Shadow crosses Queensborough Plaza elevated train stop (7 & N/W) and lands on the low flat building roofs at the corner of Cresent and Queensborough Plaza North. Photos from the train platform, looking south and north.
This is the shadow length and position on the 24th of December at noon–ALMOST the longest the shadow gets at noon (the longest on the solstice, 3 days ago). Top image looking south, lower image looking north at the Silvercup Studios building.
From mid-December through mid-January, the shadow at noon falls on Silvercup Studios and the parking lot in front of it.
Originally the home of the Gordon Bakery Company, the facility manufactured about 30% of the baked goods consumed in New York City c. 1940-50-60. Facing some major financial issues, the bakery closed in 1975. The building was purchased as an industrial rehab in 1979 and converted to film studios—where the t.v. shows The Sopranos, Sex & the City, 30 Rock have been filmed as well as numerous movies.
Image: Queensborough Bridge at left, gnomon to the right, looking South. The sundial shadow indicating noon (when the sun is out—unlike in this snow-day example) falls on the far side of the building.
LIC Sundial shadow tip falls on the curving elevated Queensborough Bridge on/off-ramps and elevated roadways, and partly on the parking lot situated underneath.
The elevated 7 train passes through the sundial shadow.
At 9:40 – 9:50 in the first week of November (standard time), the tip of the gnomon’s shadow intersects a noteworthy section of glacial rock. This large rock protrudes from the pavement in the parking lot where 12th Street intersects 44th Avenue.
The path of the New York City Marathon passes through the Long Island City Sundial at about miles 14 and 15, just before the Queensborough Bridge.
Leading men approach the LIC sundial gnomon.
Leading women, Paula Radcliffe and Gete Wami, emerge from the sundial shadow as the pass the gnomon.
At 9:30 am, the sundial shadow tip falls in front of Queens Star Autobody, on 44th Avenue between 11th and 21st streets.
Shadow crosses the intersection (44th Road and 11th Street) where this photo was taken, the tip landing on the top of the building across the street.
8:15 through 8:30 is tracked across the baseball field in Murray park.
Looking along shadow edge toward tip, which is behind the construction site.
