Wednesday, August 23, 2023 – WE ARE TRYING TO GET YOU OFF THE ISLAND NEXT WEEK

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THIS WEEKEND FRI. 9:45 PM. TO  MON. 5 A.M.

Planned – Trains Rerouted

No F service at 21 St-Queensbridge, Roosevelt Island, Lexington Av/63 St and 57 St

Aug 25 – 28, Fri 9:45 PM to Mon 5:00 AM

F trains run via the E in both directions between Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av and 5 Av/53 St.

Shuttle Bus Free shuttle buses run between Roosevelt Island and Queens Plaza, stopping at 21 St-Queensbridge and Queensboro Plaza.

THE ABOVE IS FROM THE MTA. 

STARTING AUGUST 28

THE F TRAIN SHUTTLE IS A TRAIN.  THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSION BETWEEN BUS AND TRAIN SHUTTLES

DURING THE WEEK FROM 5 A.M. TO MIDNIGHT THERE IS A TRAIN SHUTTLE FROM OUR STATION
 

The “F”SHUTTLE TRAIN WILL ONLY RUN BETWEEN 21 ST/QUEENSBRIDGE, ROOSEVELT ISLAND TO LEXINGTON AVE./63 ST. STATIONS.  THERE IS ONE “F” SHUTTLE TRAIN ON ONE TRACK GOING BACK AND FORTH FROM 5 A.M. TO MIDNIGHT DURING THE WEEK.
 
THERE ARE NO TRAINS GOING EAST TO QUEENS AFTER QUEENSBRIDGE. THERE ARE BUS CONNECTIONS FROM THAT
STATION OPERATED BY THE MTA.

Q TRAIN CONNECTIONS AVAILABLE FROM 63/LEX STATION  SOUTHBOUND
Q TRAIN TO 57 STREET & 7 AVENUE
Q TRAIN TO 42 STREET TIMES SQUARE (CONNECT HERE TO F TRAIN VIA PASSAGE)
Q TRAIN TO 34 STREET (CONNECT HERE TO F TRAIN)
Q TRAIN TO 14 STREET UNION SQUARE
Q TRAIN TO CANAL STREET (OVER MANHATTAN BRIDGE TO BROOKLYN)
Q TRAIN CONNECTIONS AVAILABLE FROM 63/LEX STATION  NORTHBOUND (72 ST., 86 ST., 96 ST AT SECOND AVENUE)

Overnights between midnight and 5 a.m., F shuttle train service is suspended and free Q94 shuttle buses will connect the Roosevelt Island, 21 St-Queensbridge, and Queens Plaza stations. These are MTA buses.

FROM THE ARCHIVES

WEDNESDAY  AUGUST 23,  2023

ISSUE#  1068

The glow of the city on a Depression-era summer night

August 21, 2023

Martin Lewis is the artist behind this film noir-like masterpiece of light and darkness, a drypoint etching simply titled “Glow of the City” and completed in 1929.

It’s a study in contrasts: the dark church steeple of 19th century New York against the illumination of a 20th century skyscraper—the Chanin Building, which would have recently opened on East 42nd Street. This cathedral of commerce radiates light and power amid the everyday dreariness of tenement backyards and laundry on clotheslines.

And what about the woman in the foreground? She may be clad in an ordinary top and skirt, but she’s styled like an Art Deco goddess. She’s looking at the skyscraper, her Art Deco counterpart casting a glow over her world.

More Martin Lewis works of Depression-era New York City can be seen on the Smithsonian American Art Museum website.

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Thanks to Bobbie Slonevsky for her dedication to Blackwell’s Almanac and the RIHS

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RIHS

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