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The Sin of the World

March 10th, 2013



You can see the rest of this lighthearted mural here and here.

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Living on Mars

March 10th, 2013



This expansive 7,000-square-foot painting (the second NASA-sponsored Martian mural we've seen) covers multiple walls of the Bronx's PS 64. It was created for the Mars Millennium Project back in 2000 by students trying to imagine what life might be like on the Red Planet.

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Bronx Art Deco

March 10th, 2013



on Featherbed Lane

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Remember this guy?

March 10th, 2013



Here's a closer look.

His estate has mostly died down for the winter, but he's still hanging in there. His female companion was huffing up the hill right behind him as I snapped this shot.

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Beneath the 4 train

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Vanished Love

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Classy lowrider

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Dred Scott Bird Sanctuary

March 10th, 2013



The cat seems to be enjoying it!

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Let me live by your wayside

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Mirror Mary

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Sky on glass

March 10th, 2013



The Bronx County Hall of Justice

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NO KIDDING!

March 10th, 2013



This brash list of NOs and its saucy sibling read like they were bought at a novelty store, but they're official city DOT signs. "Trenchant, unvarnished, and a little intemperate", they date back to the days of, and sound like they came from the mouth of, Ed Koch (may he rest in peace in his ridiculous cemetery plot). They're the brainchildren of none other than Gridlock Sam*, who served as traffic commissioner under Mayor Koch.

* Mr. Schwartz supposedly also writes columns under the name "Gridlock Shmuel" for the Yiddish News Report. I can't find any direct evidence of this, but I'd love to believe it's true.

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Clay Avenue

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Almost there

March 10th, 2013



We've seen a lot of close-but-not-quite 9/11 memorials lately. Here's another one.

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GROCERY

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GUARD DOG

March 10th, 2013



(and auto glass)

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Portal of the day

March 10th, 2013



YES 1000

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World music

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What lies beneath

March 10th, 2013



Morrisania Air Rights

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Doctored

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The Bronx Asterisk

March 10th, 2013



Scaffolding now adorns the domed tower of the Daughters of Jaco(b) nursing home. Here's a great shot of the building from sometime around the 1930s.