The South Bronx's favorite mannequin visits Sunset Park.
Don't stand or pass under these hoistways until the goods are landed!
The view from Bush Terminal Piers Park. From left to right, you can see the Statue of Liberty, Jersey City, and Manhattan, with One World Trade Center dominating the skyline.
This mostly finished-looking new park jutting out into the waters of Upper New York Bay behind Bush Terminal was formerly a brownfield site composed of crumbling piers and contaminated landfill (as well as an apple "orchard").
Another privately owned Borough Park meter-maid mobile
In its former life as the Borough Park Presbyterian Church, this structure (presumably without all the siding) was located on the corner of 46th Street and 15th Avenue, where the brick building at left now stands. In 1919, it was purchased by the Progressive Synagogue (a predecessor of the current synagogue), which decided to move the old church to this spot and sell the corner lot to help pay off its debt.
Now, almost a century later, Progressive Temple Beth Ahavath Sholom is the last Reform congregation left in heavily Orthodox Borough Park, making it an object of curiosity and/or disdain to some of its Hasidic neighbors.
Some text out of frame to the left identifies the musicians. From left to right, they are: Celia Cruz; Ismael Rivera; Ray Barretto; Arsenio Rodríguez; not listed, but clearly Marvin Santiago; Tito Puente; Héctor Lavoe; Eddie Palmieri; and Frankie Ruiz.
I'm walking every street in New York City.
This is the counterpoint to my walk across the US. Instead of seeing a million places for just a minute each, I'm going to spend a million minutes exploring just one place. By the time I finish walking every block of every street in all five boroughs, I'll have traveled more than 8,000 miles on foot — all within a single city. Details!
Email me at matt@imjustwalkin.com
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~9,954 miles walked
Your donations allow me to keep walking full-time. If you think what I'm doing is valuable and you'd like to offer some support, I would be very grateful. On the other hand, if you think I'm a worthless bum, feel free to email me and tell me to get a job, bozo. Both are excellent options!
