The following is syndicated from our friends at The Blinker and was written by Geoffrey…
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Folks over at The Bronx River Alliance have announced that the for the first time EVER water was released into NYC’s first fish ladder which of course is in The Bronx River! Starting next year in 2015 for the first time in hundreds of years, alewife herring will be able to migrate and return to their freshwater spawning grounds!
This past Saturday July 12th, 26 teams comprised of 4 individuals each gathered on the steps…
For two and a half years, together we prevented (then) Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Cuomo from giving FreshDirect a single dollar of a (then) promised $127 million subsidy to move its trucking operation to a South Bronx waterfront flood zone, bringing 1,000 daily diesel truck trips through an overburdened community already plagued with asthma rates 8 times the national average. In 2013, we voted a progressive administration into office to change the tale of two cities and reverse course on decades of double standards and hazardous dumping on the South Bronx. We have patiently waited more than six months for our newly elected leaders to deliver on their campaign promises, but our community’s health can no longer afford to be a back burner issue. So today, we are asking all of you and everyone you know to call, email, tweet and facebook the Mayor and tell him to stop the FreshDirect deal. Ask him to back his campaign for change with action!
Tomorrow, Saturday July 12th at 8PM, the Bronx Documentary Center will be screening ‘Freedom Summer’ where “Over 10 memorable weeks in 1964 known as Freedom Summer, more than 700 student volunteers from around the country joined organizers and local African Americans in a historic effort to shatter the foundations of white supremacy in what was one of the nation’s most viciously racist, segregated states.”
“The summer flies by, but time seemingly stands still at one Bronx park.The two clock towers at Crotona Park’s pool — which was the recipient of a highly touted $1.6 million kiddie wet zone, unveiled to great fanfare on June 27 — do not work.“They need to renovate them,” said Evelyn Rivera, who brought her two tots for a swim on Thursday. “It’s very, very annoying. It should have been part of the [last] project.”
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- Housing lottery thinks $4,376 for a two-bedroom in Fordham in The Bronx is “affordable”
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- Popular German discount supermarket Lidl to open its first Bronx store next week!
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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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Van Cortlandt Park: The Bronx’s Answer To Central Park
The Bronx is GREEN. We already know that The Bronx is the greenest of the 5 boroughs with roughly 25% of our land as parks and green spaces and home to 3 of the 10 largest city parks (no, Central Park, you are not the largest).
Van Cortlandt Park, tucked away in the Northwestern corner of The Bronx, is New York City’s 3rd largest park. From nature trails, a swimming pool, a lake, America’s first municipal golf course, horse stables and bridle paths, and a 250+ year old mansion, the park packs a lot in 1,146 acres.
Calling Bronx Photographers!
This September, the Bronx Documentary Center will exhibit a group show featuring Bronx-based documentary photographers and photojournalists. We are asking photographers to submit work that addresses the issues and forces that shape the Bronx; this exhibition will display the depth, range and passion of socially engaged documentarians covering our borough.
Roaming the Bronx’s “Champs-Élysées” – Digital Nomad
Robert Reid, National Geographic Travel’s ‘Offbeat Observer’ just published a wonderful article on The Bronx and The Grand Concourse.
In the article he writes:
“The man with graying dreadlocks raking outside a New York mansion is hip-hop pioneer Kool DJ Herc. He hasn’t switched careers, but is an artist-in-residence helping out at the Andrew Freedman Home, a one-time “country club” retirement home that’s now a workspace for graffiti artists, a 1920s-styled bed-and-breakfast, and space for homegrown art and theater. Up the street, a yoga class is under way outside Edgar Allan Poe’s 200-year-old cottage. Farther south, the intricate Beaux Arts façade of the 1913 Opera House, where Houdini once did tricks, is a newly opened hotel that fancies itself “boutique.” All 60 rooms are full, and staff advise guests to dine next door at the tiny Mexicozina taqueria, a neatly converted shrine of devotion to poblano specialties (like the best pig-ear tacos in town).
Few visitors to New York will have seen this. Nor have, to be honest, most New Yorkers. The reason is location.
This is the Bronx.”
College of New Rochelle Building In Melrose Sold For $10.5 Million In All Cash Transaction
The College of New Rochelle’s John Cardinal O’Connor Campus in Melrose sold last month for the asking price of $10.5 million in an all cash transaction according the real estate firm Massey Knakal.
Percent for Green ROUNDTABLE with Mychal Johnson, South Bronx Unite Tuesday, July 8th
July 8th from 6-8 pm “South Bronx Unite: Boycott Fresh Direct!” Roundtable with: Mychal Johnson Mychal Johnson is a Bronx resident and activist with South Bronx Unite. His recent focus has been the relocation of Fresh Direct to the South Bronx and the adverse affects it would have on the air quality in the area…
Beloved Bronx high school named for Christopher Columbus sets sail – NY Daily News
Christopher Columbus High School shuttered last week after serving the Pelham Parkway area for 75 years. Famous students included Ralph Lauren, Kerry Washington, and Son of Sam David Berkowitz. via Beloved Bronx high school named for Christopher Columbus sets sail – NY Daily News. Follow us: Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Welcome2TheBronx/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Welcome2TheBronx/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Welcome2theBX Instagram: http://instagram.com/welcome2thebronx Tumblr: http://welcome2thebronx.tumblr.com/
- Rare, truly affordable apartments, as low as $454 a month, now available in The Bronx
- Housing lottery thinks $4,376 for a two-bedroom in Fordham in The Bronx is “affordable”
- Once one of the country’s ‘bluest’ counties, The Bronx takes a dramatic shift to the right
- Popular German discount supermarket Lidl to open its first Bronx store next week!
- A new area code may be coming to NYC in 2026
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