The Secret, Decaying Beauty of an Abandoned Railway in Queens
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The Secret, Decaying Beauty of an Abandoned Railway in Queens

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines This railroad track hasn’t carried a train across central Queens in 63 years, and it is more strange and more beautiful for it. The Long Island Rail Road’s Rockaway Beach Branch once offered a 30-minute trip from Manhattan to New York City’s ocean…

Ricardo Scofidio, Boldly Imaginative Architect, Is Dead at 89
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Ricardo Scofidio, Boldly Imaginative Architect, Is Dead at 89

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Son of a Jazz Man Ricardo Merrill Scofidio was born on April 16, 1935, in New York City to Earle and June (Matthews) Scofidio. He had a brother, Basilio. His father, a jazz musician who played the alto saxophone and the clarinet, was…