Bronx Documentary Center in Mott Haven features never before seen photographs by the late director of the award winning documentary film, “Restrepo,” about a U.S. platoon in Afghanistan.
Archive | November, 2011
Images of the Libyan conflict find a South Bronx audience
Posted on 15 November 2011.
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Body of missing Bronx man discovered in Van Cortland Lake, NY1
Posted on 14 November 2011.
An elderly Bronx man who had been missing since last week was discovered dead Monday morning in Van Cortland Lake, New York 1 reports. The cause of death is unknown. Anthony McGurran, 77, was last seen Friday at his home on Bailey Avenue, police said.
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Pepper-spray attack at Bronx high school sends 17 students to hospital, NYPost
Posted on 14 November 2011.
More than a dozen students at a Bronx school were hospitalized Monday morning after a student unleashed pepper spray at the start of the school day. The incident occurred in the first-floor hallway of Leadership Academy High School on Webster Avenue at about 10:15 a.m., Department of Education spokeswoman Margie Feinberg told The New York […]
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The Bronx’s own project runway
Posted on 14 November 2011.
Youth learn to walk the runway like professionals at the Bronx Community Pride Center.
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The cost of murder in Mott Haven
Posted on 13 November 2011.
Death is an inevitable burden in any community. But in neighborhoods such as Mott Haven, epidemic levels of poverty, illegal immigration and violent crime provide the worst context to human loss.
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Company plans electric truck factory in Port Morris, NY Daily News
Posted on 13 November 2011.
The city approved $1.7 million in tax breaks last week for a company planning to open an electric truck factory in Port Morris. Smith Electric Vehicles is the world’s top maker of electric trucks and fills orders from companies including Coca-Cola and Frito-Lay, the NY Daily News reported.
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New landlord for building with hip-hop past, NY Daily News
Posted on 13 November 2011.
A Bronx apartment building with a special place in the history of hip-hop went up for sale last week, the NY Daily News reported. Workforce Housing Advisors bought the building on Sedgwick Avenue at foreclosure auction and pledged to maintain affordable rents and add a culture center.
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Bronx Pride opens new headquarters, NY Post
Posted on 13 November 2011.
Bronx Pride is opening its new headquarters this week at the Rev. Ruben Diaz Gardens on Kelly Street, the NY Post reported. Ironically, the building’s namesake, Senator Diaz, is a prominent opponent of same-sex marriages.
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