October 2012

(Jul 26) I’ve been coming to this neighborhood for 13 years. At some point a patch of land indistinguishable from an abandoned dump turned into a park. It seemed to spring into being suddenly, though it must have been going on behind the fence for quite a while.

But first… The Asshole of the Day

The Diallo Mural has been brutally vandalized, undoubtedly by the landlord
More shhamefully, the city just re-armed one of the perpetrators.

There it is

Concrete Plant Park

Surrounded by multiple railroads on two sides

It’s pretty

At least the water doesn’t seem to be killing the birds

It has artistic value

But it detracts from the park overall, which needs every inch of usable space it can get.

Catching something

The river of scary water

Looking back at the wasted space

“High” speed trains.

There’s plenty of trains here though.

It’s part of the “Bronx River Greenway”

And then it was done

So I left