All Entries Tagged With: "New York City"

Theater with a Latin Twist Thrives in the South Bronx

What if Pinocchio were Mexican and immigrated to the U.S.?

1744 Clay Ave.

by Sarah Omar Wali and Mustafa Mehdi Vural

Workmen with blue shirts labeled “JLP Home Imp. Inc” were a welcome sight for the tenants of 1744 Clay Ave. in East Tremont one fall week in October. Their 73-year-old building has been collapsing rapidly into disrepair for the last two years.  For many, the conditions have become unbearable.
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1804 Weeks Ave.

by Sarah Omar Wali and Mustafa Mehdi Vural

The newly painted pink and blue walls in apartment 52 in the building at 1804 Weeks Ave. give the illusion of a well-cared for living space.  But the bright colors provide only a thin cover for the vermin-infested apartment Fernando Diaz shares with his wife and two young [...]

2254 Crotona Ave.

By Maia Efrem
From a distance, the building at 2254 Crotona Ave. looks like all the other dwellings in the surrounding blocks. On closer inspection, however, the lock is knocked out on the front door, the windows on the first floor are boarded up and graffiti covers concrete slabs that block the entrance to many apartments in the building.
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Tenants Complain of ‘House of Horrors’

A tenant fell through a collapsed stairway at 689 E. 187th St. in October, and the landlord scrambled to make repairs.

Bloomberg Parties On

The contest was much closer than expected, but the mayor still had his celebration — and four more years

Thompson Concedes, After a Last-Minute Surge of Hope

As the polls came in, the supporters of Democratic mayoral candidate William Thompson Jr., believed they were going to witness the upset of the most expensive campaign in New York City’s history. They almost did.

The Healthcare Debate Takes to the Pavement

Protesters lay strewn across the sidewalk in mid-town to signify the 45,000 Americans who die every year for lack of healthcare.

A Garden of Happiness Grows in East Tremont

Karen Washington has been a driving force in community gardens in the East Tremont Area for over 20 years. Starting with the plot visible from her kitchen window on Prospect Avenue, she created a coalition of gardens throughout the Bronx in an effort to provide affordable healthy food to the community. Through involvement with the community, her ability to communicate effectively with officials and a desire for change in her neighborhood, Karen Washington has been able go beyond food and directly affect the world around her.