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A
brief look at my adopted town "The Bronx"
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Yankee
Stadium
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Aiello, Danny:
Allyson, June:
Bancroft, Anne:
Buttons, Red:
Curtis, Tony:
Darin, Bobby:
Greenburg, Hank:
Joel, Billy:
Klein,Robert:
Klein, Calvin:
Kubrick, Stanley:
LaGuardia, Fiorello:
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LaMotta, Jake:
Lauren, Ralph:
Lopez,
Jennifer:
Linden, Hal:
Marshall, Penny:
Marshall, Gary:
Mineo, Sal:
Palminteri, Chazz:
Philbin,
Regis:
Poe, Edgar Allan:
Powell, Colin:
Reiner, Carl:
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Edgar
Allan Poe Cottage
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Edgar
Allan Poe spent the last years of his life, from 1846
to 1849, in The Bronx at Poe Cottage, now located at Kingsbridge
Road and the Grand Concourse. A small wooden farmhouse
built about 1812, the cottage once commanded unobstructed
vistas over the rolling Bronx hills to the shores of Long
Island. It was a bucolic setting in which the great writer
penned many of his most enduring poetical works, including
“Annabel Lee,” “The Bells” and “Eureka.”
Poe
spent much of his life moving from place to place in restless
search of literary recognition and financial security. In April
1844, he and his wife, Virginia, and mother-in-law, Maria
Clemm, moved to New York, where Poe sought the opportunity for
international acclaim. But Virginia was ill,
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and
in early summer of 1846 Poe brought her to The Bronx, where
he hoped the country air would rescue her failing health. However,
in January of 1847, she died of tuberculosis. Poe himself died
two years later in Baltimore, while he was returning home from
a successful lecture tour.
Administered
by The Bronx County Historical Society since 1975, the
cottage is restored to its original appearance, with authentic
period furnishings. A film presentation and guided tour
help bring Poe Cottage to life. Visitors can see the bed
in which Virginia died and the rocking chair Poe used.
In the kitchen, the dishes on the table appear as if the
great author had just stepped out for air.
For further information,
and to book a tour,
contact The Education Department at (718) 881-8900
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Grand
Concourse
The
Grand Concourse, was designed and constructed in the late
1800's; it had been inspired by Paris' great boulevard, the
Champs Elysées. By the 1920s the Fordham Road-Grand Concourse
intersection was a great commercial n exus and a center of
tree-lined avenues, with luxurious homes and apartment buildings
designed in the latest Art Deco and modernist styles. The
last decade of the 19th century and the first quarter of the20th
century were the formative years, too, for many great landmarks
which continue to draw hundreds of thousands of visitors to
The Bronx every year. The Bronx Zoo, one of the largest zoos
in the world; the beautiful park-like New York Botanical
Garden; the Hall of Fame for Great Americans at Bronx
Community College (the former
campus of New York University) and, of course, Yankee Stadium,
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are just a few of the borough's many outstanding
attractions. All of these sites are featured as part of The Society's
tours of The Bronx.
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The
Valentine-Varian House
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Half
an hour by public transportation from the center of Manhattan,
set in a park surrounded by fruit trees and an herb garden, is
the historic Valentine-Varian House. The four-level fieldstone
farmhouse has stood at the crossroads of history since 1758, when
Isaac Valentine built it near the Boston Post Road, which linked
many of the major cities of the American colonies. It was later
the site of six skirmishes between American troops and British
forces, who occupied the house for most of the Revolutionary War.
In 1791, the house passed into the hands of the Varian family
(Isaac Varian served as Mayor of New York City from 1839 to 1841)
which owned it for the next 114 years. The
house changed hands one more time, in 1905, when William F. Beller
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purchased it. In 1965, his son, William
C. Beller, generously donated the historic dwelling to The Society.
Today, the house stands in a quiet residential neighborhood at
Bainbridge Avenue and 208th Street, just a few minutes walk from
Motefiore Medical Center, The Society’s Research Library and The
Bronx County Archives bunildings. In 1968, the restored house
was opened to the public as the Museum of Bronx History. Visitors
today can touch the fieldstones Isaac Valentine used to construct
the house and walk on the oak and pine floorboards he fashioned.
These are rooms that witnessed our nation’s birth and growth.The
main floor serves as an exhibition space. Through imaginative
use of its unique collection of objects, ephemera, and photographs,
The Society presents exhibits on all periods of Bronx History
from pre-Revolutionary days to the present. Past exhibitions have
featured “Bronx-Made: A Borough & Its Industry,” “The Grand Concourse:
Main Street of The Bronx,” “Bronx Parks: Past Reflections,” and
“Yankee Stadium.” The Museum Store features a wide variety of
publications as well as Bronx gift items for all ages.
For further information, and to book a tour,
contact The Education Department at (718) 881-8900
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