Dang man. This is crazy. This happened this morning.
Tag: The Bronx
This is fantastic! The MTA has posted some photos of the newly renovated East 180th Street Subway Station in the Bronx. The station serves the 2/5 trains and was originally built in 1912 as part of the defunct New York, Westchester & Boston Railway. Look at how clean this is! More photos inside!
This video is from the Modica family showing a home video they shot of Freedomland Amusement Park in The Bronx circa 1963. According to Wikipedia, this place was centered around US-history as its theme and closed promptly a year after this video was shot because it failed to make a profit.
Good news from NYCGov: The restoration of NYC’s oldest bridge (first opened in 1848 and then closed in the 1970s) has begun as of this past weekend. The work will cost an estimated $61 million and will once again connect Manhattan with the Bronx where the Highbridge Pool and Recreation Center are located. The work [...]
Photo: Chris Arnade The Atlantic has a post up about a former Wall Street trader named Chris Arnade who left his job and ventured north to Hunts Point in The Bronx, where the poorest congressional district resides in the country. Shocking and moving pictures abound in this slideshow.
