RECENT PHOTOS

Here's a sign letting everyone know that these are the grounds of the Lambert Houses on Boston Road and E. 180th Street. - Photo by Mike Marquez

This is the corner of E. 180th Street and Boston Road. I tried to recreate the 1910 photo that appears on the "17th Century Bronx" page. (The third photo on that page from top to bottom). I must have been standing close or very close to the exact same spot where that photographer stood to take that photo. Remember, it's the one that has the boathouse on the right and the Bronx Zoo entrance is straight ahead. Notice today, the row of stores on the left side is replaced by the Lambert Houses and the boathouse no longer exists. River Park is still there to the right. The street is paved and the horse-wagons have been replaced by cars. - Photo by Mike Marquez

This is the entrance to River Park on the corner of E. 180th Street and Boston Road. The Bronx River runs through the park. The park has swings, seesaws, slides a mini-water falls, benches, picnic tables and ample walkways. - Photo by Mike Marquez

Here's another view of the tunnel and overpass from the inside of River Park. The Bronx River runs rapidly under it. The overpass supports people and traffic over the river on E. 180th Street. - Photo by Mike Marquez

Here we see the cascade. The mini water falls inside River Park. The water can be very refreshing in the summer and brutally cold in the winter. - Photo by Mike Marquez

A nice view from inside River Park. Here we see two people walking a dog in the park, although, there are many signs forbidding it, lots of people walk their dogs in the park anyway. Shame, shame on you! - Photo by Mike Marquez

This red building at 1959 Southern Boulevard was the site of the Happy Land Social Club. Eighty-Seven people lost their lives here back in 1990, in one of the worst fires in New York City history. Today, an accounting firm and a unisex hair salon share the building. - Photo by Mike Marquez

This monument stands on the corner of Southern Boulevard and E. Tremont Avenue as a memorial for those who perished in the Happy Land Social Club tragedy in 1990. It holds the names of all eighty-seven people who lost their lives that tragic morning. Here, a banner on the fence announces the 17th anniversary of the tragedy, but as the 18th anniversary aproaches in 2008, this place will be packed with friends and family members as they do every year to keep the memories of their loved ones alive. This corner has been renamed Eighty-Seven Boulevard in honor of the victims. If you want to read more about the Happy Land tragedy click here. - Photo by Mike Marquez

Here's Mike Marquez from TheAmazingBronx.com (left) with author and Bronx Historian, Professor Lloyd Ultan discussing... What else? Bronx History at The Bronx County Historical Society. - Photo by David Greene