Landlords in Debt, Tenants Feel the Squeeze; Foreclosure at Fordham Towers Hints at Troubles Ahead for Other Buildings
September 21, 2009
For Alice Pierce, foreclosure was a relief. That’s how bad things were at Fordham Towers, an apartment building on the corner of East 188th Street and Washington Avenue and her home of 27 years.
Read More »Editorial: Danger of Repeating A Reckless History in Housing
September 21, 2009
In this issue we report a troubling trend of over-leveraged landlords finding themselves in hot water in buildings they paid way too much for.
Read More »Q&A: Ivine Galarza
September 21, 2009
Job: District Manager, Community Board 6. What is a community board? We’re the troubleshooters for the community and the elected officials. [We tell people] we are the closest form of government.
Read More »Sculpture Fills Hole In The Heart of West Farms
September 21, 2009
West Farms Square has a new centerpiece.
In August, the Bronx River Arts Center and the Department of Transportation (DOT) installed a sculpture by Mexican-born artist Diego Medina in the square’s distinctive, but previously empty, brick circle.
Read More »What’s With the Green Stuff in Indian Lake?
September 21, 2009
Nature doesn’t always cooperate with a makeover. Just a month after the Parks Department officially unveiled a $4.4 million restoration of Indian Lake in Crotona Park, locals were dismayed when the lake bloomed a clotted green coat – algae, it turned out.
Read More »EMS Room Named After 9/11 Victim
September 21, 2009
On the eighth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks of 2001, an emergency services room at St. Barnabas Hospital was renamed in honor of one of the victims.
Read More »New Facility for St. Barnabas
September 21, 2009
At a ribbon cutting ceremony last month, St. Barnabas Hospital announced the opening of its new ambulatory surgery unit.
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