Heading south into Metro-North's Park Avenue railroad tunnel is what I believe is a ballast tamper (I'm pretty sure that blue blur on the side reads "Tamper"), followed by some tools and supplies being pushed by a clown car.
Heading south into Metro-North's Park Avenue railroad tunnel is what I believe is a ballast tamper (I'm pretty sure that blue blur on the side reads "Tamper"), followed by some tools and supplies being pushed by a clown car.
Here's the second part of it. Each of the component pieces of this memorial is identical or at least very similar to something we've seen before, but I think the combination of them all warrants inclusion in the official list as a unique memorial.
I believe this was once an ad for Dr. Tutt's Liver Pills. Why Dr. Tutt's? Because "constipation is a crime against nature . . . Dr. Tutt's Liver Pills is the remedy . . . Get a box and see how it feels to have your liver and bowels resume their health-giving natural functions."
Painted by — no surprise — the Royal Kingbee, whose relationship with the drug store chain now clearly transcends the bounds of the Bronx.
This is the home of Homebase, an organization that works to "[prevent] homelessness throughout Manhattan by helping clients resolve any immediate housing crises that placed them at risk of becoming homeless."
This circa-1864 structure, "one of a few surviving frame houses in Harlem which date from the period in the city's history when Harlem was still a rural village", is said to feature one of New York's earliest mansard roofs, predating by a few years "the mansard mania of 1868 to 1873 [which] swept over New York with a peculiar incandescence, but then went out like a guttering candle." (The roof is referred to as a mansard by many architectural sources more knowledgeable than me, but I don't think that is an accurate description, as the roof does not appear to be hipped.) You can see a couple of old photos of this building, as well as one interior shot, here.
Here's a closer look at the whole thing, and here's what's inside one of the compartments.
I had to make a midday trip over to the TSA lost-and-found office near JFK Airport and found this in the waiting area. The plaque reads:
NEW YORK CITY WORLD TRADE CENTER ARTIFACT
The Transportation Security Administration was created in the wake of the terrorist attacks of
September 11, 2001. We are a team of security specialists who work to strengthen and protect
America's transportation systems. This piece of steel is a reminder of why we are here and...
WE WILL NEVER FORGET!
Architecturally reminiscent of the nearby First Presbyterian Church of Springfield Gardens. Here's what this church looked like in 1916.