Tag Archives: Harry Bubbins
FreshDirect protesters take their beef to Manhattan
Posted on 22. Mar, 2012 by By Alex Robinson.
Opponents of company’s move to Mott Haven seek broad support for boycott Over a dozen South Bronx activists took their protest against FreshDirect to the Upper West Side on March 21st, urging Manhattanites to join them in a citywide boycott of the online grocer.
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City approves FreshDirect subsidies
Posted on 14. Feb, 2012 by Joe Hirsch.
The city’s Industrial Development Agency voted overwhelmingly on Feb. 14 in favor of subsidies that will bring the food delivery company FreshDirect to Port Morris, as about a dozen South Bronx residents sat and fumed that the agreement was rammed through without sufficient public input.
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Old ferry stations seek protected status
Posted on 21. Jan, 2012 by By Elizabeth Chen.
Two advocacy organizations have teamed up in an effort to create recreational space on the East River in the shadow of towering cranes that are a survival of the time when ferries carried passengers to the islands off the Bronx mainland.
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From the editor: Reclaim the Harlem River
Posted on 21. Dec, 2011 by Bernard L. Stein.
A federal pledge to help revive the Harlem River gives new hope for the creation of a Harlem River Greenway, providing parks and recreational opportunities on a long-neglected stretch of shore.
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Advocates say: Put the brook back in Brook Park
Posted on 03. Jun, 2011 by Cheryl Chan.
Restoring a stream would bring environmental benefits Brook Park takes its name from Mill Brook, whose waters once burbled through today’s Webster and Brook Avenues. Now the environmental organization that helps oversee the park wants to bring the brook back. “What we are trying to do here is make a green park, and a blue [...]
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As pact with city expires, gardeners worry
Posted on 04. Aug, 2010 by Joe Hirsch.
City officials insist community gardens have nothing to fear Eight years ago, the city, the state and the creators of 500 community gardens on city-owned land reached an agreement that ended a long battle that began when the Giuliani administration sought to auction the garden lots to developers. Now, that agreement is set to expire, [...]
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Trees talk on the Grand Concourse
Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by Jeanmarie Evelly.
By Jeanmarie Evelly jeanmarie.evelly@motthavenherald.com The Grand Concourse, the iconic boulevard that stretches along four miles of the Bronx, has 100 years of stories to tell. This summer and fall, Bronx residents are lending their voices to share those stories—through the trees that line the street’s parks and sidewalks. The Tree Museum is the creation of [...]
