Exposed roots are all over the Bronx – it’s a function of many big trees and rocky, steep land, these roots are on Fordham Road at Loring Place.
The roots were completely torn out in 2020, and even the rock formation, thirty feet tall, was obliterated to make room for a new building.
Thanks to geology:
FORMATION: Fordham formation
ROCK NAME: Gneiss
TYPE OF ROCK: Metamorphic
HARDNESS: Hard