Take Five

… Blissville a slice of Long Island City bordered by Calvary Cemetery the Long Island Expressway and Newtown Creek is a roughhewn mostly forgotten outpost of New York …

… … From 1949 to 1950 Jackson Pollock lived at number 9 a home borrowed from his friend and benefactor Alfonso Ossorio … in Arizona where he hoped to improve conditions moved to a home and studio number 33 The building is no longer standing … Society for Historic Preservation … 5 If you covet a home on the Alley get in line … According to Richard Lech a …