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Bronx River Art Center Wins Two Design Awards

Design plans for the Bronx River Art Center’s $8 million renovation (photo courtesy of BRAC)The Bronx River Art Center was recently awarded two separate “pre-build” awards, honoring design plans (see photo) for the gallery’s $8 million, two-year makeover that began this fall at the West Farms building on Boston Road and E. 179th Street.The designs, by architects Sage and Coombe and designer Tattfoo Tan, scored a 2010 “Award for Design Excellence” from the New York City Design Commission and a 2011 Merit Award from the American Institute of Architects.BRAC spent the last six years fund raising to renovate the 100-year-old building.

April 21, 2011 https://citylimits.org/2011/04/21/bronx-river-art-center-wins-two-design-awards/

Bronx Crime Watch: Police Seek Suspect in Murder of 16-year-old

Investigators are looking for help locating three suspects (see video), described as being Hispanic males in their late teens or early 20s, who police believe are responsible for the recent murder of 16-year-old Jose Miguel Marte.

March 2, 2011 https://citylimits.org/2011/03/02/bronx-crime-watch-police-seek-suspect-in-murder-of-16-year-old/

Bronx Crime Watch: Police Need Help Identifying Pharmacy Robbery Suspect

Untitled from Alex Kratz on Vimeo.The NYPD sent out the above video hoping someone can help them identify the man shown methodically robbing Webster Pharmacy, 753 E. Tremont Ave., on Thursday night, Jan.

January 31, 2011 https://citylimits.org/2011/01/31/bronx-crime-watch-police-need-help-identifying-pharmacy-robbery-suspect/

Bronx Crime Watch: Police Look for Missing 10-Year-Old

Nathaniel Martinez went missing yesterday.

January 20, 2011 https://citylimits.org/2011/01/20/bronx-crime-watch-police-look-for-missing-10-year-old/

Making Plans: What Other Cities Say About Their Futures

Some U.S. cities are guided by comprehensive plans for physical growth and government spending. Do the likes of Portland and Miami have something to teach New York?

December 29, 2010 https://citylimits.org/2010/12/29/making-plans-what-other-cities-say-about-their-futures/

When Brooklyn Projects Go Down, What Will Go Up?

NYCHA’s using community input to plan for what to build after three public housing towers are demolished. But the plan means a loss of public housing, and it confronts deep distrust from some tenants.

August 19, 2010 https://citylimits.org/2010/08/19/when-brooklyn-projects-go-down-what-will-go-up/

Gustavo Rivera Picks Up Union Support; Bronx BP Considering an Endorsement

Earlier today, two powerful labor unions, NY—1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East and 32BJ SEIU, released a joint statement announcing their endorsement of state Senate candidate Gustavo Rivera, who is running against State Senator Pedro Espada, Jr.”With high membership density in the 33rd, both 1199 and 32BJ are making this race top priority for the primary and general elections,” the statement said.

August 9, 2010 https://citylimits.org/2010/08/09/gustavo-rivera-picks-up-union-support-bronx-bp-considering-an-endorsement/

Emergency Preparedness Goes Grassroots

If New York City faces another catastrophe on the scale of September 11, city residents now are more prepared for the aftermath.

June 8, 2010 https://citylimits.org/2010/06/08/emergency-preparedness-goes-grassroots/

HUD Proposes Landmark Changes to Public Housing

In a move signaling the biggest changes since the advent of public housing 70 years ago, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development told Congress last week that it wants to radically overhaul how the nation houses its poorest citizens.The proposed changes aim to increase the social and physical mobility of public housing residents and turn existing public housing developments into mixed income communities with market rate tenants.

June 3, 2010 https://citylimits.org/2010/06/03/hud-proposes-landmark-changes-to-public-housing/

Stimulus Seen Failing Jobless Blacks

As City Limits Magazine looks at the crisis of black unemployment, this web exclusive examines how the federal stimulus bill has—and hasn’t—helped.

April 14, 2010 https://citylimits.org/2010/04/14/stimulus-seen-failing-jobless-blacks/