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Peace Plaza

February 8th, 2012



This park, located along Pelham Parkway in the Bronx, commemorates five wars: WWI, WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Persian Gulf War. The WWII stele bears the following inscription:

TO THE GERMAN GENERAL

"NUTS"

FROM THE AMERICAN GENERAL

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9/11 memorial #21

February 8th, 2012



Peace Plaza

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Portal of the day

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Perched

February 8th, 2012


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Stowaway!

February 8th, 2012


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Ramarley Graham

February 8th, 2012



Unarmed, he was gunned down by the NYPD last week.

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Nerve center

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Red ribbons

February 8th, 2012



They were tied around at least half the trees on this side of the block. An anti-drug statement?

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Bissel Avenue

February 8th, 2012



Still labeled as such on many maps, it's now a footpath around Bissel Gardens.

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Bissel Gardens

February 8th, 2012



Adjacent to the 239th Street Yard

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Jhandi flags

February 8th, 2012



Indian Hinduism filtered through the Caribbean

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Bicentennial vestige

February 8th, 2012



1976 paint job

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Can’t you read, cat?

February 8th, 2012


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Michael Needham

February 8th, 2012



10 years old

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A spot of cheer

February 8th, 2012



Definitely the most colorful building on the block

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Double-headed eagle

February 8th, 2012



The national symbol of Albania

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Railroad spike in the asphalt

February 8th, 2012



You see this occasionally in New York, although I'm not sure why. At least in this case, I don't think there was ever a streetcar line here from which it could be a remnant. The elevated 5 train is nearby; did the spike wander off one day in search of an easier life? Perhaps spikes make good impromptu tools in road construction?

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The future US flag

February 8th, 2012



50 states down, 40 to go.

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Stately garden apartments

February 8th, 2012



I passed several complexes like this today in the area just south of Pelham Parkway.

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9/11 memorial #22

February 8th, 2012


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9/11 memorial #23

February 8th, 2012


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Water for the saw

February 8th, 2012



The big machine in the opposite crosswalk is a saw that cuts into pavement. The water is necessary to cool the saw blade and keep the dust from becoming airborne.

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Trunk-encircling tire

February 8th, 2012



It must have been sitting here for years, waiting for the tree to grow.

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Dominoes on Pelham Parkway

February 8th, 2012