Local residents fear the new housing development may price them out of the neighborhood they helped to revive.
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Razing a graffiti shrine to make room for billion-dollar housing
Posted on 21 November 2011.
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Real Azteca serves up the real deal
Posted on 20 November 2011.
Real Azteca on 163rd offers Michoacán fare like huitlacoche quesadillas and soft goat-meat tacos.
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Images of the Libyan conflict find a South Bronx audience
Posted on 15 November 2011.
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.
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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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Caring for drug users in the South Bronx
Posted on 13 November 2011.
Two syringe exchange programs in the South Bronx play an important role in the lives of drug users
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Brazen thieves run off with a bag of cash through Melrose streets
Posted on 12 November 2011.
It takes serious guts to rob an armored truck, said auto shop owner David Luciano.
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Highbridge tackles childhood obesity
Posted on 12 November 2011.
School officials hope learning about health will help young kids make better choices
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Community mourns suspicious death of Soundview teen
Posted on 10 November 2011.
On Sept 12, 18-year-old Anil Sankar was found dead on the jetty in Concrete Plant Park. The police believe his death was accidental. The family and neighbors believe otherwise.
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