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Day 1022

Today’s route — 18.7 miles

October 17th, 2014

Day 1020

A homemade shrine

October 15th, 2014



featuring Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico's most popular religious icon. The guy who built it told me he started working on it nine years ago but that it was much smaller at first (as you can see in this 2007 Street View image). He also invited me to his annual party here in December. He said there would be a mariachi band and that everyone would be welcome, Mexican or not.

Day 1020

The grotto at St. Adalbert’s

October 15th, 2014



Dedicated in 1938. Father Eugene Carrella, the pastor of this church until recently, has an impressive collection of 300 to 400 religious statues and relics.

Day 1020

Coupla violations

October 15th, 2014



Many of them are faded and hard to read, but the legible ones all appear to be $250 tickets for litter on the sidewalk — "a large accumulation of scattered bottle(s), cigarette pack, cup(s), napkins, paper bags(s), piece(s) of paper, wrappers", for example.

Day 1020

382 Morningstar Road

October 15th, 2014


Day 1020

’67 Pontiac Grand Prix

October 15th, 2014



followed by a horse trailer and a similarly colored '79 AMC Spirit AMX. These vehicles are located just around the corner from the ones in the previous two photos (and a couple of other interesting ones as well). You can see most of them in Street View. I can't believe I didn't notice what's on the trunk of the purple Pontiac!

Day 1020

’70 Pontiac Bonneville

October 15th, 2014


Day 1020

’52 Packard

October 15th, 2014


Day 1020

Awesome mailbox #95

October 15th, 2014


Day 1020

Barberz #103

October 15th, 2014


Day 1020

Snoozin’ on the job

October 15th, 2014



Take a closer look and see if you can spot a groundskeeper dozing behind a couple of headstones here at Baron Hirsch Cemetery.

Day 1020

Portals of the day

October 15th, 2014


Day 1020




If the number of double-headed eagles found here (zoom in) and elsewhere in the city is any indication, Albanian-Americans are particularly proud of their homeland, or at least its national symbol.

Day 1020

Beware!

October 15th, 2014


Day 1020

Tree of life, city of death

October 15th, 2014