Check out this poem in which the writer, Alexander The Griot, takes us across our beautiful Bronx through a journey of words hitting all corners of our borough.
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Mayor de Blasio has not yet responded to over 200 calls/emails asking him to stop the proposed $137M subsidy of 1,000+ daily diesel trucks trips through South Bronx Asthma Alley. Instead, his office announced the monumental redesign of downtown Brooklyn – to include a 21 acre greenway connecting downtown to the Brooklyn waterfront.
The Tale of Two Cities will not change until we insist it changes. If you have not yet contacted the Mayor, please do so today. If you have not yet received a response, please call and email again (and ask 5 friends to do so as well.)
NYC Parks has just announced camping plans for Pelham Bay Park — NYC’s largest park! We camp to create lasting memories, connect with the natural world, and bond with our families. Camping affords us the opportunity to unplug from the diversions of everyday life and to laugh and play with our families. Tent will be provided. Participants are chosen by lottery. One entry per family.
Rents at the Clocktower building in Port Morris, on the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard are fast on the rise. A new listing for a 1 bedroom is asking for a whopping $1,775/month for the privilege of living in this loft building which was one of the first in the area to convert to residential.
Another listing for a 2 bedroom loft in the same building is asking for $2,500.
In an interview on CBS our beloved Bronx Historian, Lloyd Ultan, gave viewers several places of interest outside the typical tourist attractions of the borough to consider visiting.
Boston Market has signed a ten year lease for a 2,600 square foot ground floor space at Triangle Plaza in Melrose on 149th Street which is currently under construction.
The $35 million Triangle Plaza is slated to finish construction by Spring of 2015 and already Metropolitan College of New York is on board to move its headquarters to the development and occupying the upper level and a Fine Fare supermarket will be located at Triangle Plaza as well.
Bally’s gambling complex proposal at the former Trump Links in Throggs Neck relies on getting state approval to alienate parkland, but lacks local leaders’ support as the legislative session winds down. By…
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Boogie Down Booth Gives Folks A Spot To Sit & Listen To Music On Freeman Street
Thanks to Elena Martinez of the Bronx Musical Heritage Center folks will have a spot to sit while waiting for the bus — and enjoy a variety of musical selections specially curated by Martinez herself.
Located at the Freeman Street Subway Station on the 2/5 line on the corner of Southern Boulevard and Louise Niñe Boulevard, ‘Boogie Down Bench’ is a project intended to give life to otherwise dormant spaces throughout the city and was one of the projects selected, specifically in areas under the subway El, bridges and overpasses.
Best of the ‘X’ Skateboard Competition To Be Held During Bronx Fashion Week
We told you that Bronx Fashion Week is going to be full of fun and surprises and we meant it! On Saturday, September 6th during the second day of Bronx Fashion Week, we’ll be hosting a Skateboard competition! Categories will be as follows: Best Ollie On Flat Best Trick Best Grind Best Trick Off Steps…
Attention All Models: Casting Call For Bronx Fashion Week This Saturday
We’re holding a casting call for Bronx Fashion Week and we wanna know do you have what it takes to become The Bronx Fashion Week’s First Top Model. Come down and meet the Bronx Fashion Week Team…
Doran Jones & Per Scholas To Bring Good Jobs For Our Residents Without Any Tax Incentives
The financial services IT consulting firm, Doran Jones, is moving its headquarters from Wall Street to Port Morris this fall as we mentioned last April. Doran Jones is building an Urban Development Center along with Per Scholas, a nonprofit IT training company to the tune of $1.2 million dollars. When construction is complete in the fall,…
Seis Del Sur Returns With A New, Contemporary Exhibition
Saturday, January 19, 2013, was the night that the South Bronx came home. Seis Del Sur opened their first ever exhibition as a collective at the Bronx Documentary Center. The opening night and subsequent 6 weeks of programming was record-breaking for these 6 Nuyorican photographers from the South Bronx. It was an event filled with, laughter, tears of both joy and sadness.
Now, 18 months later, join Seis Del Sur at The Bronx Musical Heritage Center this Friday July 25th as they launch their latest exhibition, this time showing contemporary work.
City & State – Mark-Viverito Retweets Article Critical of BP Diaz
The following is syndicated from City & State. Make sure to head over to their website for FULL COVERAGE on NYS Politics! Written by Nick Powell Rumble in the Bronx? An article critical of Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. was retweeted five times by New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, creating a stir…
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