I took a Track Safety Training class here once, back in my engineering days. The instructor looked not unlike Christopher Walken, and spoke exactly like him. He showed us horrible photos of people who touched the third rail. It was a fun day.
These three picnic tables, plus three others, were packed with Chinese-, Russian-, and Italian-speaking men playing chess, dominoes, cards, and some checker-like game I couldn't identify.
Joe Petrosino was the city's first Italian-American police detective. Standing a feisty (and chunky) 5-foot-3, he was a prominent leader in the fight against Italian-American organized crime around the turn of the 20th century. This role eventually cost him his life when he was assassinated in 1909 while on a mission in Sicily, making him the only NYC police officer killed in the line of duty outside the US. While his name has largely been forgotten in the years since, he was beloved by the New Yorkers of his time: an estimated 200,000 people turned out to watch his funeral procession (photo) make its way through the streets of Manhattan and Queens!
Built in the 1970s at the northern tip of Bay Ridge, this behemoth and its nearby sibling dwarf the other buildings in this low-lying neighborhood. I doubt you can see them from space, but they're quite visible from Staten Island. And they'll undoubtedly pop up in future pictures, so at least now you'll know what they are.
I somehow managed to capture the one brief period when no one was playing their instruments except the percussionist. But I didn't want to do a second take because I felt like I was distracting people. So, with that said, enjoy this exciting video!
He's got the hard part of the pirate costume down pat.
For what, I don't know. But I feel like it has real potential.
Part of a 270-foot-long mural by Groundswell (some of whose other works we've already seen). Check out what the wall used to look like.
A far cry from its current existence, Fourth Avenue was once a parkway before the construction of the subway that runs beneath it.
That bell tower is a prominent landmark in the neighborhood.
Feels Like Home: An Immigrant Journey
"The eighth column shows a mother protecting her child from the discrimination often experienced by immigrants. The political climate regarding immigration is often tense and remains a loaded issue. The mothers interviewed often felt that they needed to protect their children from this hostility. Often the anger directed to the family was absorbed by the mother in an effort to protect her child."
It's not unusual to see a muffler creature outside an auto shop, but this is the most elaborate display I have come across.
You can see the Municipal Building and the Woolworth Building off in the distance.
At Clumber Corner. Speaking of videos, I forgot to post this one the other day!
Patented in 1856. The idea is that the glass panes allow light to pass through the cover, although their translucency is severely compromised when they're covered with concrete.
