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Stone Soup of the South Bronx
Posted on 29 September 2019.
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Bronx Puerto Rican Parade Embraces Diversity
Posted on 19 September 2019.
This year’s Bronx Puerto Rican Day Parade is expected to be a strong showing of the Bronx’s growing ethnic diversity.
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Looking for answers from a psychic in The Bronx
Posted on 15 September 2019.
A simple Google search won’t do to find Ave Castellanos, a 47 year-old Bronx-based psychic. She doesn’t have a Yelp profile, or an Instagram or Facebook account, and yet it’s common to see a line of people waiting for her advice. The only requirement for an accurate reading is to have faith in her.
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Putting Little Yemen on The Map
Posted on 15 September 2019.
A concentration of Yemeni residents live in Morris Park and Van Nest, an area now dubbed Little Yemen, even on Google Maps.
Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Neighborhoods, Culture, Featured, Immigration1 Comment
A Boxing Gym Owner Fights to Keep His Culture Alive
Posted on 14 September 2019.
El Maestro is no ordinary boxing gym, but now this vibrant cultural center is under threat.
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Hidden hospital courtrooms, where the mentally ill fight forced treatment
Posted on 18 October 2018.
Every Wednesday a judge comes to Bronx Psychiatric Center and oversees hearings in which the hospital wants to force a patient to stay hospitalized or take treatment. How do these small makeshift courtrooms straddle the balance between respecting civil rights and ensure that patients get the treatment they need even if they don’t want it?
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A different kind of corner store: A story of surviving homelessness
Posted on 17 October 2018.
Dennis Pentier, a 48 year-old Jamaican immigrant, has been homeless here in New York City for the past eight years. Ejected from a city shelter, he survives day to day from his makeshift outdoor shop on a block in the Tremont neighborhood that he currently calls home.
Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Blog, Bronx Neighborhoods, Bronx Tales, Community Resources, Culture, Featured, Housing, Morrisania, Morrisania, North Central Bronx, Politics, The Bronx Beat, Unemployment by the numbers0 Comments
Still awaiting the return of Barnes and Noble
Posted on 15 October 2018.
When Barnes and Noble closed in December 2016, leaving the Bronx without a single general-interest bookstore, it promised to return within 24-36 months. 22 months later, the retailer shows no signs of progress toward this benchmark.
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