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Parkchester – The Bronx: Last Stop on the Orphan Train

Last Stop on the Orphan Train

Handbills would announce the arrival of a train filled with orphans, and prospective parents would gather to inspect the children, counting their teeth and squeezing their muscles to gauge their suitability for farm life. The Archbishop was known for his combative personality and fiery rhetoric, which he euphemistically described as a “certain pungency of style.” He had no problem calling Protestant ministers “clerical scum” or threatening to burn down New York City if any Catholic Churches were vandalized. The whimsical, often brightly painted sculptures include bullfighters, flamenco dancers, possessed children with evil cats, folk singers, seals, and a terrifying kid who looks like he has a Cordyceps brain infection playing the accordion.

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