During my travels, I ran into a fellow Bronxite who loves our borough so much…
LATEST NEWS
Remember when we posted that story yesterday about that racist asshole, Frank Borzellieri, who was…
Disgust. That’s pretty much what I felt upon reading that such a person would be…
Did the headline catch your attention? Perhaps you thought it a bit too harsh? Good.…
MELROSE—The Bronx’s oldest commercial shopping district, The Hub is about to get its first luxury high-rise and it was only a matter of time before it happened given what’s been going on…
LATEST NEWS
Bronx rapper Mele Mel launches fitness show on local TV: ‘The average American is fat and lazy!’
(Image: Joe Conzo/Daily News) What better way to engage obese Bronxites in a healthier lifestyle than a show by one of our very own? Mele Mel is launching a fitness show that will be produced by BronxNet and will be aired on local cable access networks in Brooklyn and Manhattan. No word on if and…
Bronx Students Learn Healthy Eating, One Tray At A Time
(Image: Angel Franco/New York Times) Great piece about a local school and their efforts to change the eating habits of over 400 kids. As we all know, most of our neighborhoods are flooded with fast food joints at every turn not leaving room to resist their temptation. The Family Life Academy Charter School, a break…
Melrose Construction Boom Continues, This Time As Commercial Expansion
The Real Deal reports that the EDC has tapped Triangle Equities to purchase and develop two lots both totalling more than 100,000 square feet. The lots, currently being utilized as eyesores of parking lots are bounded to the north by Westchester Avenue, West by Bergen Avenue, South by East 149th Street and East by Brook…
Hail Lechón, Full Of Grease
Even as loads of new faces from Latin America make the Bronx their home, Puerto Ricans are still the vast majority in El Condado de la Salsa. With that large majority comes a great gastronomic plethora of restaurants catering to the cuisine of Borinquen and today, David Gonzalez of the New York Times takes us…
Down With ‘SoBro’
Originally posted on Welcome2Melrose.com Realtors…we love and hate you in New York City oh so much however, nothing pisses me off more than your inane, fabricated names for our neighborhoods. We have beautiful, historic names such as Port Morris, Melrose, and Mott Haven. Why would you want to erase these names and lump us under…
NYTimes: Victor Toro, Tortured in Chile, Fights Deportation
A must read on one of our own heroes. Victor Toro has dedicated the past three decades of his life living in Mott Haven as a champion of the poor and disenfranchised. Kudos to David González for writing a great piece and photographer Michael Kamber for capturing Victor Toro’s essence. NYTimes: Victor Toro, Tortured in…