{"id":2089,"date":"2010-08-02T12:48:31","date_gmt":"2010-08-02T11:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=2089"},"modified":"2010-08-02T12:51:08","modified_gmt":"2010-08-02T11:51:08","slug":"a-bleak-view-of-spray-view-avebeach-35th-st-rockaway-queens-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-bleak-view-of-spray-view-avebeach-35th-st-rockaway-queens-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"A bleak view of Spray View Ave\/Beach 35th St, Rockaway, Queens NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/sprayview-avenue-queens.jpg\" alt=\"A bleak view of Sprayview Ave\/Beach 35th St, Rockaway, Queens NYC \" \/><\/p>\n<p>My Ramones-inspired pilgrimage to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-trip-to-rockaway-beach-1986\/\">Rockaway Beach in 1986<\/a> disappointed on several levels &#8211; where were the punk rockers? Where were the rock&#8217;n&#8217;roll bars? &#8211; but, undaunted, a took a stroll around the neighbourhood.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I somehow ended up wandering off the Boardwalk and up Beach 35th St.<\/p>\n<p>I liked the sound of\u00a0 Spray View Avenue, with the name conjuring up images of a strip of 18th century weatherboarded houses, with perhaps a few old sea salts outside getting drunk on rum. This was going to be a photographic treat!<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, all I found was a bleak wasteland extending as far as the eye can see &#8211; and according to Google it looks like nothing much has changed in the past quarter of a century:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.co.uk\/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;q=Spray+View+Ave,+Queens,+New+York+11691,+United+States&amp;sll=53.800651,-4.064941&amp;sspn=19.563564,51.328125&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;cd=1&amp;geocode=FR5kawId42ea-w&amp;split=0&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=Spray+View+Ave,+Queens,+New+York+11691,+United+States&amp;t=h&amp;ll=40.592415,-73.766928&amp;spn=0.011406,0.024891&amp;z=15&amp;iwloc=A&amp;output=embed\"><\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.co.uk\/maps?f=q&amp;source=embed&amp;hl=en&amp;q=Spray+View+Ave,+Queens,+New+York+11691,+United+States&amp;sll=53.800651,-4.064941&amp;sspn=19.563564,51.328125&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;cd=1&amp;geocode=FR5kawId42ea-w&amp;split=0&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=Spray+View+Ave,+Queens,+New+York+11691,+United+States&amp;t=h&amp;ll=40.592415,-73.766928&amp;spn=0.011406,0.024891&amp;z=15&amp;iwloc=A\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/newyork\/index.html\">See more New York photos<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Ramones-inspired pilgrimage to Rockaway Beach in 1986 disappointed on several levels &#8211; where were the punk rockers? 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