There are an incredible number of bottle caps (this photo only shows about a quarter of them) embedded in this stretch of pavement, which is itself adjacent to a concrete block with an incredible number of names inscribed in it. This is a very strangely and subtly decorated corner of the world.
That's the Grand Concourse on top, 174th Street going through the arch, and the Cross Bronx Expressway on the bottom.
This was as close as I came to getting both of these two-month-old puppies in the same frame. If they were a little more stationary, you'd be able to see they were wearing Giants jerseys in preparation for the Super Bowl.
From a distance, I thought it was a silhouette of a woman in a dress.
The faded ad on the right reads: "If your hair isn't becoming to you, you should be coming to us".
But their geographical extent is quite impressive. (There were another four or five pairs way up on a wire behind me as well.)
(Guy from inside sees me taking pictures, comes to the door.)
Guy: You taking pictures?
Me: Yeah, I like your sign.
Guy: Like the sign? (Doesn't make sense to him. He notices my Coast Guard sweatshirt.) Coast Guard?
Me: I got a friend in the Coast Guard.
Guy: (Half-heartedly, almost questioningly) This is private property?
Me: Yeah, but as long as I'm—
Guy: (Sheepishly) Okay, okay. (Still wary though.) Where you from?
Me: I'm from Virginia.
Guy: (It clicks.) Ohhhh, okay. That's why.
Me: (Puzzled look)
Guy: You're not from around here, so you're taking pictures.
Me: Sure.
I'll never tire of these "adequately" signs.
Stabbed to death trying to defend a teenager in a neighborhood dispute
Quite an impressive tree collection for such a small yard! You don't see many conifers on the streets of New York; perhaps its proximity to the New York Botanical Garden has had some influence on this exotic little oasis?
NO.
The super told me, in a soliloquy heavily peppered with profanities, that he had to make that modification to the sign last year because people were pestering him about apartments night and day. He said that hardly anyone moves out of this place because the apartments are rent-controlled. The most absurd example he gave me is a tenant who has lived here for almost 50 years and pays a mere $200/month for a three-bedroom apartment.
It's standard practice in New York to bump an adjacent car when parking, but it takes chutzpah to just leave your car in that position.
A vestige of the strong Irish presence in Norwood that began to fade in the 1990s.
On another note, the font used on the awning is called Algerian. It is all over the city, and everywhere else, and is used by every type of business imaginable. I see it at least half a dozen times every day. It's far too ornate and specific for such broad use. SO STOP IT, PEOPLE. This Flickr group sums up my feelings nicely.
Led by the prominent Rabbi Herschel Schacter for more than five decades, it now houses the Msgr. Boyle Head Start program.
A Khmer Buddhist temple, part of the Bronx's little-known Cambodian community
I took this photo on Poe Place, which is named for a beloved former resident of the Bronx. Fittingly, there are two public libraries within a one-block radius of this literary alleyway.
The bottom of the fire escape ladder was serving as the basket.
It's recess time at MS 45 in the Bronx. This playground, along with many others in the city, is part of a joint-use program that opens school playgrounds to the public on evenings, weekends, and whenever school is out of session.
From the looks of aerial photos, this rock face is one side of an L-shaped remnant of the bedrock that was mostly blasted away to create residential lots.
Many of America's most renowned sideways basketball players have honed their skills on this court.
