PS 32 in the Bronx is yet another one of Charles B.J. Snyder's magnificent designs.
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.
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.
I see at least half a dozen of these signs every time I visit the East Bronx (the western portion of the East Bronx, to be precise). Who makes them??
Part of For Closure, a sculpture being installed in the plaza at West Farms Square.