the Castle Hill/ Parkchester proper in the Bronx. Growing up I frequently visited the church and was always astounded by its massive size and incredible architecture. Compared to the dimly lit parish of Santa Maria, which always smelled like wet wood (and still does), it always seemed unreal being inside. I was born and baptized a Roman Catholic, and became a parishioner of Santa Maria church located in the Zerega Avenue neighborhood of the northeast Bronx. I attended school, played on the basketball
In order to ‘improve” the Bronx which had the largest amount of residents living in public housing in the nation, urban planners were hired to redevelop the area (CUNY Baruch). Robert Moses was an urban planner responsible for the Cross Bronx Expressway causing the deterioration and destruction affecting the Bronx forever (Congress for the New Urbanism). On the topic, Robert Moses stated, “You must concede that this Bronx slum is unrepairable [sic]. It is beyond rebuilding, tinkering and restoring
If you have ever heard or watched the movie Summer of Sam, an American crime movie directed by Spike Lee in 1999 than you would know filming took place in a Bronx neighborhood called Throgs Neck. In fact, I have recently discovered that filming took place right on my block. Located in the Northwestern part of the Bronx, from what I have observed Throgs Neck is manly a one to two family suburb area with the exception of some apartment buildings. Throgs Neck has many events throughout the year, known
and lifestyle known as hip-hop began in the Bronx in New York City in the years 1970’s. At house parties and community centers DJs mixed songs from different records together. They started extending short drum breaks into longer dance mixes by switching between record decks. Bronx DJs experimented with touching
substantial role in power and poor planning during this time. Built between 1948 and 1972, the Cross Bronx Expressway is known as the brainchild of Robert Moses. In the effect of Bisecting the Bronx in half, middle and upper class residence migrated to the north, leaving the south section to be filled with run down slums of the impoverished. Moses’s dream was to carve right through lower Manhattan with an expressway (aka LOMEX), it would raze through what is now known as the West Village, Soho, and Little
Hip-Hop is a cultural movement that emerged from the dilapidated South Bronx, New York in the early 1970’s. The area’s mostly African American and Puerto Rican residents originated this uniquely American musical genre and culture that over the past four decades has developed into a global sensation impacting the formation of youth culture around the world. The South Bronx was a whirlpool of political, social, and economic upheaval in the years leading up to the inception of Hip-Hop. The early part
system in America. When Robert Moses finished the Cross-Bronx Expressway in 1963, 60,000 homes were diminished. Shortly after the Title 1 Sum Clearance Program was put into place and once houses became large apartment building complexes which were available at a very low price. In1968 the Co-Op City offered 15,000 new apartments for a low price which was a large attraction for many middle to lower class Latino/as, African Americans, and Carribeans. The Bronx quickly started to become known as a city of
Case Study: Belanger v. Swift Transportation, Inc. The following is a case study analysis of Case 10.1 Belanger v. Swift Transportation. This particular case involves one former employee, Nathaniel Belanger and Swift Transportation Incorporated, a trucking company. This particular case revolves around Nathaniel Belanger braking one of the Swift Transportation “Forbidden Five” safety policies. The “Forbidden Five” are five infractions that can lead to immediate termination of its drivers (Melvin
Jazz and Hip Hop: The Ghetto and Music as Language African-American cultural forms and developments are as vast as they are diverse. However, because of white America's consistently racist and oppressive treatment of black peoples in this country there exist certain commonalities between African-American cultures as a result of this continuous subordination. In this paper I will attempt to present some of these existing similarities within hip hop and jazz cultures. Although they are both musically