By kristin on May 16, 2012
… and the neighobrhood loses another single family home.
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By kristin on May 16, 2012
IT’S MY PARKS DAY MAY 19 – FORT FOUR PARK, KINGSBRIDGE HEIGHTS VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! COMMUNITY SERVICE CREDIT! Paint benches, fencing, park houses, clear litter, rake leaves, mulch, plant flowers and clean up the park playground and greenspace. Volunteers will be provided with brooms, shovels, rakes, paint and brushes. Participate in a fun, free event. Bring [...]
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By kristin on May 14, 2012
About 15 neighbors came out on Saturday to help built a 6′X 6′ planter on the 238th Street step street, thanks to a $1000 Love Your Block grant from the Citizen’s Committee for New York. It was hard work (from what I hear!) but the result is truly astounding, and prove what magic can happen [...]
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By kristin on April 15, 2012
Six To Celebrate Walking/Bike Tours Posted by hdc on Monday, April 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment 2012 Neighborhood Walking and Bicycle Tours Meeting locations and directions for tours will be provided upon registration. Tours generally last two and half hours. Space is limited. Van Cortlandt Village Van Cortlandt Village Sunday, May 6, 2pm Van [...]
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By kristin on February 28, 2012
http://www.bceq.org/2012/02/28/harlem-river-cb-1-some-public-documents/ Here is a link to documents discovered and shared by the public– not the government– that relate to the proposal to give Fresh Direct $130 million in subsidies to relocated on the Bronx waterfront. Check out the NEGATIVE Environmental Assessments done for Fresh Direct, the nonbinding “Memorandum of Understanding” concocted by BP Ruben Diaz, [...]
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By kristin on February 8, 2012
In yet another massive tax giveaway, the city and state have pledged $130 million in tax breaks, tax credits, and capital investments to get Fresh Direct to build its new headquarters in the South Bronx– where, not incidentally, they have so far refused to deliver– instead of New Jersey. This deal will plunk a truck-clogged [...]
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By kristin on February 8, 2012
FIPNA has won a $1000 grant from the Citizen’s Committee for New York City to clean up and landscape the 238th Street step street. The step street is a naturally beautiful element of our community, listed on our Historic Survey as a “contributing factor” to the Historic District. We want to restore it to its [...]
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By kristin on February 3, 2012
February 1, 2012 Point of View Why we fight By Margaret Groarke The stalled construction site at 3333 Giles has been terrible for residents of Giles Place. The construction fence collapses with every significant storm and currently sags over the sidewalk, where unheeded violations flutter in the wind. The owner, the shadowy “GRA V LLC” [...]
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By kristin on November 17, 2010
“I have asked the Parks Department why there are no sandboxes in my neighborhood in the Bronx, or as far as I can tell anywhere outside of Manhattan, and the response I got was troubling. I was told that residents in the outer boroughs do not treat the sand boxes with respect” http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/26/a-newfangled-sandbox-arrives-check-out-the-canals/ My children [...]
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