THE QUEENS NEW YORKER

ON THIS EDITION IT'S THE FINALE OF THE TUNNEL THAT SPANS THE EAST RIVER, WILL BE LOOKING AT THE CONSTRUCTION, OPENING AND EARLY AND LATER YEARS:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queens%E2%80%93Midtown_Tunnel#Construction PICTURE BY:  By Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60044642 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMITTED M...

ON THIS EDITION WILL LOOK AT THE LONG TIME STILL GOING CAREER OF THE MAN WHO LEFT HIS HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO, BUT WAS BORN IN LONG ISLAND CITY,  QUEENS:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Bennett PICTURE BY:  By John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA - Tony Bennett 5, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=86708508 IF Y...

ON THIS EDITION WILL LOOK AT THE NEXT TUNNEL SPANNING THE EAST RIVER, CONNECTING MID-TOWN MANHATTAN TO LONG ISLAND CITY QUEENS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queens%E2%80%93Midtown_Tunnel#History PICTURE BY:   By Nutmegger at English Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2637769 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A CO...

ON THIS EDITION IT'S THE FINALE OF THE ICON THAT SPANNED THE EAST RIVER CONNECTING BROOKLYN TO BATTERY PARK. WE LOOK AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING AND LATER YEARS:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn%E2%80%93Battery_Tunnel#Opening PICTURE BY:  By Blanche, Wil, Photographer (NARA record: 8464438) - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.o...

ON THIS EDITION, IT'S A CONTINUATION OF THE TUNNEL SPANNING BROOKLYN AND BATTERY PARK, LOOKING AT THE FINALIZATION OF THE PLANS AND ACTUAL START OF CONSTRUCTION:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn%E2%80%93Battery_Tunnel#Tunnel_plans_finalized PICTURE BY:  By Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York - B&T_5962Uploaded by tm, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wi...

ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT THE L0NG TIME ACTOR AND COMEDIAN FROM JACKSON HEIGHTS QUEENS, THE MAN WHO CALLED HIS AUDIENCE MEMBERS HOCKEY PUCKS, DON RICKLES:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Rickles PICTURE BY:  By John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA - DON RICKLES © 2010, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75843689...

ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT THE FIRST TUNNEL IN THE SERIES THAT SPANS BETWEEN BROOKLYN AND BATTERY PARK:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn%E2%80%93Battery_Tunnel#History PICTURE BY:  By Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York from United States of America - Tunnel to Towers, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94537438 IF YOU WOULD L...

ON THIS EDITION IT'S THE FINALE OF THE BRIDGE SPANNING STATEN ISLAND AND BROOKLYN, WILL BE LOOKING AT THE OPENING AND EARLY YEARS PLUS ALSO THE ADDITIONAL DECK AND LATER YEARS:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verrazzano-Narrows_Bridge#Opening_and_early_years PICTURE BY:  By Bureau of Engraving and Printing. - U.S. Postal Service; National Postal Museum: Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Issue, Pub...

ON THIS EDITION IT'S PART 2 OF THE BRIDGE SPANNING BROOKLYN AND STATEN ISLAND, WILL LOOK AT THE FINALIZATION OF THE PLANS AND THE CONSTRUCTION:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verrazzano-Narrows_Bridge#Construction PICTURE BY:  By Matthew Proujansky - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4396273 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMITTED MONTHLY DONATION FOR...

ON THIS EDITION ITS THE LAST BRIDGE ON THE SERIES OF BRIDGES AND TUNNELS, WHERE THE NARROWS NEEDS A BRIDGE TO SPAN INTO STATEN ISLAND:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verrazzano-Narrows_Bridge#History PICTURE BY:  By beglib, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53757009 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMITTED MONTHLY DONATION FOR FUTURE EPISODES YOU CAN DONATE HERE:...

ON THIS EDITION ITS THE FINALE OF THE HISTORY OF OUR GREAT 14 LANE SUSPENSION BRIDGE THAT SPANS THE HUDSON RIVER:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge#Expansion_and_late_20th_century PICTURE BY:  By Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States - Interstate 95 - New Jersey, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69148992 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A CO...

ON THIS EDITION ITS A LOOK AT FURTHER CONSTRUCTION WITH TOWERS AND ANCHORAGES, CABLE SPINNING, AND NEAR COMPLETION:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge#Towers_and_anchorages PICTURE BY:  By Sebbe - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3074210 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMITTED MONTHLY DONATION FOR FUTURE EPISODES YOU CAN DONATE H...

ON THIS EPISODE WILL LOOK AT THE NEXT BRIDGE THAT SPANS THE HUDSON RIVER MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR ALL VEHICLES TO CROSS FROM NEW YORK TO NEW JERSEY IN MINUTES:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge#History CONGRATS TO BRIAN COLLINS FOR ANSWERING THE QUESTION OF WHO WAS NAMED AFTER THE THROG'S NECK BRIDGE PICTURE BY:  By John O'Connell - originally posted to Flick...

ON THIS EPISODE IT'S THE FINAL LOOK AT THE LATER YEARS AND DESCRIPTION OF THE THROG'S NECK BRIDGE:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throgs_Neck_Bridge#Later_years PICTURE BY:  By Stadium08 at English Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Elipongo using CommonsHelper., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5122131 HERE IS THE QUESTION AGAIN FOR THO...

ON THIS EDITION ITS A LOOK AT THE CONTINUATION OF BRIDGES AND TUNNELS WITH THE SILVER ANNIVERSARY HISTORY OF THE THROGS NECK BRIDGE, WHICH OPENED IN 1961. PLUS I ASK A QUESTION OF WHICH I POSTED A COMMENT TO WATCH THIS EPISODE AND POST YOUR ANSWER UNDER THE EPISODE OR PURPLE COMMENT BOX:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throgs_Neck_Bridge#History QUESTION IS: WHO WAS THE THROGS NECK BRIDGE NAME...

ON THIS EPISODE WE CONCLUDE WITH A L0OK AT THE INCREASING TRAFFIC, MAJOR REPAIRS, AND TOLLS ON THE BRIDGE THAT WAS BUILT BEFORE THE 1939 WORLD'S FAIR AND ONLY COST YOU A QUARTER BEFORE 1972:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronx%E2%80%93Whitestone_Bridge#Increases_in_traffic PICTURE BY:  By Dave Frieder - Contact us/Photo submission, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?cu...

ON THIS EDITION ITS A NEW BRIDGE IN THE SERIES LOCATED ON THE EAST RIVER AND WAS BUILT TO CARRY THE TRAFFIC TO AND FROM THE BRONX TO QUEENS:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronx%E2%80%93Whitestone_Bridge#History IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO KEEP THIS PROGRAM GOING, PLEASE GO HERE TO DONATE:  https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker/support PICTURES BY:  By Danie...

IT'S THE FINALE OF THE HISTORIC BRIDGE THAT SPANS THREE BOROUGHS BUILT DURING THE DEPRESSION, THIS EDITION WILL LOOK AT THE LATER HISTORY INCLUDING WHEN E-Z PASS WAS FIRST IMPLEMENTED:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triborough_Bridge#Later_history PICTURES:  By Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York - RFK Bridge at sunriseUploaded by vcohen, CC BY 2.0, https://com...

THIS EPISODE WILL LOOK AT THE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS AND THE OPENING OF THE BRIDGE THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triborough_Bridge#Significant_progress IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO OUR GREAT PODCAST SHOW, HERE IS WHERE YOU CAN MAKE A COMMITTED PLEDGE:  https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker/support PICTURES BY: &nbsp...

IT'S PART 2 OF THE THE BRIDGE THAT WAS BUILT TO SPAN THREE BOROUGH AND HELPED 18,000 WORKERS DURING THE DEPRESSION, THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triborough_Bridge#Funding IF YOU CAN MAKE A MONTHLY DONATION HERE IS THE LINK TO FURTHER SHOW YOUR SUPPORT:  https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker/support THE JASON DECANIO SHOW IS ON MIXCLOUD:  THE SHOW THAT PLAYS M...

AS WE CONTINUE OURT SERIES ON BRIDGES AND TUNNELS OUR PRESENTATION CONTINUES WITH PART 1 OF THE BRIDGE THAT SPANS MANHATTAN, THE BRONX, AND QUEENS, SPANNING THREE BOROUGHS, IT'S THE TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triborough_Bridge#History IF YOU CAN MAKE A MONTHLY DONATION HERE IS THE LINK TO FURTHER SHOW YOUR SUPPORT:  https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker/support THE...

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JOIN ME ON THIS 2ND EPISODE TO COMMEMORATE THE LEGACY OF WIFE, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AUNT, AND OVERALL GOOD CITIZEN WHO LEFT A LEGACY IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD, MY GRANDMOTHER JOSEPHINE FRANZE 1928-2006!!!!!

ON THIS PREMIER EDITION OF A NEW SERIES WHICH IS THE SISTER SHOW TO THE QUEENS NEW YORKER WE WILL DEDICATE A HALF HOUR TO THOSE WHO LEFT LEGACY'S TO THE BOROUGH. TONIGHT WE WILL LOOK AT ROBERT MOSES, THE MAN BEHIND THE ROADS OF QUEENS:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Moses

ON THIS EDITION ITS A LOOK AT 4TH EAST RIVER BRIDGE TO SPAN THAT AREA, A LANDMARK THAT EVEN ARCHIE BUNKER WOULD BE PROUD OF, THE QUEENSBORO BRIDGE:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensboro_Bridge#History FOLLOW US ON ANCHOR:  https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker