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Bronx Housing Boom Could Crowd Classrooms

By Cassandra Basler on October 22, 2014 affordable housing, Bronx, Department of City Planning, West Farms Renaissance Bronx, Education, News

Bronx Housing Boom Could Crowd Classrooms

Community activists and parents call on Department of Education for help

In The Bronx, Reaching for More

By Cassandra Basler on October 13, 2014 career, Department of Labor, Human Rights, job search, poverty, resources, unemployment Bronx, Struggling in the City

In The Bronx, Reaching for More

Three residents who are stretching for the next rung on their economic ladder

From West Africa to the Bronx, a Retail Maven Dreams Big

By Cassandra Basler on September 27, 2014 boutique, Business, economy, entrepreneur, fashion, fish, Guinea, profile, retail, The Bronx, West Africa Lens on New Yorkers

From West Africa to the Bronx, a Retail Maven Dreams Big

Alawe Fouleratou sold dress wraps in Guinea. Now, she sells “everything” in the Bronx.

Late Summer Scene: The Botanical Garden

By Cassandra Basler on August 18, 2014 architecture, Beaux Arts, Botanical Garden, kids, New York, summer, Swimming, The Bronx Late Summer Scenes

Late Summer Scene: The Botanical Garden

Two kids from the Bronx find temptation at a water fountain

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