Fordham University
...with a headless chicken in it! Animal sacrifices are apparently not that uncommon in parks around the city (although this is the first evidence of one I've seen in person); it is often speculated that they are part of Santería rituals.
This attractive paint job lets you flee your burning building in style.
As I was walking down Prospect Avenue in the Bronx today, I noticed a Latin music store named Casa Amadeo that looked familiar to me for some reason. Then I remembered why: it was featured on an episode of Bronx Flavor, a supremely weird, exuberant, and passionate show that celebrates the culinary diversity of the Bronx. Watch the episode!
Mike is a musician and composer who has written almost 300 songs for well-known Latin artists. He used to work at Casalegre, a record store that was owned by Alegre Records, and he discovered several up-and-coming musicians, and signed them to the label, during his time there. He bought Casa Amadeo (formerly Casa Hernandez) in 1969, and he's been running it ever since.
For the record, I've seen a couple of other paintings that could have been considered memorials, but I decided they were either too small or too temporary-looking to count in the official total.
That's the 2 or 5 train in the background.
Fire department connection to a building's sprinkler system
I'm mostly posting this photo because a guy came out and told me I couldn't take pictures. That's right: he told me I was not allowed to photograph this pile of smashed aluminum cans from the public sidewalk where I was standing. It's not uncommon in New York (or many other places) to be told by a security guard, sometimes aggressively, that you can't photograph something on their property. But regardless of what these people tell you, photographing their property is well within your legal rights, as long as you're taking the photo from a public place.
