Art and Action on the Bronx River
Students in the class took trips to various locations along the Bronx River and created these works of art and writings inspired by the river.
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Oval Park Bridge. View from the Parkway
From “Harding Park” by
Ethan Coughlin
Harding Park has maintain ed its distinct style thank homeowner’s association s in part to their (HOA). The Harding Par k HOA was the first cooperatively owned low - and In 1957, the neighborhood moderate-income community in the city. effectively fought off attem pts by Robert Moses to raze the land, and , 25 years later, they forme d the HOA to take ownership of their houses and the property they we re on. This was a huge win for the area, and the effects of it are still being felt today.
