Starlight Park's Future Looking Even Brighter
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May 14, 2017 Your Neighborhood — Your News®
Borough tour of stained glass artifacts POLICE BUST BY PATRICK ROCCHIO Three borough religious sites that are home to historic stained glass windows and mosaics are holding upcoming open houses. Woodlawn Cemetery, St. James Episcopal Church in Ford- ham and Christ Church Riverdale will open their doors on Saturday, DRUG CARTEL May 20 and Sunday, May 21 as part of the New York Landmarks Conservancy’s Sacred Sites Open 14 arrested in federal House Weekend. Over 150 institutions statewide will allow the public to glimpse their artistic treasures over the heroin gang roundup weekend, with the theme of this year’s open houses ‘Stained Glass: BY ARTHUR CUSANO Avenue. Windows on this World and the A Bronx resident was arrested Other defendants would visit the Next.’ and charged with allegedly selling home to pick up the drugs they later “Don’t miss the wonderful op- potent heroin laced with fentanyl sold, according to police. portunity the Conservancy’s Sa- out of his Lurting Avenue home just Walters and Troy Callwood, 45, cred Sites Open House presents to down the road from Westchester of 2714 Gifford Avenue, were charged explore the art, architecture and Square, according to the Bronx Dis- with operating as a major traffi cker, history these religious institu- trict Attorney’s Offi ce. a class A-1 felony. tions offer,” said Peg Breen, NYLC Ramon Walters, 42, worked with They and other defendants also president. 13 co-defendants to have the drugs face various other charges, such as Woodlawn Cemetery, which shipped from Mexico, and then criminal possession of a controlled is home to 1,300 family mausole- mixed and stored at his home at 1517 substance and criminal sale of a con- ums, has many different types Lurting Avenue, off East Tremont Continued on Page 4 of stained glass, including those created by Louis Comfort Tiffany and John LaFarge. “With the Tiffany windows, they range from fl owers to land- Starlight Park’s future scapes,” said Susan Olsen, Wood- lawn Conservancy director of his- torical services, adding “We have lots of interior mosaics at Wood- looking even brighter lawn.” The mosaics and stained glass BY ROBERT WIRSING to be restored,” expressed Claudia windows feature biblical scenes The Bronx River’s newest gem Ibaven, Bronx River Alliance Green- as well as those that were cus- will shine even brighter. way coordinator. tom built and have more of a per- According to Bronx River Alli- The 13-acre park which opened in sonal connection to the deceased ance and NYC Parks, construction 2013 will connect the Greenway al- in terms of what they depict, she Buried Treasure Found will soon begin on restoring Star- lowing park-goers to walk, run and said. light Park as part of the Bronx River bike along the Bronx River, NYC’s Additionally, glass was used in Hundreds of divers enjoyed a fun-fi lled beach adventure at the eighth an- Greenway’s $40 million multi-phase only freshwater river. mosaics of star constellations that nual Orchard Beach Clean-Up and Clam Bake on Sunday, May 7. Divers took restoration project improving the The project will remove aban- frequently adorn the ceilings of to the water to help restore the Long Island Sound and the beach’s natural river’s ecology and providing resi- doned industrial infrastructure on mausolea, said Olsen. beauty. Scuba divers Doreen Doherty and coach Stevan Lynn discovered a dents additional green space and the river’s banks to create more us- A pre-booked tour takes place refrigerator door hidden beneath the Bronx Riviera’s waters. recreational facilities. able space for an overlook, a dog run at Woodlawn on May 20 at 3 p.m. Photo by Miriam Quin “Starlight Park is a ‘missing and some seating areas. 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