Whitestone

Whitestone may refer to:

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Whitestone Branch

The Whitestone Branch was a branch of the Long Island Rail Road, running north and east along the left bank of the Flushing River from the Port Washington Branch near the modern Willets Point, Flushing. It crossed the river on one of the three bridges later torn down for the Van Wyck Expressway, then ran north along Flushing Bay and east along the East River to Whitestone. Originally conceived as a branch of the Flushing and North Side Railroad that was intended to lead into Westchester County (a connection that never materialized) in 1869, it was consolidated into the Long Island Rail Road in 1876 when its owners, the Poppenhusen family, took over the bankrupt LIRR. It later became part of a subsidiary called the Long Island City and Flushing Railroad.

On October 12, 1912 the branch was electrified. In the 1920s the branch began to lose patronage and the LIRR sought to rid itself of the line. There was a proposal for the city owned IND subway to buy the line and incorporate it into the subway system. The deal never panned out most likely due the numerous grade crossings that would have cost the city a large amount of money to remove. The Interstate Commerce Commission allowed the LIRR to abandon the line in 1932.

Whitestone (album)

Whitestone is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass, released in 1985. It is his second Brazilian-pop influenced album, the first being his 1978 release Tudo Bem!.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Scott Yanow wrote of the album "The material is not as strong as Pass' earlier Brazilian set Tudo Bem... Pass sounds fine, but the overall results are not too substantial or memorable. A lesser effort."

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