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== 2011 New Years Bronx Hub Ball Drop project == |
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On December 31, 2009 Jesus Salcedo (Director of "The Hub of the Future) Made a Group Via Facebook Named "The Bronx Hub should have its own Ball Drop" Alredy seventy two people have joined the Group leaving comments, For example Nitza Vera Posted a comment saying "that's right. we should be able to celebrate in our own back yard". Also Jesus Salcedo posted on the Groups wall that he created by saying "We all know that the times are tough... So this project will be set for 2011 and the project will begin in 2010". It is expected that 1,000 people will join The Group. If the Plan works the Bronx Hub will be the only and first area in the Bronx to have its own Ball Drop for New Years Eve. Also it will be the only New Years Ball Drop second to the [[Times Square]] New Years ball drop. |
On [[December]] 31,[[ 2009]] Jesus Salcedo (Director of "The Hub of the Future) Made a Group Via [[Facebook]] Named "The Bronx Hub should have its own Ball Drop" Alredy seventy two people have joined the Group leaving comments, For example Nitza Vera Posted a comment saying "that's right. we should be able to celebrate in our own back yard". Also Jesus Salcedo posted on the Groups wall that he created by saying "We all know that the times are tough... So this project will be set for 2011 and the project will begin in 2010". It is expected that 1,000 people will join The Group. If the Plan works the [[Bronx]] Hub will be the only and first area in the Bronx to have its own Ball Drop for New Years Eve. Also it will be the only New Years Ball Drop second to the [[Times Square]] New Years ball drop. |
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Revision as of 20:40, 3 January 2010
The Hub–Third Avenue Business Improvement District (B.I.D.) is the retail heart of the South Bronx, located where four roads converge: East 149th Street, Willis, Melrose and Third Avenues.[1] It is primarily located inside the neighborhood of Melrose but also lines the northern border of Mott Haven.[2] The Hub has been called "the Broadway of the Bronx."[3] It is the site of both maximum traffic and architectural density. In configuration, it resembles a miniature Times Square, a spatial "bow-tie" created by the geometry of the street intersections.[4] It is a primary shopping district for Bronx residents, and many new Hip-Hop trends can be found in the Hub long before they spread to the rest of New York City and the world. The area is part of Bronx Community Board 1.
The area is served by the Third Avenue–149th Street station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway.
History
The Hub is the oldest major shopping locale in the Bronx.[5] Between 1900 and 1930, the number of Bronx residents increased from 201,000 to 1,265,000. Inhabitants throughout the borough shopped in department stores and boutiques at 149th Street and 3rd Avenue, an area that came to be known in this time as "the Hub". In the 30s the Hub had movie palaces and vaudeville theaters.[6]
The Hub today
A few decades after it became a national symbol of urban decay, the Bronx is now home to a rash of new construction projects that are rebuilding neighborhoods that have seen little new construction in half a century.[7] On March 14, 2006, the mayor and other elected officials took part in the symbolic groundbreaking ceremony for the new “Hub Retail and Office Center.”[8]
After a year and a half of construction, the HUB Retail and Office Center opened in the summer of 2007. Current tenants include Staples, Rite Aid, and Forman Mills, a clothing store opening its first New York store in the Bronx. Upcoming tenants include Nine West and Sleepy's. As a result, the Hub's district is extended to East 156th Street in Melrose.
Its shopping traffic in the Hub generated via foot, car and public transportation. The sidewalks in the Hub are often packed with people. Merchants hawk their wares by calling out to the crowd or passing out small handbills. Music stores offer a wide selection of Latin music, Hip-Hop, Reggae, and Gospel. Craft stores have knitting and sewing supplies. Local clothing stores such as Revolution Boutique compete with major chains like Jimmy Jazz and Foot Locker. The Bronx Hub was Documented By a Teen named Jesus Salcedo named "The Hub of the Future" The Documentary can be seen on www.youtube.com . Also Jesus Salcedo was Interviewed on News 12 the Bronx, Jesus wants to pursue a career in Acting.
2011 New Years Bronx Hub Ball Drop project
On December 31,2009 Jesus Salcedo (Director of "The Hub of the Future) Made a Group Via Facebook Named "The Bronx Hub should have its own Ball Drop" Alredy seventy two people have joined the Group leaving comments, For example Nitza Vera Posted a comment saying "that's right. we should be able to celebrate in our own back yard". Also Jesus Salcedo posted on the Groups wall that he created by saying "We all know that the times are tough... So this project will be set for 2011 and the project will begin in 2010". It is expected that 1,000 people will join The Group. If the Plan works the Bronx Hub will be the only and first area in the Bronx to have its own Ball Drop for New Years Eve. Also it will be the only New Years Ball Drop second to the Times Square New Years ball drop.
Transportation
- Bx2: to Kingsbridge Heights or Third Avenue–138th Street station (via Grand Concourse)
- Bx4: to Westchester Square (via Westchester Avenue)
- Bx15: to Fordham Plaza or Manhattanville (via Third Avenue local)
- Bx19: to New York Botanical Gardens or Riverbank State Park (via 149th Street–Southern Boulevard)
- Bx21: Westchester Square or Third Avenue–138th Street station (via Boston Road)
- Bx32: to VA Hospital or Third Avenue–138th Street station (via Morris-Jerome Avenues)
- Bx41: to Wakefield–241st Street (via Webster Avenue)
- Bx55: to Gun Hill Road (via Third Avenue Limited)
- Third Avenue–149th Street Template:NYCS-bull-smallTemplate:NYCS-bull-small subway Station
The Hub does not today have a nearby Metro-North Railroad station, with the exception of the Melrose Station, a few blocks north at 162nd Street and Park avenue. However in 1902 it was proposed to build a large Grand Union Station near 138th Street[9], half a mile from the Hub, which would have been served by many the railroads entering Manhattan at the time.
References
- ^ The Hub
- ^ Bronx Neighborhood Histories
- ^ Bronx Hub revival gathers steam
- ^ Bronx Hub
- ^ Community Board District 1, The South Bronx. Accessed September 23, 2007.
- ^ A Brief Look at The Bronx, Bronx Historical Society. Accessed September 23, 2007.
- ^ "Now Booming, Not Burning, the Bronx Fears a Downside", The New York Times, March 19, 2006. Accessed September 23, 2007.
- ^ HUB Retail and Office Center, Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at New York University. Accessed September 29, 2007.
- ^ "New Grand Union Station proposed for the Bronx", New York Times, p. 25, 1902-11-02
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