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Birthdaze: Abandoned Bannerman Castle

October 20, 2018

Beautiful Places Close By, Eating Out, Urban Exploration

Pollepel Island is a small island in the Hudson River most known for Bannerman Castle. A man named Francis Bannerman purchased the island in 1900, building the castle to store surplus military equipment–which was his livelihood. And those stockpiles of shells and gunpowder are to blame for substantial damage to Read more…

Kings, Queens and Swing Sets

November 28, 2009

Beautiful Places Close By, Eating Out, Nostalgia

I am hardly ever in Queens, though it is a just a few blocks from my apartment. Unlike most of Kings county, Queens county is better traversed with an automobile. In fact, it is covered in expressways and wide boulevards. Brooklyn’s entire center, on the other hand, is devoid of Read more…