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LATEST NEWS

New South Bronx Condo Declares They’re ‘Making The Bronx Great Again’―Via Gentrification

We first broke the news last year of the first new construction market-rate luxury condominium coming to the South Bronx at 221 E 138th Street and now they have finally put out the welcome mat announcing the development as “The Joinery Condominiums” and that they’re “Making The Bronx Great Again.” What?! Newsflash: The Bronx is…

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Join The Bronx’s Own ‘Stone Soup’ Event at Tomorrow’s ‘Big Bronx Sancochazo’!

Tomorrow at Brook Park, thanks to the amazing folks at Green Worker Cooperatives, you have an excellent chance to participate in community building in The Bronx’s own version of the famous Stone Soup folktale. From Green Worker Cooperatives: The Sancochazo is organized by Green Worker Cooperatives, and our goal is to provide an opportunity for…

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Take a Virtual Walk Through The Bronx of The 80s

In the mid 80s, over the course of about 5 years, the City of New York sent out photographers to literally photograph every single property in the five boroughs resulting in over 800,000 images. While I was perusing the interactive map, I was pleasantly surprised with seeing an old style carnival aka “las machinas” on…

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Governor Cuomo Announces The Bronx Wins $10 Million for Major Downtown Revitalization Initiative

Today, Governor Cuomo came to The Bronx Museum to announce that The Bronx will be the recipient of a $10 million award to, “develop  a downtown strategic investment plan and implement key catalytic projects that advance the community’s vision for revitalization.” Under Cuomo’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative, the purpose is to transform, “…downtown neighborhoods into vibrant communities…

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