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	TEMPORARY HARLEM RIVER BRIDGE AND THE MOVING OF THE MOTT HAVEN STATION - New York City
		Mott Haven lies in The Bronx but was known then as part of the Annexed District.
		In order to give the railroad transit across the river while the new bridge is in course of erection, a temporary drawbridge and viaduct has been built crossing the river to the west and north of the old one.
		The Mott Haven station was situated on the west of and close to the tracks used by three railroads, the New York Central, New York and New Haven and the New York and Harlem Railroads, immediately north of the bridge.
	www.catskillarchive.com /rrextra/nycrr02.Html (1193 words)

	William Bosworth Bronx Page
		In 2000, 48.4% of The Bronx population was Hispanic.
		We see in New York City as a whole much larger areas dominated by Whites and by Blacks, while the Hispanic center of gravity for the whole city (indeed for the whole northeastern United States) is in the single area covering The Bronx and upper Manhattan.
		The large migration to The Bronx from little Allegany County, in the southwest corner of New York, is a mystery not yet explained.
	www.lehman.cuny.edu /deannss/bronxdatactr/discover/bxtext.htm (5874 words)

	Travel to Bronx - New York - USA - History - WorldTravelGate.net®-
		As the railroad was extended, the center of population shifted west from the area east of the Bronx River, and the towns of West Farms (1846) and Morrisania (1855) were established.
		It was not until 1912, however, that the state legislature established the County of the Bronx as the sixty-second county in the state, effective 1 January 1914.
		In 1904 the first subway connecting the Bronx to Manhattan was built under 149th Street, providing cheap rapid transit that with the 3rd Avenue elevated line persuaded hundreds of thousands during the first third of the twentieth century to leave tenements in Manhattan for spacious new apartments in the Bronx.
	www.americatravelling.net /usa/new_york/bronx/bronx_history.htm (1193 words)

	Homes for sale in Bronx, NY
		Mott Haven, Bronx, NY This four bedroom Brownstone has been completely renovated into an astounding metropolitan dream home with an innovative layout that captures the essence of modern living.
		Throggs Neck, Bronx, NY This beautiful five bedroom, two-family Colonial is a modern construction with a breathtaking three-floor home for its owner and an income-producing apartment on the top floor.
		Van Nest, Bronx, NY Arranged over three floors, this six unit property, located in the heart of Van Nest presents an ideal investment opportunity that has the potential to be a great income generator.
	www.foxtons.com /for-sale/homes-in-bronx-new-york-usa-33/homes-for-sale-in-bronx.html (477 words)

	New York To New Haven
		The direct route to New Haven via the State Road turns left at the end of the Park in Milford with red markers through the township of Orange, this portion of which is known as West Haven.
		York Street was formerly the scene of the tumultuous fresh-man sophomore rush which followed the time-honored torchlight procession and the wrestling matches on the campus.
		New Haven is more than a university town and owes its greatness as much to Eli Whitney as to Eli Yale, for her importance as an industrial center dates from Whitney's government contract of 125 years ago for the manufacture of fire-arms.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles16/new-england-roads-19.shtml (17047 words)

	Jonathan Pilling-The Bronx
		The Bronx lies at the northernmost point of the five New York boroughs.
		The earliest settlement in The Bronx took place along the Harlem River in 1639, in what is now Mott Haven.
		The Bronx is primarily a residential area dominated by apartments.
	www.jonathanpilling.com /bronx.htm (426 words)

	THE BRONX MALL Community Life - Community Board 1
		The South Bronx Churches and the New York City Partnership have developed and are breaking ground on the construction of small homes in Mott Haven.
		This gain in new homeownership will result to an increase in the household and family median income in the district.
		Evidence of this expansion is seen in the recent development of a new, $200 million New York Post newspaper printing operation which relocated from South Street in Manhattan.
	www.bronxmall.com /commboards/welcomeCB1.html (427 words)

	Press Information
		New York, January 18, 2001 -- Congressman José E. Serrano (D-NY) yesterday presented The New York Public Library with a $500,000 check in federal appropriations funding for the ongoing renovation and expansion of the Mott Haven Branch Library in the South Bronx.
		The Mott Haven Branch, one of the original 65 libraries that Andrew Carnegie gave to the City of New York in 1901, was closed for renovation in late 1998.
		Designed by architects Babb, Cook and Williard, Mott Haven has the distinction of being modeled after Carnegie's personal residence and is the oldest public library building in the Bronx.
	www.nypl.org /press/2001/motthaven.cfm (457 words)

	Bronx Historical Society \| Newletter \| Manufacturing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mott made Mott Haven into a nineteenth century version of an industrial park.
		The Mott Haven area continues to be a manufacturing center.
		In the second half of the twentieth century, Bronx manufacturing declined, along with the rest of the nation, as the economy switched to service industries.
	www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org /newsletter/articles/manufacturingartical.html (415 words)

	Third Avenue Bridge
		As early as 1774, officials in the New York colony proposed a fixed Harlem River crossing between Harlem and the Mott Haven section of the Bronx.
		Coles was required to give security of 4000 pounds to New York State to complete the bridge in four years, and after a 60-year period (during which Coles had the right to collect tolls), the bridge was to become the property of the state.
		The new company, which was responsible for maintaining the bridge and nearby approaches, had a complicated rate structure ranging from one penny for cattle to 37 cents for carriages.
	www.nycroads.com /crossings/third-avenue (1643 words)

	Office of the Bronx Borough President, New York City Local Government
		Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion building affordable housing in the South Bronx one house at a time.
		Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrión donned a hard hat and a hammer to help build the Habitat for Humanity’s Mott Haven condominium project at 703 East 156th Street.
		In addition to contributing $.5 million to help create Habitat homes in the Bronx, he is giving his time and labor as well, working side-by-side with future homeowners to build their homes,” stated Roland Lewis, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity – New York City.
	bronxboropres.nyc.gov /en/gv/press/pressReleases/2006/habitat.htm (404 words)

	District 8: Mott Haven, East Harlem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Background: Mott Haven is a neighborhood in the southwest Bronx that developed in 1850 as an industrial village, and later as a suburb for people working in Manhattan.
		Indeed, the impact of asthma in the Bronx is the most severe of any borough and it has profound effects on the school system, healthcare system, and community life.
		The Bronx has almost double the childhood asthma death rate of New York City as a whole.
	www.nylcv.org /ecofiles/manhattan/html/ccd8.htm (561 words)

	village voice > nyclife > Neighborhoods: Ladies & Gentlemen: The South Bronx by Tim Heffernan
		Mott Haven's scattered factories (the ironworks attracted a number of other industries, including, rather charmingly, piano-making) are being converted into lofts at a stiff pace, and an increasing number of artists and professionals are taking advantage of the relatively low rents that the area still commands.
		Mott Haven became the South Bronx of infamy, and remained so until the drug and gang wars finally began to burn out in the early 1990s.
		Mott Haven is, in short, still a purebred Latin Bronx borough, and the Baby Björn crowd is years away.
	www.villagevoice.com /nyclife/0540,heffernan,68322,15.html (1023 words)

	History and Significance of the Southern Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This policy was created by New York City in an effort to encourage middle-income residents to remain in the city, giving them the benefits of both urban and suburban living.
		The proposed Mott Haven Industrial District, which is explained in further depth as part of the recommendations section of this plan, consists of 114 factories, warehouses, and residences constructed in response to Mott Haven’s growth as an industrial area in New York City.
		In 1995, the building was converted to a New York City magnet high school, and as a result, many alterations to the building have taken place; however, many of these interventions are reversible such as the changes to fenestration.
	www.arch.columbia.edu /hp/research/southernHistory.html (7887 words)

	Bronx Schools - New York City Public Schools Webring
		The New York City Public Schools Webring is a place for public schools in New York City to post the URL for their school's homepage.
		We service the Mott Haven community from pre-kindergarten to sixth grade, and are excited to see our students go on to Horace Mann, De La Salle, and other exciting middle schools.
		Bronx Science is a specialized public high school located in the Bronx, New York City.
	mysite.verizon.net /easysurf/ring/webx.htm (136 words)

	South Bronx Hepatitis C Task Force : Hepatitis C : NYC DOHMH
		The Hepatitis C Program is partnered with the Fund for Public Health in New York, CitiWide Harm Reduction (a Community-based Organization located in the Bronx), and Montefiore Medical Center to establish an integrated substance abuse, HIV, and hepatitis C prevention program.
		This program is developing and implementing a model for providing a multitude of services to residents of these Bronx neighborhoods and reentrants from the correctional system that are at high-risk for substance abuse, HIV and hepatitis infection.
		The, Crotona-Tremont, Highbridge-Morrisania, and Hunts Point-Mott Haven communities were selected for this program because of their disproportionately high rates of HIV and hepatitis infection (compared to the NYC average) and high rates of substance abuse.
	www.nyc.gov /html/doh/html/cd/cdhepc-prevention-bronx.shtml (396 words)

	Rent-Direct.com: Bronx apartments Mott Haven / Hunts Point NY Apartment
		Rents are about the lowest in New York City because these are not the safest or cleanest neighborhoods in the Bronx.
		In 1828, Jordan L. Mott, inventor of a coal-burning stove, established a factory in the South Bronx.
		In 1850, the new owner of the works established a village around the factory and named it Mott Haven.
	www.rent-direct.com /Bronx_Apartments/Bronx-apartments-19.html (491 words)

	Bronx History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The area that today, is known as the Bronx, was bought from the Indians by the Dutch West India Company, in 1639.
		The first settler in the Bronx area was a Scandinavian sea captain named Jonas Bronck.
		Famous families during this time were - Pierre Lorillard, who made his fortune in tobacco, and Jordan Mott, an inventor who founded his own town, Mott Haven in 1848.
	www.stbarnabasschool.org /organization/Bronx_History.htm (263 words)

	Beauty in the Bronx - September 29, 2006 - The New York Sun
		With more space, a bold new image, and an executive director plucked from the downtown art scene, the museum is poised to be a symbol of the borough's revitalization.
		The project cost $19 million, which came from sources including the City of New York, the office of the president of the Bronx, Adolfo Carrión, and the Small Business Administration, through earmarks introduced by Rep. José Serrano.
		The Bronx Museum, founded in 1971, was a pioneer and has led the subsequent cultural development, Mr.
	www.nysun.com /article/40613 (395 words)

	Homesteading In the Bronx - New York Times
		Your article "Bronx Homesteading: It's Grueling, but Rewarding" on Dec. 11 leaves the impression that everything was nice and smooth with 272 Alexander Avenue.
		The longtime residents in the Mott Haven community were furious when they finally learned that carpetbaggers, non-Bronx residents, gained site control of the building.
		The building is in the beatiful Mott Haven historical district, next to the subway, library and police station, and only 15 minutes from midtown Manhattan.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE0DF153BF932A35752C0A963958260 (199 words)

	The Bronx Beat: April 12 - 18: South Bronx neighborhoods short on open spaces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		hen spoken in the Bronx, the words "environmental justice" conjure up images of neighborhoods with too many waste transfer stations, an unfair share of truck traffic and the sludge generated by millions of flushing toilets, not the leafy trees and rocky outcrops of Pelham Bay and Van Cortlandt Parks.
		In New York City, open space averages 2.6 acres per 1,000 people, while the national average is 6 acres.
		Compare that to the Longwood section of the South Bronx, where Al Quinones, 42, has logged thousands of hours of volunteer time for the Parks Department taking care of a portion of the community’s.494 acres of open space per 1,000 people.
	www.jrn.columbia.edu /studentwork/bronxbeat/1999/april/april12/spaces.html (657 words)

	BCHS \| The Bronx Waterfront (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Although The Bronx is the only one of New York City’s five boroughs that is part of the mainland, it is surrounded on three sides by water.
		Later, in the nineteenth century, Jordan L. Mott built the Mott Haven Canal for commercial shipping, and his own dock was located there on the East River beside his iron foundry.
		In the nineteenth century, however, the use of the Bronx waterfront also was seen for recreation and amusement.
	www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org /newsletter/articles/bronxwaterfront.html (437 words)

	Indian Village Personal Injury Lawyer- Free Legal Services in The Bronx, NY
		If you need a lawyer for your New York personal injury, accident, drug and medical device, or environmental lawsuit, go with the hometown advantage.
		If you need the help of a New York lawyer, take your first step by filling out this simple form.
		If you are not a resident of New York, rest assured that we may still be able to help you.
	www.weitzlux.com /legalservices/indianvillage/thebronx_29250.html (445 words)

	Brandeis Libraries: Amazing Grace: Mott Haven and the South Bronx Today
		"The Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association, headquartered in the South Bronx, is a not-for-profit community owned and governed organization committed to assisting the growth and independence of South Bronx residents, and to the self-sufficiency of the South Bronx as a whole.
		Since 1991, MHRA has served as the grantee of this project, whose work is widely collaborative, bringing together the efforts of a variety of government, provider, and advocacy organizations to create and expand numerous comprehensive, integrated maternal and child health programs within Bedford, Brooklyn; Mott Haven, Bronx; and Central Harlem, Manhattan.
		A collaboration between the Parks Council, Mott Haven Village School, and PS 30.
	www.library.brandeis.edu /about/nsf/kozol/mott_haven.html (325 words)

	Bronx, New York Real Estate and Homes for Sale - Trulia
		Compare Bronx neighborhoods and ZIP codes by average home prices, median home prices, price per square foot, popularity, and more.
		By analyzing real estate information on millions of homes in New York and nationwide and helping you understand hyper-local real estate trends.
		Refine your real estate search in Bronx, NY by price, number of bedrooms, bathrooms, property type (including townhouses, condominiums and single-family homes), and more.
	www.trulia.com /NY/Bronx (667 words)

	The 1st Annual Bronx Artist Festival
		The first festival for the borough of its kind, BX1: Bronx Artist Festival 2005 was a four-day celebration of Bronx artists scheduled from June 1—August 4, 2005, showcasing the talents of former and current recipients of our BRIO (Bronx Recognizes Its Own) Individual Artist Awards.
		Funding for BRIO is provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs – Greater New York Arts Development Fund.
		Additional funding is provided through the Office of the Bronx Borough President Aldolfo Carrion, the Bronx Delegation of the City Council, Councilmember Madeline Provenzano, the New York State Council on the Arts, and BCA members.
	www.longwoodarts.org /bx_festival (267 words)

	Amazing Grace Essay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Amazing Grace, by Jonathan Kozol, sheds light on a part of New York City that is often forgotten: Mott Haven, a neighborhood in the South Bronx that is also the poorest congressional district in the country.
		As it is now, many New Yorkers with money and therefore the power to effect change, do little except to ensure that their own children have decent schools and that they themelves live in safe neighborhoods.
		For example, Kozol writes about a medical waste incinerator in Mott Haven that was moved to the community when angry people on the Upper East Side insisted that it be moved out of their neighborhood because of hazardous health risks accompanying it.
	www.beaconschool.org /~mnusbaum/Amazing.html (1017 words)

	Bronx Schools - New York City Public Schools Webring (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The New York City Public Schools Webring is a place for public schools in New York City to post the URL for their school's homepage.
		We service the Mott Haven community from pre-kindergarten to sixth grade, and are excited to see our students go on to Horace Mann, De La Salle, and other exciting middle schools.
		Bronx Science is a specialized public high school located in the Bronx, New York City.
	personal.zcloud.net /easysurf/ring/webx.htm (162 words)

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