The following is a guest post by Michael Shanley Right here in the Bronx, this…
Bronx Church Offers Mass in Five Languages to Serve Diverse Parish
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16 Old Pictures of The Bronx
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New Analysis Shows The Bronx Leads NYC In Housing Code Violations Accounting for 33% of Cases
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Apply for New “Affordable” Housing Apartments in Allerton
This one made me laugh when it came across my desk. Apparently $1,900 is “affordable”…
Bronx Foreclosures Jump 44% in 2017—Highest in 8 Years
650 Bronx properties entered first time foreclosure in 2017 representing a 44% increase over the…
13 Vintage Photos of The Bronx
Old Bronx pics are amazing. The Bronx of 100 years ago was very different but…
Bronx History: The Lorillard Spencer Estate and The Birth Of Allerton
A French Huguenot family, the Lorillards, settled in the area which is now known as Allerton as well as parts of the New York Botanical Garden back in the late 1700s. The family became extremely successful in the tobacco industry and their company would eventually give rise to Lorillard Inc, which makes Newport, Kent, and other cigarettes.
By 1840 they had built what is now known as The Snuff Mill at NYBG which according to the New York Times, “…tobacco was ground into smokeless, powdery form called snuff, which could be flavored and inhaled.”