I see at least half a dozen of these signs every time I visit the North Bronx. Who makes them??

Aw man, I really wanted to park my Porsche in there.

This striking Italian Renaissance structure, which is currently the main entrance to the East 180th Street station on the White Plains Road Line (2 and 5 trains), once served as the headquarters for the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway. The MTA just finished renovating the building; until recently most of its grandeur was hidden behind scaffolding and construction netting.

This dam, now known as the 182nd Street Dam, was built to power a gristmill sometime back in the mid- to late-1800s. It's not the only dam on the river, but it is the farthest downstream, and so it's the first barrier encountered by anadromous fish returning to spawn.

Just across the street from the Bronx Zoo. The population was much lower last June.

PS 32 in the Bronx is yet another one of Charles B.J. Snyder's magnificent designs.

Francium almost became standpipium. Also, mercury is being very mercurial.

My Time Is Now

For a few months during the early days of the United Nations, the Gymnasium Building (pictured) served as a temporary home for the Security Council.

On a less peaceful note, this campus was also the training ground for the WAVES (the female division of the US Navy) during World War II.

Originally the Bronx campus of Hunter College