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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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.
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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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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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Bloody week in the Bronx
Posted on 11 November 2011.
Violence in the Bronx has escalated in this week with three shootings in a span of three days, leaving a 4-year-old boy in critical condition and Bronx residents feeling rattled.
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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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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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