On the Number 7 Train on a cold & windy Wednesday, heading towards Main Street, Flushing to visit my brother in Booth Memorial Hospital. I decided to document the trip by photographing through the intermediary of the somewhat less-than-pristine windows. I sequenced these shots in chronological order as we travel through Queens.
Above: I always appreciated this view of the trees from the elevated tracks of the Number 7 Train as we get nearer to Main Street, Flushing…
Above: one of the last remnants of Old Flushing: the tower of what was formerly the Serval Zipper Factory, as we approach Main Street—the final stop on the 7 Train…
Above: At the next-to-the-last stop on the 7 Train: Willets Point with a view of the new City Field Stadium that recently replaced the old Shea Stadium
The last view before we enter the tunnel—these houses always impressed upon me a drab and forlorn melancholy…
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