CoVIDA Solstice in Manhattan

The Morris-Jumel Mansion  in Upper Manhattan hosts an outdoor public art installation: CoVIDA – Homage to Victims of the Pandemic, on view from November 2 to December 31, 2020. The work is an artistic tribute to the victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. CoVIDA also honors the people who have passed away from the virus, acknowledges …

The Day The Bronx Came To Be

On this date, back in 1639, a Danish farmer named Jonas Bronck purchased 50 acres of land just north of Manhattan. Describing his new home Bronck wrote: “The invisible hand of the Almighty Father, surely guided me to this beautiful country, a land covered with virgin forest and unlimited opportunities. It is a veritable paradise …