Posted inBronx (NYC) Exercise Parks and Other Recreation Areas Playgrounds In NYC, a New Generation of Fitness Buffs Inspires Outdoor Workouts A new generation of fitness buffs is prioritizing mutual encouragement in the group workouts that have sprouted up in city playgrounds for years. Posted by By Sandra E. Garcia and Kadar R. Small
Posted inBronx (NYC) Bronx Music Heritage Center Bronx Parent Housing Network Inc Department of Investigation (NYC) Government Contracts and Procurement Homeless Persons internal-storyline-no Jazz Ka (1972- ) Marsalis, Wynton Music Nepotism New York City Nonprofit Organizations Rap and Hip-Hop Rivera, Victor M (1960- ) A New Venue Celebrates the Sound of the Bronx The Bronx Music Hall is the first new independent music venue in the borough in more than 50 years. Posted by By James Barron
Posted inActors and Actresses Bronx (NYC) Grandparents Jewels and Jewelry Puerto Rico Liza Colón-Zayas’s Medallion Connects Her to Her Puerto Rican Heritage The heirloom, passed down by her grandmother, connects the Emmy-nominated actress to her Puerto Rican heritage. Posted by By Amelia Diamond
Posted inAdvertising and Marketing Alka-Seltzer Bronx (NYC) Cohen, Howie (1942-2024) Deaths (Obituaries) Moss, Milt (1922-2016) Television Wells Rich Greene Bddp Howie Cohen, Whose Alka-Seltzer Ads Spawned Catchphrases, Dies at 81 A copywriter, he and a partner in 1972 came up with “Try it, you’ll like it” and “I can’t believe I ate that whole thing.” Soon, sales were, well, fizzing. Posted by By Sam Roberts