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Elm Place

January 2nd, 2012



I'm starting today in the Bronx.

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An early candidate

January 2nd, 2012



for most shoes on a utility wire

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Bronx Baptist

January 2nd, 2012



Jesus saves, but Moses invests.

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Bedrock

January 2nd, 2012

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Inside a vivero

January 2nd, 2012



A small slaughterhouse where customers pick out the animal they want slaughtered

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Yeah

January 2nd, 2012



You should probably get that head thing checked out.

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Awwwww

January 2nd, 2012



What an adorable mascot!

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Turkey cannibal

January 2nd, 2012

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St. Ann’s Church

January 2nd, 2012



Resting place of, among others, Gouverneur Morris, the "Penman of the Constitution", who died after attempting to clear his blocked urinary tract by sticking a piece of whalebone up his urethra.

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Scootin’

January 2nd, 2012

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Information overload

January 2nd, 2012



I'm taking this photo from the Bronx span of the Triborough Bridge (officially renamed after RFK a couple of years ago, but still colloquially known as the Triborough), which is actually three different bridges connecting the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens. You can see the Bronx on the left, separated from Randall's Island (which is part of the borough of Manhattan) by the Bronx Kill. Queens is visible in the background, separated from Randall's Island by Hell Gate (which is the name of that waterway). The bridge we're looking at is part of the Hell Gate complex of railroad bridges and viaducts. You may be wondering why this bridge seems to be largely spanning a ballfield. When it was built, the Bronx Kill was considerably wider, but has since been narrowed by the addition of landfill to Randall's Island. In fact, the name "Randall's Island" is actually something of a misnomer, as it is connected by landfill to Wards Island, which used to be a separate island lying to the south.

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The Discus Thrower

January 2nd, 2012

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A long haul

January 2nd, 2012



The Queens span of the Triborough

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Wards Island football

January 2nd, 2012

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The Hell Gate Bridge

January 2nd, 2012

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The Manhattan skyline

January 2nd, 2012



As seen from the Triborough

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Astoria, Queens

January 2nd, 2012



You can see the Hell Gate viaduct running across the picture off in the distance.

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Late afternoon in Astoria

January 2nd, 2012