Along with a few of its comrades, this tree has clawed its way out of a crevice in this rock wall.
Lustre Street in Eastchester is disappearing, and its street sign is apparently following suit.
There are three streets in the area with related names. Dark Street was the original, named after Charles Darke, a mid-19th-century landowner. Then came Light Street, seemingly a playful take-off. Sometime in the 1920s, part of Dark Street was renamed Lustre Street, and has since all but vanished, hidden beneath houses, lawns, and driveways.
A mysterious trace of the past on a mysterious wall. There's also an ornate pillar in the wall bearing the name "DF Violet".
Generally filled with food, clothing, and household items, and often representing months of thrifty purchases, these barrels are sent to relatives back home throughout the year, but especially around Christmastime.
I've seen a handful of these signs around the borough and have always wondered what they mean. And now I know!
There are still a few old-timey businesses operating on White Plains Road up in Wakefield.
In case you were wondering, this door belongs to the Kingdom Encounter Church of the Greater Anointing Tabernacle, Inc.
A reminder of the large Irish population that once called Wakefield home
An oddball block-long remnant of the first postal route between New York and Boston, inaugurated in 1673
