Another Name on the Boulevard

Here's a shot of the street renaming on Queens Boulevard between 38th Street and 58th Street after the late Tom Manton, a former City Councilman, congressman, the decades-long Queens County Democratic Leader.

To be technical, the boulevard isn't being renamed so much as dual-named. So, no need to change anyone's address.

It would be interesting to find out if anyone can actually get mailed sent to their address on Thomas J. Manton Boulevard.

Anyway, the event took place on April 25, and approved by Community Board 2 two years earlier.

It was a fairly-big event that got picked up some news outlets like New York 1 and my newspaper. It also drew a host of notable guests, including Senator Chuck Schumer and Congressman Anthony Weiner.

So, a big day in the neighborhood.

Queensboro Plaz Art

Mark Pagano has this beautiful sketching, titled Queensboro Plaza, on his web site.

I also came across this grainy image of the plaza on Flickr from photog Rhodes.

Rhodes also has this grainy, but beautiful shot of 5 Points art space, helpfully labeled "somewhere along Queens Blvd along the 7 train."

Which is next door to us and better known as Long Island City.

Any other good photos out there?