By Margaret on November 29, 2011
An invitation to another Christmas concert . . . A Festival of Lessons & Carols Our campus candlelight Christmas celebration is Sunday, 4 December at 4:30pm in the Chapel of De La Salle & His Brothers Manhattan College, 4513 Manhattan College Parkway followed by the Lighting of the Campus Christmas Tree on the Quad with [...]
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By Margaret on November 29, 2011
This will be a lovely, short, concert, to raise money for the Church’s organ, which needs to be replaced. “Christmas Illuminations” A Benefit Concert for the Organ Fund of the Visitation Church The Artists: Everett Suttle, Tenor Becilia Wong, Organ Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. Church of the Visitation 160 Van Cortlandt Park [...]
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By Margaret on June 11, 2011
There are two important events happening next week — two opportunities for us to prevent over-development of our neighborhood. Please try to make it to one or both of these important events. Tuesday, June 14, 10 a.m., 40 Rector Street in Manhattan. The Board of Standards and Appeals will be holding what may be [...]
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By Margaret on May 19, 2011
Cannon Place Fact Sheet 11 15 2010 We thought we’d share some info about the income guidelines and rents that are being proposed for the Jackson Development project at 3469 Cannon Place. The rents are from a fact sheet Jackson handed out a few months ago (attached to this post); the income guidelines are from the HDC [...]
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By Margaret on May 19, 2011
BOROUGH PRESIDENT DIAZ TO SOLICIT PUBLIC INPUT ON JEROME PARK RESERVOIR ACCESS PLAN On Friday, May 20, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. will join with elected officials, community organizations and local activists to call for greater public access to the Jerome Park Reservoir. The borough president will also announce a public hearing, [...]
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By Margaret on May 17, 2011
At a May 4th meeting of the Community Board 8 Land Use Committee, Jackson Development presented their revised renderings of what they propose to build on the Cannon Place/Fort Independence Street lot (at CB 8′s request, they moved the parking entrance to Ft. Independence, thus the revisions). FIPNA is opposing this plan, as being too [...]
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By Margaret on May 13, 2011
Jackson Development said at the last Land Use Committee meeting that they wouldn’t have complete drawings available for 3 months, yet over the last few weeks they’ve killed most of the trees on the lot, and begun moving earth. At first, neighbors assumed they were doing just enough to do test borings on this difficult [...]
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By Margaret on May 3, 2011
Ft. Independence resident Bob Drake asked Councilman Koppell to get a Greenstreet installed at Bailey Place and Fort Independence Street. Koppell, in the letter posted here, announces he has gotten The Parks Department and the Dept of Design and Construction to create a Greenstreet there, once the Bailey Place retaining wall is restored. Goodbye, ugly [...]
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By Margaret on May 2, 2011
All music lovers welcome at the following events (I think they are all free). Tonight! (Monday, 2 May) 8pm Instrumental Solo & Ensemble Concert & introducing The Concert Band in their inaugural performance Chapel of De La Salle ————————— Wednesday May 4 7:30pm An Evening of Music from the Stage with performances from opera and [...]
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