City Limits

Could This South Bronx Tenement Become One of NYC’s First Hemp-Retrofitted Apartment Buildings?

Students from the Pratt Institute are teaming up with local community group Mothers on the Move to explore how hemp—a building material rarely used in housing—could help retrofit New York’s oldest ...
Bronx Times

Bronx Historical Society’s ‘When the Bronx Moved’ tells the story of a borough that never stopped dancing

Opening night of the Bronx County Historical Society’s “When The Bronx Moved” was packed with dancers who grew up learning ...
Bronx Times

KIPP NYC charter school expands this fall with new South Bronx campus

Leslie-Bernard Joseph, CEO of KIPP NYC, said the new facility is “matching the ambition of our kids and the South Bronx.” ...
Hoodline

South Bronx School Shakeup As KIPP Unveils College-Style Mega Campus

KIPP NYC is opening a new South Bronx campus at 75 Canal St West this fall with labs, arts space and a rooftop field.
Commercial Observer

Affordable Housing Development in South Bronx Marks First Approval Under ELURP

A joint venture is test-driving the new approval process for affordable housing with the redevelopment of a New York City Department of Education-owned parking lot in the South Bronx. Deputy Mayor ...