FINALLY! Your webmaster has come back to the Bronx! It had not been since November 2021 I had set foot in the mainland borough. As many of you know, I…
High Bridge
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A short lane abutting Bridge Park connects Undercliff and University Avenues near the spaghetti ramps connecting the Cross Bronx and Major Deegan Expressways just south of Washington Bridge spanning the…
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Sometimes my most productive walks are when I’m scouting Forgotten NY tours. I’m especially attuned to my surroundings and noticing anything I can talk about on the tour that will…
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Continued from Part 1 Remembering once again that I don’t do enough Bronx posts, I set off on one of the most brain-meltingly humid days of the summer to parade…
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Remembering once again that I don’t do enough Bronx posts, I set off on one of the most brain-meltingly humid days of the summer to parade around the near geographical…
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Continued from Part 1 I’ll admit, I messed up a bit on this particular walk. For much of the tour, I had the camera at the wrong setting and many…
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I’ll admit, I messed up a bit on this particular walk. For much of the tour, I had the camera at the wrong setting and many of the photos are…
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I was going to hold off on this till I wrote a High Bridge page (I walked across the newly reopened span) but here’s one I’ve overlooked till now, a…
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On Thanksgiving Friday I decided to walk the Harlem River area from Yankee Stadium north into Inwood, the most northerly neighborhood on Manhattan Island. Understand, though, access to the Harlem…
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The western Bronx consists of a chain of high hills and valleys arrayed on the eastern banks of the Harlem River, heavily urbanized now, but formerly home to wealthy estates…
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FNY doesn’t spend enough time in the Bronx — your webmaster freely admits guilt. With today’s Slice I’ll present a batch of photos I shot in High Bridge mostly in January…
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Open House New York is a once-a-year extravaganza, a public celebration of architecture and design in New York City. Approximately one hundred different locales, many of which would never ordinarily…