Many cities have realized that natural resources are economic advantages, especially in attracting and retaining young professionals. For New York to compete, this op-ed argues, we must put more of our money where our water is.
The Bronx Children’s Museum’s new tricked-out mobile home.Although the Bronx Children’s Museum does not plan on opening their building until 2013, Bronxities can expect to see a mobile museum cruising down their street much sooner.That’s right, the Bronx Children’s Museum now has wheels after receiving a donated school bus, which is literally a vehicle of hope.A couple from Potomac, Md., donated the bus, which now sits in the Bronx Atlantic Express bus yard, in memory of their late daughter, Sarah Malawista. (The mobile museum will make its debut at the Bronx Day Parade on May 22.)Her parents said it was Sarah who first had the idea of creating an “art bus,” which would expose inner-city kids to arts, mainly because budget cuts have led many inner-city schools to cut their creative arts programs. Donating the bus to the Bronx Children’s Museum was a way of honoring Sarah, who suffered from bipolar disorder and committed suicide in 2006 at the age of 18. “My husband and I thought, what a perfect way to continue her dream,” said Sarah’s mother, Kerry Malawista.”The brilliantly colored bus will be a visible symbol to the borough that a children’s museum is finally coming to the Bronx,” said Carla Precht, founding executive director of the museum, in a press release.The Bronx is the only borough in New York City without a children’s museum. A permanent home for the Bronx Children’s Museum will open in 2013 at Building J in Mill Pond Park near Yankee StadiumPrecht said the “art bus” will travel to schools, community organization, parks and neighborhoods in the Bronx with exhibits and hands-on programs.”Sarah dreamed big, and through the bus her dream lives on,” Precht said.Click here for more info.
New signage prominently displays Monte’s new expanded No Smoking policy. (A. Kratz)
2nd place winner Chasity Tuck from Fordham High School for the Arts.Last month, three Fordham High School for the Arts students won the first level of the Annual NYC August Wilson Monologue Competition. Chasity Tuck, John Reyes, and Shantal Melendez were named the winners on March 22 for their outstanding performance of a monologue by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson to perform. The winning trio advanced to the next level of the competition on Tuesday April 12th where they competed against students from Curtis High School (Staten Island), Hillcrest High School (Queens), Repertory High School for Theatre Arts (Manhattan) and Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School (Brooklyn).Cheyene Van Dyke from Curtis High School in Staten Island won first place. But it was our Chasity Tuck from Fordham High School in the Bronx who took second place. Cheyene, Chasity, and third place winner Tyronickah Buckmire from Brooklyn, will compete at the National Competition on May 9, at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway, against students from Pittsburgh, Chicago, Boston, Seattle and Atlanta.
The Mosholu Post Office on Jerome Avenue (finally) reopened this week. The post office, which closed due to structural damage last April, is once again open for regular business hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m to 4 p.m. “It was a pain in the butt that it was closed for so long,” Julissa Shapiro said. “But it’s great that it’s open now!”Darlene Reid, a spokesperson for the United States Postal Service (USPS), said an “Emergency Shutdown” was issued for the building last year due to the damaged ceiling. “It was leaking and pieces were falling down from the ceiling, which was a safety hazard for employees and customers,” Reid explains. The closure was extremely inconvenient for residents.
Weather: Enjoy the mid 60s temperatures and sunshine broken up only by the occasional cloud. To the news!Story of the Day: During a 9-year-stretch between 1986 and 1995, 65 bodies (65!) were found in the Bronx’s Pelham Bay Park, the city’s largest park at 2,700 acres. “It’s vast, vast territory,” Lloyd Ultan, the Bronx borough historian, told the Times in an article about the New York area’s many body-hiding hot spots. “A lot of it is wild. It would take a long time for anybody to find anything there that shouldn’t be there.” The article, which stems from the 10 bodies recently found in the Long Island shore brush, says that Pelham Bay Park used to a be a dumping ground for bodies and gives a couple of examples of the grizzly discoveries made at the east Bronx park.
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