Since it was announced in 2013, the redevelopment of the Kingsbridge Armory into the world’s…
Landmarks
In Search of the Historic King’s Bridge on the Bronx-Manhattan Border
The following was originally published over at Hidden Waters Blog, a companion blog to the…
Old Historic Bronx Building to be Demolished to Make Way for Affordable Housing
The destruction of Bronx history to make way for “progress” is quite fatiguing. This time…
Forced to Flee Washington Heights’s Gentrification, A Man Finally Finds a Place to Call Home in The Bronx
The following is a series written by Diego Robayo of the Historic District Council which…
The Legacy of Casa Amadeo: NYC’s Oldest Latino Music Store
Photo: Diego Robayo The following is a series written by Diego Robayo of the Historic…
See: Rare, Color Photos of Freedomland
Before Co-op City, the world’s largest cooperative development that over 50,000 residents call home was…
Historic District Council Selects Westchester Square & Arthur Avenue For Annual ‘Six to Celebrate’
Each year, New York City’s Historic District Council selects that they believe, “…merit preservation…” and…
The Bronx’s Arthur Avenue Is Declared One of America’s Great Streets
We already knew that New York City’s REAL Little Italy in the Belmont section of The Bronx was the best by a long shot and now, the rest of the country will know Arthur Avenue as one of our country’s great streets.
See: Old Images of The Bronx Vs Today
It’s Throwback Thursday so take a journey down memory lane and see The Bronx as it was almost a century ago and see how it looks today. Some things are basically the same but others have changed drastically, from The Bronx River, to Allerton, and Mott Haven to Woodlawn.
Protecting Our History, Protecting Our Landmarks in The Bronx
Join us tomorrow, Tuesday, March 15th, at the District Office of Councilwoman Vanessa Gibson for a meeting with the Historic District Council and how they can help us help our beloved Bronx landmarks (official and unofficial). Space is limited so PLEASE RSVP to auntermyr[at]hdc[dot]org!
HDC’s Director of Advocacy and Community Outreach, Kelly Carroll and Deputy Director Adrian Untermyer will be attending this meeting and training.
Help Make The Bronx’s New York Botanical Garden #1!
Our beloved institution, The New York Botanical Garden, is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year we have a shot at bragging rights for making NYBG the top out of 10 botanical gardens for USA Today!
All you have to do is go and vote for NYBG at the following link and you can do so every day (the countdown clock will tell you when your next chance to vote is).
We already know it’s #1 so why not make sure that the world knows it?!
A Riot of Color Awaits As the Orchids Are Back in ‘Orchidelirium’ at The New York Botanical Garden!
This year’s Orchid show at the New York Botanical Garden, ‘Orchidelirium’ is just a riot of color in all shapes and sizes.
From tiny orchids the size of a mosquito to the larger, more “traditional” ones we’re used to seeing, NYBG’s 14th annual orchid show delivers not just a visual feast for the senses but one chock full of knowledge and tales of conquests by the hunters who discovered some of these species.