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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The Kingsbridge Armory: 100 Years of History, 20 Years Empty
Posted on 24 August 2016.
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Street Art As Tourism: Using graffiti to attract visitors to the borough
Posted on 16 October 2014.
Street art is steadily increasing as a formidable magnet to attract visitors to the Bronx. Because of street art’s international appeal and historical significance in the borough, tourism companies and street artists are hoping to use the medium to ignite a cultural change.
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Sandy Bears Down on the Battered Bronx
Posted on 29 October 2012.
About two-thirds of the Bronx is categorized as Zone B, meaning residents can expect a moderate possibility of evacuation.
Posted in Bronx Neighborhoods, East Bronx, Featured, Front Page0 Comments
Van Nest Library Asked to Do More With Less
Posted on 28 September 2012.
Local Pelham Parkway library branches try to balance their changing roles with changing resources
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Bronx District Attorney Curbs Stop-and-Frisk Abuses
Posted on 28 September 2012.
Bronx prosecutors are the first in the city to require police to justify in person each stop-and-frisk trespassing arrest.
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Bernard Kerik Hovers Over the DiTommaso Perjury Trial
Posted on 27 September 2012.
“These defendants thought that Bernard B. Kerik had juice, power and influence,” the Bronx prosecutor argued in the Sept. 27 perjury trial of two friends of the jailed former police commissioner.
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House arrest: Why Fordham residents are trapped in their homes
Posted on 15 December 2011.
Real estate prices prevent homeowners from leaving Fordham and Kingsbridge despite the rising rate of crime and prostitution.
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The ecstasy and the agony of Ethiopian marathoners
Posted on 12 November 2011.
Kenyans and Ethiopians triumph in the largest NYC Marathon with 47,107 runners. The Bronx’s Fikadu Lemma is already thinking about 2012.
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