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Friends of Brook Park says ‘Draw us in’
Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.
An organization that has long crusaded for a waterfront park at the end of Park Avenue is calling on the city to make its creation possible by redrawing the boundaries of its blueprint for the Lower Grand Concourse. All that is required is moving the southern boundary “a mere 100 feet to the South along [...]
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The proposed Waterfront District at a glance
Posted on 20. Apr, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.
The city has proposed special rules for the area between Exterior Street and the Harlem River from the 145th Street Bridge to the Metro North Railroad Bridge. The first two lots, across 149th Street from the new Gateway Mall, would be zoned in a way typically used for specialty and department stores, theaters and office [...]
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South Bronx co-op offers healthy choices
Posted on 19. Apr, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.
By Sarah Grieb sarah.e.grieb@gmail.com It’s Tia Singleton’s first day at the South Bronx Food Cooperative and she’s been breaking down boxes and learning how to use the cash register. Singleton will spend three hours working at the co-op’s recently-opened store on Third Avenue. Then she’ll become a shopper, filling her grocery basket with meat, produce [...]
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New borough president will bring change to Mott Haven
Posted on 15. Apr, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.
By Caroline Linton caroline.linton@motthavenherald.com The Bronx Borough President’s race is all about the numbers: 21; two; $200; $270,00; three and 149. Twenty-one is April 21, the date of the special election to replace Adolfo Carrión, Jr., now a member of the Obama administration. Two is the number of candidates in what was once expected to [...]
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South Bronx Greenway will open waterfront
Posted on 12. Apr, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.
A plan to build a recreational trail connecting a series of parks on the East River waterfront has gotten a major boost from the economic downturn. Federal stimulus money will be used to build the South Bronx Greenway and open it to the public within three years, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced in March. The greenway [...]
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Hire local residents, says watchdog group
Posted on 28. Mar, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.
By Joe Hirsch news@motthavenherald.com Will the mall rising near Yankee Stadium live up to an agreement to hire local job seekers when stores open in the coming months? A newly-formed coalition is skeptical. Calling itself the Neighborhood Advisory Council, the coalition met at the offices of housing advocacy organization Nos Quedamos on Melrose Avenue in [...]
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Education Dept. vetoes school for green jobs
Posted on 01. Mar, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.
The city Department of Education has rejected a proposal to create a high school based on the ideas of the founder of Sustainable South Bronx and devoted to training students for jobs that can improve the environment.
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Mott Haven, Melrose have buildings worth saving
Posted on 27. Feb, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.
A community garden, three churches, a subway station, and a mid-1970s housing project should be preserved as New York City landmarks, a commission appointed by Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion has concluded.
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