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Puerto Rico in East Tremont
Posted on 21 November 2011.
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Razing a graffiti shrine to make room for billion-dollar housing
Posted on 21 November 2011.
Local residents fear the new housing development may price them out of the neighborhood they helped to revive.
Posted in Bronx Beats, Bronx Life, Culture, Featured, Housing, Southern Bronx, The Bronx Beat, Transportation0 Comments
From Bangladesh to the Bronx
Posted on 20 November 2011.
Bengali cuisine comes to the borough by way of a hole-in-the-wall Parkchester eatery.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, Culture, Food3 Comments
Hunts Point sculpture meets an untimely end
Posted on 10 November 2011.
Three New York artists who built a giant floating dome lost their creation last month, but plan to start anew.
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Cycling renaissance pedals slowly to the Bronx
Posted on 08 November 2011.
Bronx cyclists more or less fend for themselves.
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Tour de Bronx 2011
Posted on 24 October 2011.
Some 6,000 cyclists biked the Bronx on Oct. 23. Bike enthusiasts young and old took over the streets from Bronx County Courthouse to the Sheridan Expressway and Pelham Bay Park.
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Superheroes from the Bronx
Posted on 20 October 2011.
Two artists from the Bronx are trying to revive the borough’s comic legacy
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Bringing the farm to the Grand Concourse
Posted on 18 October 2011.
A Bronx food-share project has reached its membership limit so now organizers are hoping to spread the healthy eating message in other ways, such as the potluck supper, which was made by members using their recent supply of produce.
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