Cruz’s story is typical of ‘outsider’ artists in the Bronx. Their art, though widely appreciated, never sells for much.
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‘Outsider’ artist in the South Bronx
Posted on 13 October 2011.
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Advocates stomping out South Bronx cigarette ads
Posted on 13 October 2011.
Smokers in the South Bronx are still lighting up as much as ever since 2007. Are cigarette ads to blame?
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Cleaning up after Irene
Posted on 12 October 2011.
Who cleans the Bronx Greenway, a new stretch of coastline pathways in Soundview? No one, according to the state department for parks.
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Juan Rios travels the world to return to the Bronx
Posted on 11 October 2011.
Juan Rios runs the Highbridge Life Center’s Healthy Highbridge program where he, among other things, has championed the city’s recent smoking ban in parks and beaches. Rios also created a health curriculum for the students of P.S. 73.
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Bloody Sunday in Mott Haven
Posted on 10 October 2011.
The day began with three shootings in two hours, moved on to a mugging in broad daylight, before ending with a murder.
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Why is Heritage Field still closed?
Posted on 08 October 2011.
Heritage Field, the 11-acre complex of ball fields and playgrounds on the site where the old Yankees Stadium once stood, has been ready for months to host its first pickup baseball softball games. Almost a year later than scheduled, the park is still closed.
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Advocates to Obama: Keep your promise
Posted on 08 October 2011.
Bronx leaders take Obama to task for failing to protect immigrant families.
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Mott Haven neighbors gather around a campfire for all the kids in jail
Posted on 07 October 2011.
The South Bronx continues to have one of the highest levels of juvenile detention rates in New York City.
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