Tag Archives: Bronx Culture Trolley
Reports of art scene’s death are exaggerated
Posted on 03. Jun, 2011 by Cheryl Chan.
Artists say change defines their relationship with Mott Haven Hatuey Ramos Fermin sits in the most famous apartment in Mott Haven, recording a podcast called “South Bronx Filter.” Fermin is the current tenant of Apartment 3A at 309 Alexander Avenue, which housed the Blue Bedroom where for two years his friend Blanka Amezkua displayed the [...]
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Bronx culture trolley set to roll again on Feb 2
Posted on 25. Jan, 2011 by Joe Hirsch.
The Bronx Culture Trolley will roll again on Wednesday, February 2, picking up passengers at the Longwood Art Gallery at Grand Concourse and 149th St at 5:30, 6:30 and 7:30 p.m.
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In the news, July 26-August 1
Posted on 26. Jul, 2010 by Bernard L. Stein.
Beginning a string of three homicides in seven days, 18-year-old Troynisha Harris was killed by a man who jumped from a Lincoln Town Car and plunged a knife into her neck on July 24. Harris and a friend were sitting on a stoop on 166th Street at 3:30 a.m. when the attacker struck. When Harris’s [...]
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Artists fret as tourists beat a path to their studios
Posted on 27. Jul, 2009 by Bernard L. Stein.
Will notice force Mott Haven rents up and them out? By Azriel James Relph Azriel.james.relph@gmail.com “Ask about my art, not my rent” reads the sign posted at the door to Edwin Gonzalez’s apartment on Third Avenue and East 134th Street. As Gonzalez pours wine and fixes lunch for friends and visitors who wander in for [...]
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A Mott Haven treasure hunt
Posted on 18. Mar, 2009 by Maria Clark.
Finding a new art world can be a challenge The Mott Haven art world can be difficult to find. It is tucked away in a dark jazz café on the corner of Alexander Avenue, up a 5-floor walk-up through a narrow apartment or in a corner restaurant hidden under the cement overpass of a major [...]
