New York Portela

Here's a close-up shot of the portela on New York City's very high-profile gondola. By now she's probably out of the water and ready to be shrink-wrapped for the winter.

To read more about gondolas in NYC, search "Central Park" in the upper left-hand corner of this blog.

At some point I ought to ask Andres about the meaning behind "LAMOTTA", which is written on the sheild.