This 1873 concrete structure may look lonely at the moment, but it's going to have plenty of company soon.
Titled "Informed, Empowered", I think this is only the second one I've seen.
Painted several blocks away, beside the BQE.
That bell tower looks awfully familiar.
The scenic route between the Belt Parkway and Fourth Avenue
Sunset Park, once a stronghold of Scandinavian immigrants, is now home to a bustling Chinatown.
Home to 9/11 memorial #47, this pier was once a terminal for ferry service to Staten Island. The ferry operated for many years, but was discontinued in the 1960s after the Verrazano opened.
This little shack contains a valve chamber for a city water supply tunnel running hundreds of feet beneath the surface, bringing in water from the Catskill Mountains.
Like the Bedford-Atlantic Armory, this facility is currently being used as a homeless shelter.
From Dusk of Dawn:
"We are the supermen who sit idly by and laugh and look at civilization. We, who frankly want the bodies of our mates and conjure no blush to our bronze cheeks when we own it. We, who exalt the Lynched above the Lyncher, and the Worker above the Owner, and the Crucified above Imperial Rome."
The streets and sidewalks were packed with kids enjoying the weather.
