As the Regional Plan Association convenes its annual assembly, one participant notes that along with efficiency and the environment, equity must be a goal of urban planners.
[Enjoy your own personal concert by clicking on the video above.] Yesterday at noon, Baroque music could be heard pouring out of the cafeteria on the 17th floor of North Central Bronx Hospital in Norwood.In that lofty location, hospital employees, volunteers, patients and other local residents sat down to enjoy a half hour concert. It’s part of a new program that Carnegie Hall created, called Musical Connections. “This new program offers world-class performances by various artists free of charge to audiences who may not normally have the opportunity to enjoy such performances,” said Barabra DeIorio, the director of marketing and public affairs for Jacobi Medical Center. Musical Connections holds concerts at other community-based locations as well, including homeless shelters, senior centers and prisons.“I don’t really get to go to many concerts, so this was something very special,” hospital volunteer Shirley Dunbar said.DeIorio said several concerts have already been held at Jacobi Medical Center, however today is the first concert held at NCBH.”I use to go to the concerts at Jacobi,” said Janice Phillips, a patient at NCBH. “I’m so glad they brought it over here.”The concert featured the musical talents of Bridget Kibbey on harp and Joseph Brent on mandolin.
A couple months ago, I noticed that my local diner (Bedford Park Cafe) had a SeamlessWeb logo on the door. I was pretty excited, since I didn’t realize that the online delivery conduit was working its way into the Bronx. For anyone not familiar with SeamlessWeb, it’s a website that allows you to order food online from multiple restaurants. (You don’t even have to talk to anyone on the phone!) It works best in Manhattan, where most restaurants and fast food chains are using it. When I used to work near Wall Street, I would have days that were so busy, that it was great to be able to go online and order food quickly.
Happy Tax Day! If you’re freaking out because you haven’t gotten your, um, stuff together, then freak not, you still have three more days to file! The deadline to file has been extended this year to Monday, April 18, so you have the entire weekend to continue procrastinating. Weekend weather: It should stay nice and sunny today, though a little cooler than yesterday. Rain and wind will rule Saturday, with the sun supposedly breaking through on Sunday afternoon.
Well, not yet anyway.But the wording on the pop-up that comes up when you go to his Senate page makes his departure seem only temporary.
A federal planning grant to be shared among several governments on either side of the New York-Connecticut border aims for transit-oriented development.
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