built in 1811 to protect the harbor for the impending War of 1812 and possible British invasion. Originally about 200 feet offshore but in the 1850s, landfill was used…
ISIS inspired terrorist given 10 life sentences and another 260 years in prison for killing eight people and seriously injuring 18 others with a truck on a bike path in lower Manhattan on October 31, 2017.
