You may no longer have a glass of cold milk with each meal, but mom was right about one thing: dairy foods offer a bounty of health benefits (just make sure to choose low-fat this time around). And we do love our dairy.
The naming, though, could prove to be a dubious distinction -- there were four murders, eight rapes, 55 robberies, and 43 assaults in the projects since 2005, according to NYPD stats. Bronxdale Houses in the Bronx which are to renamed after the Supreme Justice Sonia Sotomayor, below. But it shouldn't matter, according to 53-year-old Otila Melvin, 53, who lives on the seventh floor of building 28, where the Sotomayors also lived at one point.
Since the actual New York City neighborhood of Riverdale is near the Bronx Zoo, this could provide a clue as to the fictional Riverdale's location. Another view is that Riverdale, and many of the characters and sites are based on Haverhill, Massachusetts, hometown of Archie creator Bob Montana. A replica of Auguste Rodin's statue The Thinker sits in front of both Haverhill High School and Riverdale High School.