Whitlock Avenue subway station

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Bronx River View

From the Whitlock Avenue elevated station, a passenger can look out through these steel sculpture windscreens, or in nice weather, sit on them as benches. A minor touch, but something that lends a little humanity to a rather drab spot.

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sculpture by Barbara Grygutis

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Whitlock Ave station

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abandoned train station

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entrance to Concrete Plant Park

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Bronx River and Concrete Plant Park

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elevated over Westchester Avenue

Just outside is a very forlorn unused train station, all covered with vines and falling apart. There’s a proposal to renovate it, but that looks like a challenge.

A couple shots of the elevated tracks show how minimally they disrupt the normal life of the city below.