I'm starting today in the Bronx.

for most shoes on a utility wire

Jesus saves, but Moses invests.

A small slaughterhouse where customers pick out the animal they want slaughtered

You should probably get that head thing checked out.

What an adorable mascot!

Resting place of, among others, Gouverneur Morris, the "Penman of the Constitution", who died after attempting to clear his blocked urinary tract by sticking a piece of whalebone up his urethra.

I'm taking this photo from the Bronx span of the Triborough Bridge (officially renamed after RFK a couple of years ago, but still colloquially known as the Triborough), which is actually three different bridges connecting the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens. You can see the Bronx on the left, separated from Randall's Island (which is part of the borough of Manhattan) by the Bronx Kill. Queens is visible in the background, separated from Randall's Island by Hell Gate (which is the name of that waterway). The bridge we're looking at is part of the Hell Gate complex of railroad bridges and viaducts. You may be wondering why this bridge seems to be largely spanning a ballfield. When it was built, the Bronx Kill was considerably wider, but has since been narrowed by the addition of landfill to Randall's Island. In fact, the name "Randall's Island" is actually something of a misnomer, as it is connected by landfill to Wards Island, which used to be a separate island lying to the south.

The Queens span of the Triborough

As seen from the Triborough

You can see the Hell Gate viaduct running across the picture off in the distance.

Long Island Expressway over the Dutch Kills

The elevated BQE (Brooklyn-Queens Expressway), with the occasional building tall enough to peek over at me

is the name of this odd little public space guarded by harp-playing raccoons and nightmarishly large hornets.

A true New York "original".

Gantry Plaza State Park