Public weighs options for fixing problems caused by Cross Bronx Expressway
Noise, air pollution and lack of access to parks topped the list of complaints from several dozen Bronxites in a Parkchester school on Tuesday, to discuss ways to make the…
Modern history classic, South Bronx Rising, gets an update
In 1981, a New York Times article brought Jill Jonnes, a Columbia Journalism student, to the Bronx. Decades later, she’s one of the borough’s most credible historians– and she’s still…
Plan to cap Cross Bronx Expressway moves to next steps
The long sought-after goal to “cap” the Cross Bronx Expressway by building parks over it has found new life, with Sen. Chuck Schumer and other New York politicians throwing their…
Planting native trees to fight The Bronx’s notorious pollution
Since the death of his wife three months ago, Joe Sherman said he has found comfort in being around other people. On Dec. 1, Sherman was shoveling dirt and planting…
Taking Back Space: Capping the Cross Bronx Expressway
By the time Justin Sanchez was seven years old, he learned how to administer albuterol to his three-year-old sister to treat her asthma. This wasn’t something out of the ordinary…