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Today’s route — 17.6 miles

November 2nd, 2013

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Bobblehead showcase

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at the Department of Environmental Protection's new Remsen Avenue maintenance facility

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Perplexing brick artwork

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It reads "CITY OF NEW YORK" (took me a while to figure that out), and it's mounted on a wall of the Department of Environmental Protection's new Remsen Avenue maintenance facility. Perhaps the bricks are remnants of the previous DEP facility at this site?

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Church math

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The log cabin of Canarsie

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According to Forgotten New York, this structure was completed in 1939, originally served as an ice cream parlor, and is "NYC's one and only building constructed from crosstimbers." It was also thrice firebombed in 1991 after Fillmore Real Estate, under a court order, began showing homes to black and Hispanic customers.

UPDATE: Turns out there's at least one other log cabin in the city: 17 Vulcan Street in Staten Island.

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Ground-level pigeon coops

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The first ones I've seen not on a rooftop

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GARBAGE

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Keeping an eye on things

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Steppin’ out

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Not interested in talking, but happy to pose for a photo. In case you're wondering, this is where I ran into him.

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Portal of the day

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Is To Create It

(Or something like that)

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Truck in the bamboo

November 2nd, 2013