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The Get Down | "Rule the World" [HD] | Netflix
New Trailer Released for Baz Luhrmann and Netflix's 70s Hip-Hop Drama "The Get Down"
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A new original series on Netflix titled The Get Down is all about the birth of hiphop in The Bronx during the 1970s. Summer 1977. New York City is broken down and beaten-up. Armed only with…

The High Bridge
Slideshow of Vintage Photographs Comparing NYC's Oldest Bridge Over the Past 150 Years
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Technically speaking, The Bronx-Manhattan High Bridge is the oldest in the City, dating back to 1848. It was built 35 years before the Brooklyn Bridge, but portions of it have been replaced…

This Bronx Home Is One of the Last Great American Castles. You won't believe who was supposed to live here.
You Can Now Live Inside This Bronx Mansion Built for Jesus by a Christian Cult
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You can now live in this 1920s Riverdale castle literally built by a Christian cult for Jesus to live in once resurrected. It was built in 1928 by Genevieve Ludlow Griscom, the wife of…

The Get Down | Sizzle [HD] | Netflix
Trailer Released for "The Get Down", a New Netflix Show About the Birth of Hiphop in the Bronx
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A new original series on Netflix titled The Get Down is all about the birth of hiphop in South Bronx during the 1970s. 1970s New York City – broken down, beaten up, violent, cash strapped,…

Third Avenue at 148th Street in The Hub looking north towards Melrose in 1926. Many of the buildings in this image still stand including Immaculate Conception Church (minus its steeple). Long gone is the Third Avenue El which left a gaping transit desert in Morrisania and other points north / Image Credit: Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. “Bronx: 3rd Avenue – 148th Street (East)” The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1926.
Nearly Century-Old Vintage Photographs of The Bronx
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Thanks to The New York Public Library Digital Collections, the public has access to thousands of images of New York City from the 1870’s to the 1970’s. Today we’re sharing some of our…

Vintage Photograph of NYU's University Heights Campus in The Bronx Circa 1904
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In 1894, New York University purchased a campus at University Heights in the Bronx because of overcrowding on their established campus in Lower Manhattan. The University Heights NYU campus…

Vintage Photograph Showing the Amazing Original High Bridge Stone Arches Circa 1900
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Technically speaking, The Bronx-Manhattan High Bridge is the oldest in the City, dating back to 1848. It was built 35 years before the Brooklyn Bridge, but portions of it have been replaced…

A page from the 'Ghetto Brother' graphic novel.
New Graphic Novel Details How the City Gangs' Treaty Formed Hip-Hop
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Ghetto Brother is a new graphic novel from author Julian Voloj and illustrator Claudia Ahlering that highlights Benjy Melendez's improbable transformation from gang leader to peace broker to…

The Get Down | A Netflix original series from Baz Luhrmann [HD] | Netflix
Casting Call for "The Get Down", a Netflix Show About The Birth of Hiphop in the Bronx
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A new original series on Netflix titled The Get Down is all about the birth of hiphop in The Bronx during the 1970's. The 13-episode show is hosting an open casting call looking for extras…

No Your City 2: Episode 7 (Curtis Sliwa)
"No Your City" Introduces Curtis Sliwa, Founder of the Guardian Angels
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No Your City is an 8-part mini-documentary series that offers a glimpse into the lives of extraordinary New York City street characters. In this episode, the show profiles Curtis Sliwa,…