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Bronx tips?

traveler — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 15:29:37 GMT

Family member is driving from Ohio to Bronx, NY for a meeting over the weekend. Any tips or tidbits?

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roxxy1 — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 17:12:58 GMT

Check out the Bronx Zoo if possible and be sure to stay clear of the Cross Bronx Expressway. Traffic nightmare.

Have a safe trip !

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Poodlepet2 — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 17:14:53 GMT

Morris Park Ave was a "Little Italy" when we lived there and had enchanting cafes where you could enjoy espresso and delicious pastries.....

The Bronx Zoo is amazing and there are some beautiful gardens in that area......

City Island has great sea food, and all the way towards the end on the left hand side is an inexpensive casual seafood place...... it's been awhile since I've been there-and I miss it!

Poodlepet2

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CatsyCline — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 17:23:54 GMT

Yankee Stadium (no tours til April) , Bronx Zoo, Botanical Garden . City Island. Nautical Museum. The Grand Concourse is the main drag, i don't have a clue what it is like now though.

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Jamma — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 17:29:59 GMT

@Poodlepet2 wrote:
Morris Park Ave was a "Little Italy" when we lived there and had enchanting cafes where you could enjoy espresso and delicious pastries.....
The Bronx Zoo is amazing and there are some beautiful gardens in that area......
City Island has great sea food, and all the way towards the end on the left hand side is an inexpensive casual seafood place...... it's been awhile since I've been there-and I miss it!
Poodlepet2

I used to live nearby Morris Park Ave. many years ago. I ived accross the bridge.

Small world.

Jamma

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CelticCrafter — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 18:22:45 GMT

Wednesdays are free admission days at the Bronx Zoo.

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sophiamarie — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 18:39:56 GMT

I wonder if the Loew's Paradise is still on the Concourse. Of course, there was Alexanders. Ahhhh, memories....

RKO Chester at West Farms Square too.

Then there was the Loew's American in Parkchester.

It's all coming back to me

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Burnsite — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 18:34:18 GMT

The Botanical Gardens are beautiful. Though not in the Bronx, the Cloisters Museum is a medieval monastery (originally built in France transported) full of haunting and and beautiful medieval art, It's across the Island from the Bronx on the other side, but just a little bit south.

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sophiamarie — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 18:49:39 GMT

I remember Arthur Avenue being "Little Italy". All the fruit and vegetable stores/stands were there and my friend's mom would take the trolley or bus to get there and then walk home with bags of fresh veggies....Butcher shops too....

We shopped at the A&P on Westchester Ave. There was a subway stop there too.

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lulu2 — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 21:52:53 GMT

@traveler wrote:
Family member is driving from Ohio to Bronx, NY for a meeting over the weekend. Any tips or tidbits?

If you are talking this weekend, they are predicting unseasonably cold and possibly snow on Sunday. So, tell them to bundle up.

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Vickyjo — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 22:03:03 GMT

You are right about "Little Italy", it was on Arthur Avenue. Not to far from Fordham University. I used to go to their dances there on Friday nights. What great memories I have of the Bronx

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itiswhatitis — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 01:32:45 GMT

Wave Hill
West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, 718-549-3200

This breathtakingly beautiful 28-acre public garden and cultural center is free to visit all day on Tuesdays, as well as from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. Hailed as one of the most stunning views in New York, the gardens and its various art exhibits overlook the Hudson River and the Palisades. [All ages]

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itiswhatitis — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 01:35:27 GMT

Historic House Trust of New York City

Explore one of the Trust's 22 historic sites across the five boroughs and you'll be taking a virtual walk through time. Step foot inside everything from a modest farmer's cottage to a luxurious, grand mansion, all while getting a taste for what life was like in the city a hundred or so years ago. Among the Trust's Bronx highlights are the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage but it is currently closed for restoration. There is a Poe Exhibit, "Edgar Allan Poe -The New York Years," at the Valentine- Varian House, located at 3266 Bainbridge Ave at East 208th Street, please contact them at (718) 881-8900 for more information. The Van Cortlandt House Museum, a plantation home where George Washington is known to have stayed at least twice around the time of the Revolutionary War. [2-4 years; 5-8 years; 9+ years]

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Jamma — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 15:08:59 GMT

@sophiamarie wrote:
I wonder if the Loew's Paradise is still on the Concourse. Of course, there was Alexanders. Ahhhh, memories....

RKO Chester at West Farms Square too.

Then there was the Loew's American in Parkchester.

It's all coming back to me

Oh wow you and I were neighbors too. Evander used to hold their graduation at the Lowe's Paradise. I don't think we'd recognize Fordham Rd. anymore nor the Square.

Jamma

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traveler — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 15:37:12 GMT

thank you, everyone

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sophiamarie — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 17:24:26 GMT

@Jamma I am from the East Bronx. Went to P.S. 47, then Herman Ridder JHS, then James Monroe, then Hunter.

When I look for my childhood home on google-earth, it brings back so many memories. I lived there from infancy to the day I got married. Then, I moved to my own apt., within walking distance to my parents. I used to walk there almost every day with the baby carriage. One baby in the carriage, one toddler sitting in the seat. Then, I started to drive.

Did you ever hear of Fteley Ave.???

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KKlim — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 17:27:12 GMT

You might want to be more specific where in the Bronx they will be staying in during this meeting.. they are not all safe areas. The Bronx has changed from Yesteryear..

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sophiamarie — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 17:33:27 GMT

@KKlim wrote:
You might want to be more specific where in the Bronx they will be staying in during this meeting.. they are not all safe areas. The Bronx has changed from Yesteryear..

So true.

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Jamma — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 19:36:11 GMT

@sophiamarie wrote:
@Jamma I am from the East Bronx. Went to P.S. 47, then Herman Ridder JHS, then James Monroe, then Hunter.

When I look for my childhood home on google-earth, it brings back so many memories. I lived there from infancy to the day I got married. Then, I moved to my own apt., within walking distance to my parents. I used to walk there almost every day with the baby carriage. One baby in the carriage, one toddler sitting in the seat. Then, I started to drive.

Did you ever hear of Fteley Ave.???

I went to P.S. 47 also then on to Evander Childs H.S. Never heard of Fteley Ave. Did you know where Thieriot Ave. was?

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sophiamarie — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 21:34:26 GMT

@Jamma Is Theriot near Soundview and/or White Plains Ave/Rd? My doctor lived on White Plains Ave or Rd.

Fteley Ave. is parallel to Croes, St. Lawrence, Melcalf, Beach..... Wasn't 47 on St. Lawrence or Beach Ave???Have you ever googled it. It looks exactly the same. Those two big front doors and the stairs leading up to the yard where we stood in line until the bell rang. LOL - memories.......