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Print Name of Person Submit Image Signature of Person Submit 20 July 1971
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!37he Secretary-General bas as-feed Jhe to acknowledge your kind letter to him dated 15 July, wlib which you sent a copy of tlie June issue of your Bank newspaper covering Bronx Day celebration. He is grateful to you for your in seactiag Mia tfcis pisiilieatioii. With kindl regayagj,
Yours sincerely,
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Mr. Michael J. Gill Vice Presideaat Bankers Trust Coapany 5TO last 1^9tb Street 111 ,+ : Wv' ' <
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MICHAEL J.GILL
VICE PRESIDENT July 15, 1971
Dear Mr. Thant:
Bankers Trust Company was very enthused with the idea of having a Bronx Day, and our enthusiasm turned out to be shared by many citizens of the Bronx community.
We carried a feature article in the June issue of our Bank newspaper, and thought that you might enjoy having a copy.
We look forward to Bronx Day 1972.
Sincerely
Honorable U Thant Secretary General United Nations United Nations Plaza New York, New York 10017 *? ••• i
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Dear President Abrams, I thank you for your kind letter of June 2 regarding the Bronx Day 1971* £t. was ray pleasure and privilege to participate in the festivities so well organized by you, Let me take this opportunity of assuring you of my continued cooperation kith you in your noble task of uniting the community and making life more pleasant for all of us, With best wishes, Yours sincerely,
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ROBERT ABRAMS PRESIDENT June 2, 1971
His Excellency U Thant Secretary General of United Nations United Nations New York, New York 10017 Your Excellency: I would like to thank you for joining us on Bronx Day - 197.1.
Your presence at the Bronx Zoo festivities was an inspiration to all of us who are working to unite the community and to engender a feeling of hope for the future. It was an honor for me to meet you and to have extended greetings to you on behalf of the entire Bronx community. I hope that you will be able to honor us with your presence at similiar events in the future. Very^sincerely,
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at MAY 12,1971
Opening Ceremony 3PM AT BAIRD COURT, BRONX ZOO
INVOCATION Rt. Rev. Msgr. Gustav J. Schultheiss, Co-episcopal Vicar of The Bronx
NATIONAL ANTHEM Maritime College—State University of New York
INTRODUCTION Big Wilson, WNBC Radio
GREETINGS Hon. Robert Abrams, President, Borough of The Bronx
PRESENTATION Axel Dessau, Director, Danish National Tourist Bureau
WELCOMING William G. Conway, Director, New York Zoological Society
PRESENTATION OF HONORARY MEMBERSHIP TO NYZS TO U THANT Robert Goelet, President, New York Zoological Society
REMARKS His Excellency, U Thant, Secretary General, United Nations Dr. Detlev Bronk, President Emeritus, Rockefeller University
CONCLUDING REMARKS Prof. Lloyd Ultan, President, Bronx Day Commission Office of the President City of New York Robert Abrams Borough of The Bronx Bronx County Building Grand Concourse and 161 st Street Bronx, New York 10451 May 6, 1971 Tel. 293-9000
Mr. Donald Thomas Personal Administrative Assistant to the Secretary-General United Nations Room 3800 Grand Central P.O. Box 20 New York, N. Y. 10017
Dear Mr . Thomas : Pursuant to our telephone coversation of today, I am en- closing a map of the Bronx Zoo showing the location of the 3 P.M. ceremony for the People's Festival. I have also marked the Rainey Gate through which I suggest the Secretary- General enter. I am also enclosing a copy of a recent press release describ- ing and outlining the various festivities planned for BRONX DAY, and a leaflet we have distributed in conjunction with BRONX DAY. Also, it is my understanding that Mr. Borough President Abrams' staff will mee Mr. George Pogue at the Rainey Gate at May 12th for the purpose of showing one the physical arrangements for the 3 P.M. ceremony Of course, according to our discussion and prior discussions, His Excellency U Thant is expected to arrive at the Bronx Zoo shortly before 3 P.M. on Wednesday, May 12th to partici- pate in a brief ceremony and a VIP reception at the "People's Festival." Should you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact me at 293-8894 or 293-9000. Thank you for your kind cooperation. , spect
Ethan M. Geto Public Information Officer
EMG:so Enc. The Bronx, No Thonx— Ogden Nash The Bronx, Yes Thonx— ROBERT ABRAMS President, Borough of The Bronx
PARADE Starts at 11 A.M. atTremont Ave. Grand Concourse. Proceeds down the Grand Concourse to 161st Street.
PEOPLE'S FESTIVAL All day at the Bronx Zoo. Free Admission: Art Exhibits, Ethnic Food Stands, Entertainment.
ART Exhibition from the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the rotunda of the Bronx County Building.
CONCERTS Rock—Loew's Paradise Theatre: 7 P.M. & 10:30 P.M. Classical—Bronx High School of Science: 8 P.M. Band & Chorus—EvanderChilds High School: 8 P.M. May 12 SPORTS Boxing Competition and other activities at St. Mary's Park: 5 P.M. to 7 P.M. Sponsored by the Police Athletic League. c!Lf>^5a PICNIC '.,:..i7 "**- ^»
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FOR RELEASE: MONDAY, MAY 10, 1971
ABRAMS ANNOUNCES FINAL DETAILS OF "BRONX DAY'
At a 1 PM press conference in his office at the Bronx County Building, 161st Street & the Grand Concourse, Bronx Borough President Robert Abrams, joined by a cross-section of Bronx community leaders who volunteer on the "Bronx Day Commission," detailed the final arrangements for BRONX DAY, to be held this coming Wednesday, May 12th. Mr. Abrams presented this capsule schedule of events for BRONX DAY
PARADE; 11 AM - 2 PM, starts at Tremont & Concourse and proceeds South to 161st St. & Concourse High!ights; Reviewing Stand at 164th Street & Grand Concourse; His Eminence Terence Cardinal Cooke (who hails from The Bronx) will review the parade from 11:30-12:30; Boro« Pres. Abrams will march at the head of the Parade beginning at 11 AM, just behind the First U.S. Army Band; 36 bands & 40 floats. FESTIVAL: 12 Noon - 7:30 PM, Bronx Zoo — Free Admission /• Highlights; 3 PM Ceremony near Administration Building (see enclosed map), featuring United Nations Secretary-General U Thant (who lives in The Bronx); Mayor Arthur Jacobsen of Roskilde, Denmark, the town where the first settler of The Bronx, Jonas Bronck, was born, will present a gift to the people of The Bronx; Dr. Detlev Bronk, direct descendant of Jonas Bronck; and our Emcee, Big Wilson. Also — free ethnic food, folk and ethnic dances, fascinating industrial exhibits, Bronx artists' exhibit, anti-addiction exhibit. ROCK CONCERT: Two performances, 7 & 10:30 PM Loew's Paradise Theatre. Tickets available at Cousin's Records, 382 East Fordham Road & Stan's Records, 2966 Third Avenue, Bronx (FREE)• CLASSICAL CONCERT: 8 PM - Bronx H.S. of Science Tickets available thru Bronx Council on The Arts (733-2100); performed by the Bronx Chamber Players, Michael Spierman, Conductor. (more) — 2 —
ART EXHIBIT; 9 AM - 5 PM Bronx County Building. 161st St. & Grand Concourse. Exhibit of priceless paintings from the Metro- politan Museum of Art — the first time the Met has brought masterworks to The Bronx.
BOXING COMPETITION: 5-7 PM St. Mary's Park (St. Ann's Ave., 145th- ~~146th Sts.) Boxing in a professional ring, including Golden Gloves contenders.
Borough President Abrams noted that no public funds have been appropriated for any of the various BRONX DAY activities. Several Bronx business concerns, as well as religious, fraternal and civic organiza- tions contributed funds to finance BRONX DAY. Mr. Abrams announced that BRONX DAY will also provide an excel- lent opportunity for voter registration. Registration booths will be set up at the Festival, the Boxing Competition and at the two rock con- certs. The voter drive will emphasize registration of 18-21 year olds, under the auspices of the Bronx Borough President's Youth Commission and Operation New Bronx Voter. Borough President Abrams stated: "It's about time that l| million Bronxites had our own annual holiday. The Bronx is larger than fifteen states in the union; there are only four cities in America larger than the Borough of The Bronx; the population of Boston and San Francisco combined could easily fit into the Borough of The Bronx,' BRONX DAY is an opportunity for all Bronx residents to join together in a common expression of pride in their borough and faith in its future." Joining Mr. Abrams at the press conference were Msgr. Gustav Schultheiss, Co-Episcopal Vicar of The Bronx, Treasurer of the Bronx Day Commission; Mrs. Dolores Magnotta, Chairman of the Festival Committee; Irma Fleck, Director of the Bronx Council on The Arts; Hon. Victor Marrero, Director of the South Bronx Model Cities Program? Professor Lloyd Ultan, President of the Bronx Day Commission and Curator of the Bronx County Historical Society; Edward Ricciuti, Curator of Public Relations,
Bronx Zoo; and Dr. Robert Beecher,' School District #12. MMM###M# A Borough on Jfee Move by Robert A brants. President Borough of The Bronx Desfile — Parade — ' 11:00 - 2:00 P.M. From time to time critics of The Bronx have 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. Grand Concourse: Tremont Avenue characterized our community as the "forgotten Grand Concourse: Tremont Ave. to 161st St. hasta la calle 161 borough." However, due to the growing concern (see page 10 for details) and responsiveness on the. part of-Bronx public officials and the interest of our business com- Festival Del Pueblo — People's Festival— munity and the public at large. The Bronx has 12:00 (mediodia) 7 30 P,M 12:00 Noon to 7:30 P.M. begun to dramatically reverse this unfepresen- Parque Zoologico del Bronx Bronx Zoo: Ethnic food stands, entertainment tative image. As Borough President of The Bronx, 1 Entretenimiento y comidas ' have pledged myself to further enhance the quality (see page 10 for details) Internationales of life in our borough and to strengthen its economy. My administration is being geared to Sports — wage an all-out program of rapid and constructive 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. Oeportes— „ f economic growth. St. Mary's Park: Boxing competition 5:00 P.M. - 7:00 PM " ; In the east Bronx, two adjacent industrial (see page 10 for details) Parque "St. Mary's" competition: de Boxeo parks are about to be constructed. These are the James J. Lyons Industrial Park and the Zerega Rock Concert— Industrial ParK. It is contemplated that the com- Conciertos- Musica Popular— bined operations of both these parks will provide 7:00 P.M. & 10:30 P.M. Loew's Paradise Theatre 7:00 P.M. y 10:30 PM jobs for more than 7,000 persons in The Bronx, Teatro "Loew's Paradise" (see page 10 for details) with an estimated payroll of between $50 and $60 (musica popular "Rock")- million annually. Band & Chorus Concert— 8:00 P.M. Concierto-Banda y Coros — Evander Childs High School 8:00 P.M. (see page 10 for details) En la escuela "Evander Childs High School"
Classical Concert — 8:00 P.M. Conciefto- Musica Clastca— Bronx High School of Science 8:00 P.M. (see page 10 for details) En la escuela "Bronx High School of Science"
Art Show — Exhibition de Arte — 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. 9:00 - 5:00 P.M. Bronx County Building Rotunda Coleccion del Wluseo Metropolitano de Arte en el (see page 10 for details) edificio "Bronx County Building".
To complement this project, a new $67 million The Hunts Point Market will include these (2) Hunts Point Cooperative (Meat) Market, highway interchange is planned for the area, sections: Inc. construction of which has already begun. This new (1) Fulton Fish Market Cooperative Corp. The meat market at Hunts Point will supply interchange is designed to provide the tenants of Because the old Fulton Fish Market is too meat provisions for more than.20,00,000 peopie the industrial parks with easy and rapid access to antiquated to handle the ever-expanding volume of and will cover 37 acres. These facilities will be built the Cross Bronx Expressway, the Hutchinson River consumption and sales, the fish market has leased at a cost of more than $20,000,000. Parkway and the Bruckner Expressway. 38-1/2 acres of the Hunts Point Food Center and (3) New York Fruit Auction Corp. Another section of The Bronx where business will be constructing a processing plant and The Fruit Auction — the principal fruit and economic development is progressing steadily wholesale facilities"1" at'"a cost of more than distributor in the metropolitan area will encompass is the Hunts Point Area. The New York Produce $11,000,000. 15-1/2 acres at a cost of $8,000,000. Also, the Terminal at the Hunts Point Food Center is now With the continued addition of major produce Hunts Point Food Center will include a separate operational. It is the distribution center of fruits & and meat distributors, the 300-acre Hunts Point section for manufacturing corporations. Five vegetables for 30,000,000 residents of the New Market will provide jobs for 10,000 individuals. processing plants will cover 40 acres, and will be York metropolitan area. 7,500 trucks and 8,000' Thirty-five hundred are already actively employed constructed at a cost of $21,500,000. automobiles transport produce and personnel in at the Center. Upon completion, the market will be 1 and out each week. the largest of its kind in the world. (Continued on page 8 ) by Lloyd U lift era President, Brenx Boy Commission
BRONX DAY COMMISSION 1971 Outsiders often consider- The Bronx to be a We need not dwell on'th^ past. 'Our 'present GRAND CONCOURSE ft 161ST STREET rather uninteresting place. institutions are a cause for pri.dfe.Tp.start-v?ith the - BRONX, N. Y. 10491 293-1110-1 No one denies that The Bronx has its share of obvious, we have the New York Yankees; who still problems. But these problems are not unique to have won more World Series than any other team. The Bronx—they are found in every urban area We-host the New York Football Giants. The world- today. Indeed, The Bronx has much to be proud of, famous Bronx Zoo is located here,' as is the New and this no other urban area can match. York Botanical Garden. The Bronx campus of New Look at our heritage. The Bronx boasts a York University houses the Hall of Fame for Great signer of the Declaration of Independence (Lewis Americans (the original Hall of Fame). Morris) and a framer of the Constitution The Bronx is the home of ten colleges and GRAND MARSHAL (Gouverneur Morris). Edgar Allen Poe lived in The universities, a number greater than can be found in ROBERT ABRAMS Bronx and wrote "Annabel Lee" here. Arturo most countries. PRESIDENT, BOROUGH OP THE BRONX Toscanini, the world's greatest orchestra con- Who says The Bronx is dead? Not those who ductor imhistime, chose to live in The Bronx. know the facts! ' ' That is not all. The rotary printing press, The Bronx is a place with an .important OFFICERS considered the greatest advance in printing since heritage and an active civic and cultural..lite. The PROF. LLOYD ULTAN. the invention of moveable type, was invented in the boro throbs with vitality. It is the home" of more President Bronx by a Bronxite, H. R. Hoe. The iron dome of the people than live in Boston or Cleveland or San MRS. FANNY K. CASHER, iCapitol building in Washington was cast in The Francisco. It is a place that should evoke great Secretary Bronx. The first meeting of the United Nations pride. '; - RT. REV. MSGR. GUSTAV J. SCHULTHEISS, Treasurer Security Council took place at Hunter College (now So on Bronx Day, May 12th, let all Bronx Lehman College) in The Bronx. residents lift their heads up high and say, "I'm COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN proud to be a Bronxite!" MR. HARVEY BERISH, N.Y. Knickerbocker Drum & Bugle Corps PARADE MRS. BLANCHE COMRAS The Bronx Council on the Arts CLASSICAL CONCERT MRS. IRMA FLECK The Bronx Council on the Arts PROGRAM MR. STEPHEN FOLKSON Prospect Hospital PUBLICITY MR. MICHAEL J. GILL Bankers Trust Company FUND RAISING MRS. DOLORES MAGNOTTA Editor: Stephen Folkson MR. EDWARD RICCIUTI Designer: N. Y. Zoological Society Vicky Spiegel FESTIVAL Photographer: Eric Fried berg MR. HERBERT SAMUELS Community Planning Board K FINANCE AND BUDGET MRS. WANDA TAYLOR Bureau of Pest Control HOSPITALITY MR. MARK WALSH ROCK CONCERT
HONORARY MARSHALS 9 « » HON. HERMAN BADIU-O HON. MARIO BIAGGI HON. JONATHAN B. BINGHAM Sponsors HON. JAMES H. SCHEUER Robert Abrams HON. ABRAHAM BERNSTEIN A-A Ambulance & Oxygen Service Co., inc. HON. JOHN D. CALANDRA American Bank Note Company HON. JOSEPH L. GALIBER Banco de Ponce HON. ROBERT GARCIA Bankers Trust Company Bronx Community College HON. HARRISON J. GOLDIN New York Football Giants The Bronx Savings Bank HON. ALEXANDER CHANANAU Sachs New York District Council 37 - AFL-CtO HON. BURTON G. HECHT Knickerbocker Federal Savings S 'Loan Association • HON. ALAN HOCHBERG HON. G. OLIVER KOPPELL Mott Haven Truck' Parts; HON. HARRY KRAF Ninth Federal Savings and HON. FERDINAND J. MONDELLO Loan Association of New York City HON. ANTHONY J. MERCORELLA Rotary Club of The Bronx HON. ARMANDO MONTANO HON. LOUIS NINE Washington Heights Federal Savings and HON. SEYMOUR POSNER Loan Association HON. MANUEL RAMOS HON. ANTHONY STELLA The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. Donors HON. MICHAEL DEMARCO Chemical Bank [National Shoes HON. BERTRAM R. GELFAND HON. MARIO MEROLA Dollar Savings Bank of New York ! North Side Savings HON. A. JOSEPH RIBUSTELLO First National City Bank Parkchester Management Corp. HON. AILEEN B. RYAN Grand Union Company Prospect Hospital HON. BARRY SALMAN Hearns Department Stores REK Enterprises HON. MURIEL STROMBERG Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company .Sears, Roebuck and Company HON. BURTON B. ROBERTS HON. LEO LEVY Stella D'Oro Biscuit Company HON. JOSEPH F. PER1CONI P.eiy rv;r :r 1971 Fogg 3
by Bert ©umpe.rt (Reprinted froim The Ironx County Historical Society Journal)
The Yankees had won only two pennants and The Bronx made its own contribution to the In a Stadium boxing ring placed over second ( no World Series until they settled in The Bronx in Yankee success, not the least of whom was Paul base, Al Singer pounded Sammy Mandell into 1923. Since then, they have won 27 pennants and Kritchell, their chief scout. "Kritch," as we knew submission in one minute and 32 seconds of .the 20 World Series, a record- far beyond challenge. him, was born in The Bronx, lived here all his life first round to bring the lightweight championship In the seat I occupied for so many years in the and brought many of the game's top stars into the of the world to The Bronx. Singer held the title for Stadium press box, I saw the majestic figure of fold. "Fordham Johnny" Murphy made relief pit- only a few months, being himself kayoed in one George Herman Ruth, the grea'test.ball player that ching an art. Buddy Hassett spent some years minute six seconds by Tony Canzoneri. ever lived He was the idol of fans from coast to travelling between Rochambeau Avenue and Another Bronxite, Tami Mauriello, seemed to coast He was paid a higher salary than the Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, but wound up making the have the gem of them all - the heavyweight crown - President of the United States. Bpysjiving in small shorter trip to the Stadium. George Stirnweiss, within his reach when he battered the great Joe .towns who never saw him play could describe every another Bronxite to play for the Yanks, won the Louis into the ropes of the Stadium ring the night of _facet of his career. American League batting championship in 1944. September 18, 1940. But Louis got off the ropes I watched the tall, bulky figure, perched on Not all Bronx major leaguers were Yankees. and quickly dispatched Mauriello, all in the first ridiculously spindly legs, bat held high, menacing Other clubs had some, too. Greatest of these were round. the pitcher, then swinging the bat 'in a mightly arc Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Tigers and Frank The most sensational first round I ever saw at that drove the ball into the distant right field seats. Frisch of the Giants and St. Louis Cardinals. Both the Stadium, or anywhere else for that matter, was are enshrined in baseball's Hall of Fame in on June 22,1938. Louis was again the prime figure. Cooperstown, N.Y. His opponent was Max Schmeling, who had 1 Another sport played there is football. The knocked Louis out two years earlier, almost to the annual "Battle of The Bronx" between the Violets day. of N.Y.U. and the Fordham Rams and the Army- Notre Dame games thrilled many a Stadium crowd.
•.'' - Other giaritSi "too,", wore the pin stripes of the great "Bronx. Bombers.". Lou Gehrig, second, only to the; Babe,:.was a feared figure to competitors; ; Joe.E)iMaggi6, the epitome of grace and power both •at bat and afield; Bill Dickey, superb among cat- chers, .spanned.the era from Ruth to DiMag. Other names.—Charley Ruffing, Lefty Gomez, Red Rolfe, • Phil Rizzuto,' Joe Gordon, Tony Lazzeri, Earle i Combs - brought baseball glory to The Bronx. Normally a cool, calculating counterpuncher, Lou is became a roaring tiger that night. He tore out of his corner, pounded the German with paralyzing blows, and almost knocked him into my lap before the fight stopped. Never have I seen a better by Michael J. 63B! fighter than Louis was that night. There is a running track in Yankee Stadium, Geography has played a key role in the history Penn Central commuter has spent too much time but it is rarely used as such. I saw only one track of mankind and, indeed, continues to affect the sidelined at Mott Haven or Morrisania; however, meet there. shape of current events. Locally, geography has such sidelining is only ephemeral. For 500;000 There were other events, too, in the Stadium - been of pararnont importance in defining the residents of the South Bronx it is eternity. box lacrosse, which never did catch the public " direction of our urban society. So we as a Borough are uniquely located in the fancy; motorcycle racing, which similarly met an The ultimate in-urbanization is Megalopolis — middle of the present action and will be the loculus early demise. Away from the world of sport, His "that great city that planners see extending from of Megalopolis, but we have a lot of ills — lack of Holiness, Pope Paul, received the homage of "Washington, D.C: to Boston by the year 2000. adequate housing, unemployment and under- 90,000 of the faithful; Jehovah's Witnesses drew Precisely in the linear center of the planned great employment—just to name a few. In fact, we several hundred thousand for a week long con- city is The Bronx, most especially the South Bronx. might well make a medical analogy to our con- vention and surprised many of us with the If Megalopolis might describe the "great city," dition: Tympanitis—inflamation of the middle remarkable efficiency of their operation; Hopalong Necropolis might well describe its geographic ear — should be added to the lexicon of urban Cassidy, white hat and all, brought his circus there. center— the South Bronx. studies, and there is no more severe a case of * * * > On a less grand-scale, The Bronx and especially "Urban Tympanitis" than in the South Bronx. We are now relieved to know that the Stadium the South Bronx contrast sharply with surrounding Just as an ear ache must be cured if the .communities to the south is the splendor of the sufferer is to function, so, too, must conditions in Manhattan skyline — symbol of our highly in- •.the South Bronx be radically upgraded if BRONX DAY will perhaps be a further catalyst, ,dustrialized society. To the north we find West- Megalopolis is to become a reality. Signs of cure are and from it will hopefully come great synergism. Chester and Rockland Counties, with their world- proliferating, and the banking community is as The ingredients for a turnabout in the social and wide reputations as affluent residential com- concerned with the survival of The Bronx as is any economic problems of urban lifeare increasing. The munities. citizen. Moreover, positive steps have been and are lack of congressional enthusiasm for the SST might Ironically enough, both the fully extended being taken. Other articles in this com- well foretell of greater Federal and State concern '""Metrbliner" of Megalopolis and the car pool and memorative newspaper describe progress to for the IRT. Penn Central commuters from the north must pass date. Clearly, Megalopolis can not be realized with "through The Bronx. Too frequently, in fact, the the presence of Necropolis. P-oge-4
ProS. William €. Woolfson The Bronx, officially called "The Borotigh of Universities," is justly proud of the institutions-of higher education found within its boundaries. Nine colleges and universities are located here. They are, listed alphabetically: City University of New York Bronx Community College founded 1961 Eugenia Maria de Hostos Community College founded 1968 Herbert H. Lehman College (formerly Hunter) founded 1931 College of Mount Saint Vincent founded 1847 Fordham University founded 1841 Manhattan College founded 1853 New York University founded 1832 State University of New York Maritime College founded 1874 Yeshiva University .Albert Einstein Coll. of Medicine founded 1948 New York University, the first university.. founded in New York City, was located in Washington Square. The liberal arts branch was moved to The Bronx in 1894. The open-air colonnade of the magnificent Gould .Memorial Library, designed by Stanford White; ;houses'the world renowned Hall of Fame of Great Americans. Lehman College separated "from Hunter College in 1969. It is a four-year liberal arts college with a reputation for excellence. Manhattan College makes an attractive contribution to The Bronx .skyline with its illuminated chapel cupola. Mount Saint Vincent has the most beautiful campus of any-'.irr -The Bronx,.. Founded as an Academy by the Sisters of Charity of New York, it expanded into a four year liberal arts college keenly interested in urban education and the community. The Einstein College of Medicine is located in the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center complex that includes its own hospital, Jacobi, Van Etten, and Bronx State Hospitals as well as the Nursing School and Residence Hall of Bronx Community College. Fordham, the first university to officially open The Bronx, has served and continues to serve The Bronx, the City, and the nation by providing a liberal arts as' well as a number of professional curricula. Its contributions in law, education, government, business, social work and the arts are universally acknolwedged. It is deeply involved in today's pressing urban problems. The New York State University Maritime College, dramatically located on a promontory "Operation Second "Chance" was the forerunner of trains its students for the multitudinous duties associated with ships and the sea. A training ship takes its crew into foreign ports each summer; its reputation insures its graduates ,of ready,, ac- ceptance as officers in the maritime field. Meets Every Tuesday Bronx Community College enjoys a reputatio'n- for innovation and change. Its. experimental. ".Operation Second Chance" was:the.for.e.runnverof . the "College Discovery" and "Seek" prograrns,and last 233 St. & BtroBDx Hiv@r Parkway paved the way for -Open. Enrollment in The City University. It is still pioneering in the field of community involvement and wi|l conltinui?,to ex-- pand its services to all the people-nf the jbprough for which it is named. '..'" ' . •'•'•'•-"..- Haroid F. Conley Jack Goidenkranz, The newest addition to the college'communit'y is Hostos Community College. It has dedicated President-! leet President itself to the paramedical field and is experimenting with the modular method of education, a program that might well revolutionize learning programs. Taken together, our institutions of higher education, with over 50,000 students, are playing a most important part in the life of our borough. VICTOR GOTBAUM Executive Director
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fey VIneenf Austin The Bronx Council on the Arts, named by "Five Museums Come to.Fordham" exhibit at Borough President Robert Abrams as the official Fordham University, a sculpture exhibit on the Bronx cultural advisory agency, is the largest and Lehman College Campus, and it cooperated with fastest growing organization of its kind in New York the Metropolitan Museum of Art for one of the City. largest "Open House" programs in the Museum's Now numbering more than 1,000 members, history. most of whom are not artists or performers, the In cooperation with the Council and the Bronx Council on the Arts provides a bridge for the Borough President, the Metropolitan Museum of public to reach and enjoy expanding cultural op- Art is providing a major show in the Rotunda of the portunities in The Bronx. Bronx County Building marking BRONX DAY. In four short years of full-time activity, the One of the most exciting new programs of the Council already has an impressive list of credits in Council is its College-Community Cultural Project, art and sculpture exhibits, opera performances, utilizing college students to teach and conduct concerts, summer entertainment tours and a. creative arts workshops in various Bronx com- The Council also plans to participate in the unique college-community cultural project. munity centers. With seven participating colleges, publication of a tourist guide and history of The The voice of the Council is "The Bronx Ban- thestudents receivefield workcredit wh ile providing Bronx in cooperation with the Bronx Board of ner," a monthly newsletter which lists cultural vital cultural opportunities to center members. Tradeand Chamber of Commerce. It plans a mobile events and reports on the cultural scene. Sub- Another important'phase of Council activity is museum and satellite cultural -centers. scriptions are available for. $2 per year (free to the operation of its own Gallery at its headquar-, Gerald Klot is Chairman of the Council, Prof. • William C. Woolfson is Vice.Chairman. Mrs. Irma L. dues-paying Council members). ters, 57 East 184th Street, which provides Fleck is the Executive Director. . , A major goal of the Council is the establishment exhibition space for individuals and groups. of a Museum of Art in The Bronx. This effort is Chairman of the major committees are. Dr. Sol already a partial success with the introduction of As an adjunct to the Gallery, a special Shaviro, Museum; Mrs. Blanche Comras, Per- legislation in the New York City Council and Board "Collector's Corner" will be set up in which a slide forming Arts; Mrs. Ethel Bramson, Gallery; Prof.. of Estimate to convert the Rotunda of the Bronx film catalogue of paintings by significant artists will Vede Rosenheck, "The Bronx Banner"; Mrs. Fanny County Building into an exhibition gallery. be 'maintained for public use. This will provide a Casher, Visual Arts; Ruth Lisa Schechter, Among the Council's major efforts in the fine showplace for the artists as well asa source for the Poetry/Literature; Jack L. Walker, Businessmen arts has been its annual showcase of the Visual public to buy legitimate art at reasonable prices. 'On the Arts; and Dr. Elizabeth Jacobs, College Arts which begins its fifth year this November in the The Council also sponsors a Poetry/Literature Liaison. County Building Rotunda. More than 300 works of Workshop which meets monthly; it helps support Mrs. Margaret Hinkson is Performing Arts art by 200 artists are displayed for a three-week an experimental theater, the' Bronx Opera Com- Director; Mrs. Mary Jane Hanzlik is College- period. pany and sponsors touring summer entertainment Community Coordinator and Walfredo Toscanini.is:. The Council also sponsored the renowned programs. Architectural Advisor.
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The Bronx has a museum! It's the Museum of • A variety of prints, lithographs and - The Museum is maintained by the Bronx Bronx History, located in the' pre-Revolutionary photpgraphs preserve forever the old neigh- County Historical Society and is open to the public Walen.tine-Varian House,'Bainbridge Avenue and borhoods as they used to look. A visitor can witness on Sundays from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Adult admission East 208th Street Morrisania in 1863, Highbridge in 1905, the Grand is only 25 cents and children under 16 must be :A Visit tothe Museum is a trip to wonderland. Concourse under construction in!909, or Hunts accompanied by an adult, admission free. Thereare exhibits tracing the history of The Bronx Point, Throgs Neck, Riverdale and countless other Subway riders can reach the Museum by from prehistoric times to the present communities of the old Bronx. taking the IND "D" train to 205th Street., or the The oldest item on display is part of a 3,000 On view also are photographs of The Bronx's IRT Woodlawn-Jerome line to Mosholu Parkway. It year-old ch.erry tree from a sunken forest lying off little-known monorail built in 1909. Advertised as a is a short walk from both stations. 'the,'coast of. the East Brjbnx; indicating that a big mile-a-minute mode of transportation, it collapsed, The Museum receives no city funds, and the part.of.the borough has. sunk into-the sea. injuring many people, on its first trip. The coach low admission fee merely pays for the electric bill. .Numerous .artifacts - from:. Indian times, in- was patched up, the rail repaired, and the rides All other costs are absorbed by the Bronx County - cluding arrowheads, spears, stone ornaments and resumed, but with a restricted speed of 15 miles ah Historical Society. tools illustrate the Stone Age culture in this area. ' hour. You can contribute to the support of the :A,:ferriale-Indian skull-excavated from a. site at Museum by becoming a member of the Society. Broadway and 230th Street completes the Annual dues are only $5 and may be sent to Bronx collection. County Historical Society, 3266 Bainbridge Elsewhere, cannon shot, bayonets, lance butts, Bronx, N.Y. 10467. .shovels, .fishing spears, regimental buttons and Members receive the semi-annual "Bronx rum bottles, unearthed near N.Y.U.'s Hall of Fame, County Historical Society Journal." notices of free reveal the dramatic events of the Revolutionary historical programs at the monthly meetings, War in The Bronx. personal invitations to the Society's free historical The most rare items are a collection of military walking tours, and more. :.rna,ps-by. Clafjde Joseph Sauthier of the British The Bronx County Historical Society opened Occupation Forces, which presents to the viewers the Museum of Bronx History in 1968. Oldtimers the elements: involved in Bronx military maneuvers and youngsters stare in wonderment at the - during the Revolution exhibits. The scenes bring back memories to the Yellowed maps of 1867 also line a- wall : senior citizens, while the youngsters often express recalling old village names, including Monterey, disbelief that their neighborhood could have ever Belmont, Melrose, Olinville.and Fairmount. looked so different than it does today.
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adjacent to Lehman College at a cost of $100 first municipal all-weather skating rink in The million. Bronx is now in operation in Mullaly Park. -^ (Continued from page 1) —Three new hospitals providing ap- —The rehabilitation of parks in every section Studies are under way to spark the - proximately 2,000 beds — the new Lincoln, For- is proceeding at a cost of nearly $6 million. Crotona revitalization of commercial and residential • dham and North Central Bronx Hospitals — are in Park, Franz Sigel & Joyce Kilmer Parks, Frisch properties in the vicinity of Fordham Road and the varying stages of development. The total cost of Field, Bronx Park East, Poe Cottage, Devoe Park, Grand Concourse. Negotiations are now under way these hospitals, to be built by the State Health and St. Mary's Park, and Echo Park will be either for the construction of two new private office Mental Hygiene Facilities Improvement Corp., will rehabilitated or substantially'reconstructed and buildings which will make available much needed be-in excess'of $500,000,000. modernized. Harris Field and Pelham Bay Park will office space for professionals and businesses — Development of a significant number of be rehabilitated, including the installation of ball desiring to locate in this section of the borough. new Neighborhood Famiiy Health Care Centers at a field lighting. St. James Park will have a new An attack on the housing problem is being cost in excess of $35 million. This includes centers Golden Age Center at a cost of $1,0001000. already under construction for Mott Haven (St. initiated under the auspices of a number of low, —Eight new Community Centers with indoor moderate and middle-income housing programs. Francis) and Morrisania, and new health centers for Hunts Point (Longwood), Soundview- pools will be built at a cost of about $13 million The Bronx Park South, Bronxchester, Melrose, These recreational and meeting facilities will be Twin Parks East & Twin Parks West urban renewal Westchester and East Tremont-Crotona. Also, the Neighborhood Family Care Center at the Bronx serving .the following communities: Southeast projects and the South Bronx Model Cities Bronx, Kingsbridge, Northeast Bronx, Pelham Program (Wlott Haven, Phase I, Simpson Street) River Houses is to be'renovated. —A site has been selected for Eugenio Maria - Parkway, Central Bronx, Concourse-Fordham, will provide more than 12,000 new low-and Tremont-Morrisania and South Bronx. moderate-income apartment units in the near de Hostos Community College over the air rights future. Also, the Urban Development Corp. of the of the Penn Central tracks in the vicinity of 149th Finally, some hopes and aspirations for The State of New York is planning to build new housing Street. This school will be associated with the new Bronx: along the Harlem River: a 1,655-unit housing Lincoln Hospital and will' train critically needed —Demolition of the Third Avenue El and the development will be complemented by a number of medical technicians. substitution of the. Penn Central tracks for mass State parks with recreation facilities. Ten percent —Eight new high schools to accommodate transit service. of this housing is earmarked for senior citizens, 30,000 pupils are being developed. The first was —Construction of a monorail system linking 20% for low-income families and 70% for middle- opened in 1970 and all will be open by 1974-75. Co-Op City and Manhattan. If successful, monorail income tenants. —The first Occupational Training Center in service may be instituted to connect the East and Several large middle-income housing The Bronx will be built to give vocational training to West Bronx on.a single-fare basis. developments are presently under construction mentally retarded young people. —Establishment of the Bronx Museum of the throughout The Bronx, including Lafayette —Express bus runs to midtown Manhattan Arts—a major New York Cultural institution. Bonyton, Riverview, Tracy Towers, Tilden Towers already servicing Riverdale, Parkchester, Co-Op —Development of our 54 miles of waterfront #2, Janel Towers, Highbridge House & Park Lane City and Pelham Parkway, will be extended to many acreage — restaurants, marinas, parks and Apartments. These new, quality housing units will other sections of the Bronx. A new express line housing can be developed on this land. accommodate thousands of middle-income servicing the Amalgamated Houses — Fordham Cooperative and affirmative action from all families. Hill area will start this summer. segments of the Bronx community is essential if we These other significant plans and programs —Several major new swimming pools were are to realize these great and ambitious objectives: are currently in the works: opened this past summer in Van Cortlandt, Mullaly I look forward to working closely with all Bronx —Construction of a new, modern, 4,500- and Haffen Parks. Another one is planned for residents over the, next four .year.s.tq^drarnatical/y. student campus for Bronx Community College Rosedale and Watson Avenues this summer. The boost the quality of life in our'borough.
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by Roger M. Davis
If our Environment continues to deteriorate at the current frightening pace, many scientists estimate that we may see only 28'more BRONX DAYS! ' ' Approximately two-thirds of the City's solid "waste, some 6,000,000 tons, is disposed of through - five sanitary landfills, of which Pelham Bay Park is one.The park is a bad site for dumping because it is a : salt marsh as well as a bird sanctuary. Sanitary ;..landfills in salt marshes are disastrous both. • because of the leading effect of w.ater runoff-and ' the intrinsic, value of the marsh being obliterated. Salt marshes produce more usable protein than the richest, most,.heavily fertilized commercial-farm jand Today Pelham Bay Park contairis 2,ll:7;acres of parkland, most of it covered with concrete pafjhs and picnic tables In previous years it had been a favorite retreat for birds and other wildlife;
Van Cortlandt Park, also endangered, can be saved through public pressure: the only way most of our-ecological problems will.be solved. Tibbetts Brook in the Park is highly polluted by raw sewage from construction sites. The eritire Park is criss- crossed by expressways and is surrounded by hjghly populated residential areas. The Bronx River, the only major river in The Bronx, appears to the eye to be more of a stream. It is so badly polluted that nothing at all lives in the river. It has become a sewer and depot for private dumping. The temperature of the river in some ; places rises 6-8 degrees above the normal tem- ' p'erature. The pollution of the river has its origins in 'our'neighbor Westchester County. The factories in 'Westchester pollute the river with raw sewage. EvenVif'the City was to adopt strict regulations on polluting-of streams and rivers, the law would hold. n6 water in Westchester County. The river finally dies as' it enters the South Bronx where many ' factories.deposit their garbage. Environment also means better housing. The elimination of, lead .poisoning of children and solving the rat problem are. two of our.key ob- jectives. BRONX DAY is a day. of pride and celebration for Bronxites. We must however, have something to be proud of and to celebrate. I am afraid if we don't start to conserve our resources, and maintain the delicate ecological balance of life, we will only encounter devastation inthe year 2000;; Additional information may be obtained from the groups below: The Bronx Environmental Society The Bronx Council for Environmental Quality M BROOK 149th SMI £ THIRD flVfllUE The Parks Council ; Wave Hill Center for Environmental Study -Bronx-Day ;May_ 12,; 1971
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A-A Ambulance Service ABC Citizens Action Group ASPIRA American Patrol Corps
Boy Scout Troop 114 Bronx State Hospital Bridgefield Civic League 3'nai B'rith Boy Scouts of America (Troop 305) Band and Bronxivood Advisor/ Council Chorus Bronx Citizens for Peace Concert Brons Council of Emma Lazarus (see below) Bronx Coalition Bronx Model Cities Bronx Civil Air Patrol Classical' BronK House Concert Bronx County Historical Society Program Bronx YWIHA Faure Bronx Botanical Gardens Pavane.op. 50 Brorre Community College Mozart Bronx March of Dimes Violin Concerto Peoples Fest No. 4 (see page 20 Communities, Opportunities Foundation Corelli for details) Civil War Memorial Committee "Christmas" Children's Circle Planning Concerto Community Voices Wagner Con Edison A Siegfried Idyll Citizens Committee of P.S. 63X (original idyll) Claremont Neighborhood Center e Christ Temple Child Care Center The Bronx Chamber Players Davidson Avenue Community Center Michael Spierman, District Council 37, AFSCME, AFL-CIO Conductor Department of Health-Bureau of Pest Control Sander Strenger, Violinist Emerald Society-New York City Fire Department East Side House Settlement
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Girl Scout Council of greater New York Girl Scout Troop 1208 Gamma Sigma Sigma-Sorority
Hai-bsrt H. Lehman College Highbridge Advisory Committee Highbridge Gardens Tenants Association Home Owners Assocation of Eastcnester Bay Hunts Point Community Corporation Hunts Point F.lultt Service Center Bronx Borough Wide Bronx Borough ' Hunts Point Citizens Action Group Concert Program 1971 Bronx Borough Wide Junior High School Orchestra: High School Ch( The Star Spangled Banner Spinnin Wheel international Youth Expo Bronx Borough Wide Junior Cornelius Festival March Bronx Borough Wide Junior High School Band: II Re Pastore Aris Kiwanis CluSj-N.E. BrotK High School Chorus: Requiem For Eis Aiona Fanfare and Scenario Knickerbocker Cadet Drum £ Bugle Corps. Schubert Suite Bridge Over In Monte Oliveti Selections from "Hair" March Heroique African Drum Call Lincoln Community Mental Health Services Am Meer Pe^ce on Ea Local 1199-AFL-Cio A Girl's Garden Egmont Overture Ballet Music from "Rosamunde" Lincoln Hospital The Pasture Kiddush Local 420, D.C. 37 Black Is The Color of My EisiAiona Local 372 True Love's Hair Hopak Afro-Blooo ,,. ,„ From "Fair at Sorochinsk" Miss Five Boroughs Mobile Office of Congressman Jonathan Bingliam Mobile Oilrce at Congressman Mario Biaggi Planning Association of Bronx Lutheran Churches Mobile Office of Congressman James H. Scheuer National Council of Jewish Women-Bronx Section Project Peace Mayor's Urban Task Force National Association of Puerto Rican Affairs Pelham Parkway Citizens Council monterey Community Association New York Telephone Company Peace Committee of Co-op City Mt. Eden Pathfinder Club Naval Cadets and Training Corp. Police Athletic League . Morris Avenue Community Association NEBCO Pilgrim United Church of Christ Morrisania Community Corporation Para-Professionals of C.S. 92 Wfott Has/en Public Library Old Timers Association ofthe Bronx Puerto Rican Day Parade Bfons Day Page 11
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Jane Addams Vocational High School DeWitt Clinton High School Evander Childs High School Alfred E. Smith High School Samuel Gompers Vocational Tech. High School Morris High School Adlai E. Stevenson High School Rock Concert Theodore Roosevelt High School William Howard Taft High School The Rock William Howard Taft High School Annex Concert will be Aquinas High School held at Loew's Blessed Sacrament School Paradise Thea- St. Benedict's School tre at 7:00 P.M. Cardinal Hayes High School and again at St. Augustine. 10:30 P.M. Macombs J.H.S. Creative Talent St. Peter and Paul Associates has St. Raymond's Rectory arranged for Walton High School Bronx talent to Community School District S3 perform free of Community School Districtt'9 charge. Per- Community School District (US formances will be given by Spyder Turner, Bob Horan, The Dillard Broth- ers, Ox, and a P.S. 2 P.S. 62X Sports Com- number of other P.S. 4 P.S. 65X . petition acts. P.S. 5 P.S. 70 S. 6 P.S. 71X The boxing P.S. 11 J - 82 competition P.S. 14 P.S. 90 sponsored by P.S. 19 C.S. 92 the Police P.S. 20 J H S98 Athletic League J - 22 J 101X 'will feature 10 P.S. 28 C.S. 102 bouts for all P.S. 29 P.S. 104 three classes: S.P.S. 31 P.S. 110 sub-novice, nov- P.S. 34 J H S 113 ice, and open. P.S. 40X J 117 This contest is P.S. 43 J H S 120X part of an C.S.J - 44 J H S 123 elimination C.S. 47 !. S. 131X tournament P.S. 48 P 132 which will C.S. 50 JHS 133 culminate with PS. 53 JHS 134 a 16 bout final P.S. 54 JHS 136 at Sunnyside C.S. 57 JHS 138 Garden on May P.S. 58 P.S. 146 ix Borough Wide. Junior' 27, 1971 at 8 P.S. 60 I.S. 148 I School Chorus: p.m. Free P.S. 61 JHS 149 inmn Wheel tickets for the P.S. 66 I.S. 155 Finale - Combined Chorus finals can be C.S. 67 Bilingual School C.S. 211 and Orchestra: obtained by quiem For the Masses . Achieved is the Glorious writing to Mr. idge Over Troubled Work from "Ihe Creation" Kenneth Kay, Waters Police Athletic (We have tried to list all of the participants. If you ace on Earth - Jazz League, 34 East find that your group has been omitted, please Prayer 12th Street, blame our printing deadline.) Wush New York Aiona 10003.
Riverbay Community Volunteer Ambulance Corp. Tried Stone Baptist Church Tenants Council H10 State University of New York - Maritime College Thru-Way Home Owners Association St. John's Headstart Thessaionjca Baptist Church South Bronx Community Corporation Third Avenue Steel Band . South Bronx Council for Senior Citizens South Bronx Community Organization United States Post Office - Bronx Postmaster St. Raymond's Academy Fife & Drum Corps. . Salvation Army Visiting Nurse Service of New York 12, 1971
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; Paintings from the Metropolitan was: ,organized by Jatnes Pilgrim, Associate Curator of "'- American Paintings and • Sculpture at 'the Metropolitan Museum, and Irvine MacManus of the Museum's Departmentpf Community Programs, in... consuftaticih'with Everett Fahy, Curator in Charge, European Paintings, Henry Geldzahler, Curator, Twentieth" Century Art< and John K Howat, Curator, American Paintings and Sculpture Irma L Fleck, Executive Director of the Bronx Council on the Arts, and Fanny Casher and Sol Shaviro, me'mbers of the Councils Executive Board, were- mstrumental in choosing the works to be placed on exhibition 14 CONVENIENT BANKING OFFICES IN THE BRONX , :;The task of converting the 98' long - 68' wide 149TH STREET OFFICE 369 East 149th St., near Third Ave.; THEMONT AVENUE East Tremont Ave. al 'Rotunda of the County Building inta.a .museum was Washington Ave.; WILLIAMSBHIDGE White Plains Rd. at 220th Street; WESTCHESTEB SQUABE 35 .a'ccpmplished by Stuart Silvery-' head of the Westchester Sq.; SOUND VIEW Westchester Ave. at Morrison Ave.; PAEKCHESTER 11 Hugh I. Giant Metropolitan Museum's Design Department,. in Circle; WASHINGTON BRIDGE Ogden Ave. at University Ave.; PEIHAM BAY 3217 Westchester Ave. consultation with WalfredoToscanini, Architectural at Continental Ave.; THHOGGS NECK 3528 East Tremont Ave. near Bruckner Blvd.; HIVERDALE 5560 Adviser to the Council. The paintings will be hung Broadway near 231st St.; MOTT HAVEN 137th St. at Third Ave.; WAKEFIELD 725 East 233rd )3t. near on panels installed between the marble columns of White Plains Rd.; 170TH ST. 121 East 170th St.; FORDHAM Fordham Rd. at Jerome Ave. the rotunda. :
Commenting uponrthe exhibition, Thomas P. F. Moving Director of the Metropolitan Museum, said, The exhibition at the Bronx County Building is the Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation beginning of the realization of two earnestly sought-after goals: that of the Metropolitan to extend further its reach throughout the City of New York and that of The Bronx..,CouncII:on the Arts to bring cultural events :0f Jth'e'h.igh.estrquality to its own home ground, the Mtiseum iould'accomplish th is on ly with the .coop erotic*! :bf :aMoca I :grou p, that • can support.its ideals-!*!itift;sr)ipQtJT^br;gamzatfog_. and'a suitable exhibitiQn''s1:l:^^lhh^s'ibefeh.;jusf-this: kind of mutual effort whichi:forms''avsoiid'basiyif6r joint programs in the future." The .Metropolitan Museum .is 'assuming the cost of design, display, installation and guar- The Bronx Day Commission would like to thank Ft«. Rev. itegr. Gustav J. Sclmltheiss for his selfless diarjship while the exhibition is on view in The contributions o! time, effort! and funds. Bronx The BCA has organized visits by school groups to the exhibition and will offer tours in English and Spanish as well as staff an information desk The Museum has prepared a poster and catalog for the exhibition in both Spanish and .w.iJK.be; distributed. free...,of;. charge*" ' Pay MAY 12,-J,9n
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine 7 District Council N37 32 New York Telephone Co. 39. American Cancer Society 23 Ed Lipton-FolKsinger 10 New York University Dental College 32 American Jewish Congress 33 Environmental Action Committee—Co-op City 29 Noel Smith Indians § American Red Cross 23 Environmental Protection Administration 1 Odyssey House . . 24 Boy Scouts of America 31 Federation Employment Guidance Service 9 Parkside Day Center 22 Parkway Photographers 21 Bronx Borough President's Youth Advisqry Commission 39 Fordham Hospital S in conjunction with Operation Fordham Methadone Maintenance Program 6 Pepsi-Cola 3 New Bronx Voter Fordham University 14 Planning Board of Bronx Lutheran Churches - 43 Bronx Civil Air Patrol 8 Girl Scouts Council of Greater New York 31 Planters Peanuts 28 Bronx Community College 44 Good-a Cola 34 Plumrose Incorporated 27 BronxCouncilofB'naiBrith 40 Goya Foods 34 Puerto Rican Oratorial Society 2 Bronx Council on the Arts 45 Hunts Point Citizens Action Services 4 P.S. 43 44 Bronx Environmental Society H Hunts Point Community Corporation 3 P.S.'92 44 Bronx Foundation for Senior Citizens Hunts Point Multi Service Center 3 P.S. 102 10 Bronx House 26 Ringers Dugchocs Inc. - 2,7 Inward 10 Bronx Municipal Hospital Center 4 Irish Booth-Irish Echo 27 Rumsof Puerto Rico "4. BronxOfficefortheAging 34&H Italian Booth 44 F & M Schaefer Brewing Co. 32 Bronx State Hospital 9 Italian Line 44 School District^ ' - 18 Bronx YM-YWHA 9 J.H.S. 133 2 School District^ 44 Candy and Bingo & Co. J.H.S.149(E.D.CIarKJ.H.S.) 7 School Districtffll '••••;. Castle Hill Community . 5 ' Kijafa Cherry Wine 27 School District *12 10 Children's Circle Planning Corporation 23 Lehman College 18 S.P.S.31 36 Coca Cola (Dr. Pepper) K Maritime College X Services Through Organized People 24 Construction for Progress Simpson Street Development Association '18 MedagliaD'Oro 37 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 4 Monterey Community Association 17 South Bronx Council For Senior Citizens '42 Con Edison 32 Mt. Eden Pathfinder Club 43 South Bronx Music Work Shop 26 Danish Booth 27 Morrisania Community Corporation 5 Stella D'Oro - . 37; Day top—Drug Rehabilitation Center 12 United Fruit Company 3 Nature Amalgamated Houses 20 Department of Consumer Affairs 16 US. Post Office . •" v, Department of Health, Bronx Office 41 New York City Commission on Human Rights 30 New York Fire Department Visiting "Nurse'Service of New York . .42 Department of Health, Pest Control Bureau of P.C. 29 28 Wave Hill Center tor Environmental Studies 24 New York Football Giants Department of Health, Bureau of Veneral Disease 9 G Westchester-Bronx Branch YMCA , .9 Department of Social Services 11 New YorK Police Department 16 Wurlitzer Company . 2 District Council H37: AFL-CIO 32 New York Public Library 38 Youth Opportunity Center 25 PU 211 SG USA MY
April 1971
Dear President Abrains# Thank you for your kind letter of 30 March informing me of the programme for Bronx Bay, Wednesday 12 May, I already have a firm eoffljaitment for luncheon that day and this would preclude me from joining.you at the parade reviewing stand at approximately 12 noon* However, X hope to be able to join you at the formal opening of the J?eoplers Festival at the Bronx Zoo at approximately 3 _P;m»that_dtey, I sincerely trust that there will be no last minute crisis which shall prevent me from being with you on this occasion. With kindest regards, Yours sincerely,
Kr. Robert Abraias President of the Borough of the Bronx Bronx County Building Bronx, N.TT.
cc: Mr. Karasimhan Mr. Lemieux _-- °N
MAR 31197? PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX BRONX COUNTY BUILDIN
BRONX, N. Y. IO45lp[ ! i ROBERT ABRAMS PRESIDENT
March 30, 1971
His Excellency U Thant Secretary General United Nations United Nations Plaza New York, N.Y. 10017
Dear Secretary General:
I am writing to confirm preliminary details for your participation in the Bronx Day celebration on Wednesday, May 12, 1971.
I would be delighted if you could join me at^jihe^garade T&feSSto&J&aaA-at^^^ (The re"view- ing stand will be located on the corner of East 164th Street and the Grand Concourse). Specific parking arrangements will be forwarded to your office. In addition, I am hopeful that you will be able to join me in proceeding to the Bronx Zoo ftfr the formal opening of the PeopleI,.s...EestaLval..,.at a^proximat'ely"'3~TP".Mr""At""th~at time I hope I will be able to call upon you to make some brief remarks. (My office will forward to you the specific Festival program). I appreciate very much your willingness to take time out from your busy schedule to attend these events. If your office has any further" questions they may contact my Assistant Edward Perlmutter at CY 3-9000.
Verv sincerely,
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PARADE Starts at 11 A.M. at Tremont Ave. & Grand Concourse. Proceeds down the Grand Concourse to 161st Street. PEOPLE'S FESTIVAL All day at the Bronx Zoo. Free admission: Art Exhibits, Ethnic Food Stands, Entertainment. ART Exhibition from the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the rotunda of the Bronx County Court House. CONCERTS Rock and Classical: see your newspaper for times and olaces. CVN/je cc: Mr. Narasimhan Mr. Lemieu»—-^
1 February 1971
Beas* MP I acknowledge receipt of your letter of 22 January Inviting me to participate in your first celebration of "Bronx Bay** on 12 May. I note the plans for the day and 1 &Q hope I may be able to 5°^ you in some of the events. You will no doubt let me know in due course the detailed 11 With kindest regards, Yours sincerely,
U Thant
Honourable B&bert Abrams of the Boroiigh of th& Bronx County .*V"-C\ PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX
BRONX COUNTY BUILDING v">7 «• BRONX, N. Y. 1 O45I
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Th-3 Pfon.1. hr.s ha corpse " victir1! o;C the urban criois that Is 'vffoct- ia.-i r.a.ior citioH ,'.'.croV:s the United. States. Blight, dcjriay, wncl Deteriora- tion grip many oJT the on,ce pleasant neighborhoods of our borough. As c. ':?a-on.>. resident, you can be of great help to us in a major efiort to lil't the spirits of the people of 'The Bronx. On ?!'Iay 12, 1>'71, the Borough of The Bronx will bo holding its first o-nnr.a t. pro re: Day. ye hope this celebration vj.il 1 provioe an opportunity for ?11 Grorr/.ites lio join together ia a cor:v,,;u!i ^-^..irasKion of pride In their borough ami faith in its future, i-men people h-r:v;:j pr"! de in their corriiiiunitK L-h'-ry are nioro likely to fee"1. r^s'oonr:..ib.ls for tb--: con- dition of their nsi^nborbooc'.
The plariP for Bronx D£y_ now :i nc'.luri.e a "People's ^enoival" :i n the Er-onx Zoo ('-nth ethnic food i-it^ndcs, entertainment , coi:Vi:ivr. t,tv' '?•«'!) ' 'yitf . ., eic.), a roc:< concert, a olafsical concert, and a number ^i' i.itiip.r activities. The reacibi.lit^ of conducting a. parade is now uein>;; dis- cussed. As one of The Bronx ' R in opt distinruiBhed residents, year presence nnd participation would be of great significance for1 the f^ucc-.ess of our project. I hope you will indicate s favorable repJ.y.
Sincerely 'yours ,
ABRAJ1C RA/ar CITY OF NEW YORK PRESIDENT OF THE BOROUGH OF THE BRONX GRAND CONCOURSE AND 161ST STREET
BRONX. N. Y. 1O451
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT TEL. 293-BOOO j'BERT ABRAMS
February 22, 1971
Honorable U Thant Secretary General of United Nations United Nations New York, N.Y. 10017
Dear Mr. Secretary: /
On behalf of the members of the Bronx Day Commission and the citizens of The Bronx, I would like to thank you for your acceptance of our invitation to participate in Bronx Day.
I will be in touch with you within the near future with details concerning the program.
incerely,
DtU ROBERT ABRMS RA:ep
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