Mayor Bill de Blasio’s battle to build affordable housing in New York will echo under the girders of the Jerome Avenue railroad in the months to come, amid local concerns about rent rates and tenant displacement.
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Jerome Draft Publication Brings Affordable Housing Battle to Bronx
Posted on 17 September 2016.
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Young Bronxites Head to the Cemetery for Creative Job Training
Posted on 16 September 2016.
A unique vocational program puts youngsters from the Bronx and Brooklyn on the fast track to labor union membership and a longterm career. First stop, the graveyard.
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Bronx Street Art Speaks Many Languages
Posted on 15 September 2016.
International artists have been painting street murals in the Bronx, tapping into the borough’s history of creative expression.
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When the Bronx was Burning, the Pornos were Booming
Posted on 02 September 2016.
Flashback to the 1970’s and the glory days of independent movie theatres in the Bronx. Film projectionist Bob Endres takes us back to the Globe Theatre in Pelham Parkway and remembers the theatre’s lurid lost legacy.
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The Kingsbridge Armory: 100 Years of History, 20 Years Empty
Posted on 24 August 2016.
KINGSBRIDGE, BRONX — The Kingsbridge Armory has been all but empty for twenty years now. It stands, silent, sentinel, a fairytale castle in an otherwise bustling West Bronx neighborhood. Even now, plans to make an ice rink seem to be stalling. As city and developer feud over funding, the Bronx Ink profiles this charismatic building.
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Sobering conditions at Narco Freedom’s three-quarter homes
Posted on 27 October 2014.
Mott Haven’s Narco Freedom executives are charged with pilfering medicaid funds, while clients languish in their sober homes under poor conditions
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Dreams and Nightmares
Posted on 27 October 2014.
The city’s health department reports a steady rise in heroin deaths over the last four years. One-quarter of those deaths are in the Bronx. This is the story of a survivor.
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The Food Truck to Heaven
Posted on 20 October 2014.
Juan Pena is a one-man show at Mission-o-Mercy, his own charitable food truck ministry where he serves up weekly free meals and a wise, sympathetic ear.
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