Story of the Enslaved African
IT ISN'T LOCAL UNLESS IT'S YONKERS VOICE!!!
Date: 11/10/17
Time: 6:00pm
Where: Yonkers Public Library
The Project:
In 2009, the “The Enslaved Africans’ Rain Garden” initiative for an urban-heritage sculpture garden began as a grass-roots aspiration of a community that reflects the community, a diverse population of nearly 200,000 people. It is a growing initiative that is a major element in an exciting revitalization of the Yonkers downtown-waterfront district. The City of Yonkers, ArtsWestchester (the largest non-profit arts council in New York State), New York State Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Yonkers Public Schools, historians, scholars, community-based organizations, community members and local artist, Vinnie Bagwell, are working together to develop the creation of the Enslaved Africans’ Rain Garden. Our mission is to honor, dignify and restore the humanity of enslaved Africans in America by transforming them from objects to subjects via art in a public place in Yonkers, New York.
The public artwork for this destination project will interpret the legacy of enslaved Africans who resided at the Philipse Manor Hall–six of whom were the first to be manumitted by law in the United States, 76 years before the Emancipation Proclamation. (The law was written in New York State in 1786 by John Jay, then future, first Chief Justice of the Unites States Supreme Court.) The design concept marries culture with nature, with a self-sustaining design that will retain diverse elements of the past and practice a conservation approach to environmental change.
The City of Yonkers has designated nearly an acre of land on the shore of the Hudson River for the construction of the Enslaved Africans’ Rain Garden. The idea of a rain garden has been chosen to demonstrate the aspects of sustainability and environmental responsibility that make up the design. A rain garden is a planted depression that is designed to allow rain-water runoff the opportunity to be absorbed from impervious urban areas like walkways and compacted lawn areas. A rain garden is appealing because they can mimic the natural absorption and pollutant-removal activities of a forest, or a meadow or or a prairie and can absorb runoff more efficiently, sometimes as much as 30–40% more then a standard lawn. It will also conserve municipal water resources by reducing the need for irrigation and can cut down on the amount of pollution reaching the Hudson River. This is the inspiration for a yet-to-be built public space that will invigorate the community, generate civic dialogue, and support environmental policy.
Today (11/10/17): We had Public Expo and an opportunity to speak with this great artist: Vinnie Bagwell about her work and vision and also to hear from Mr Ty Gray-El (Storyteller)
Great quote from Mr Ty Gray-El: Until the Lion is able to tell his story.....The Hunter will always get the Glory
Flying The Flag of Yonkers, New York
Yonkers is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of New York (behind New York City, Buffalo, and Rochester), and the most populous city in Westchester County, with a population of 195,976 (according to the 2010 Census). It is an inner suburb of New York City, directly to the north of the Bronx and approximately two miles (3 km) north of the northernmost point in Manhattan.
Yonkers' downtown is centered on a plaza known as Getty Square, where the municipal government is located.
The area also houses significant local businesses and non-profits, and serves as a major retail hub for Yonkers and the northwest Bronx.
The city is home to several attractions, including the Hudson River Museum; Saw Mill River Daylighting, wherein a parking lot was removed to uncover a river; Science Barge; Sherwood House; and Yonkers Raceway, a harness racing track that has renovated its grounds and clubhouse and added legalized video slot machine gambling in 2006 in a racino called Empire City.
Major shopping areas can be found in Getty Square, on South Broadway, at the Cross County Shopping Center and Westchester's Ridge Hill, and along Central Park Avenue, informally called Central Ave by area residents, a name it takes officially a few miles north in White Plains.
The land on which the city is built was once part of a 24,000-acre (97-square-kilometer) land grant called Colen Donck that ran from the current Manhattan-Bronx border at Marble Hill northwards for 12 miles (19 km), and from the Hudson River eastwards to the Bronx River.
This grant was purchased in July 1645 by Adriaen van der Donck, the first lawyer in North America. Van der Donck was known locally as the Jonkheer or Jonker (etymologically, young gentleman, derivation of old Dutch jong (young) and heer (lord); in effect, Esquire), a word from which the name Yonkers is directly derived.
Van der Donck built a saw mill near where the Nepperhan Creek met the Hudson; the Nepperhan is now also known as the Saw Mill River. Van der Donck was killed in the Peach War.
His wife, Mary Doughty, was taken captive and ransomed later.
Near the site of van der Donck's mill is Philipse Manor Hall, a Colonial-era manor house which today serves as a museum and archive, offering many glimpses into life before the American Revolution. The original structure (later enlarged) was built around 1682 by Frederick Philipse and his wife Margaret Hardenbroeck.
Frederick was a wealthy Dutchman who by the time of his death had amassed an enormous estate, which encompassed the entire modern City of Yonkers, as well as several other Hudson River towns.
Philipse's great-grandson, Frederick Philipse III, was a prominent Loyalist during the American Revolution, who, because of his political leanings, was forced to flee to England.
All the lands that belonged to the Philipse family were confiscated and sold.
For its first two hundred years, Yonkers was a small farming town with an active industrial waterfront. Yonkers's later growth rested largely on developing industry. In 1853, Elisha Otis invented the first safety elevator and the Otis Elevator Company, opened the first elevator factory in the world on the banks of the Hudson near what is now Vark Street. It relocated to larger quarters (now the Yonkers Public Library) in the 1880s. Around the same time, the Alexander Smith and Sons Carpet Company (in the Saw Mill River Valley) expanded to 45 buildings, 800 looms, and over 4,000 workers and was known as one of the premier carpet producing centers in the world.
The community was incorporated as a village in the northern part of the Town of Yonkers in 1854 and as a city in 1872. In 1874 the southern part of Yonkers, including Kingsbridge and Riverdale, was annexed by New York City as The Bronx.
In 1898, Yonkers (along with Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island) voted on a referendum to determine if they wanted to become part of New York City.
While the results were positive elsewhere, the returns were so negative in Yonkers and neighboring Mount Vernon that those two areas were not included in the consolidated city, and remained independent.
Still, some residents call the city the Sixth Borough referring to its location on the New York City border, its urban character, and the failed merger vote.
The New York City and Northern Railway Company (later the New York Central Railroad) connected Yonkers to Manhattan and points north from 1888. A three-mile spur to Getty Square existed until 1943
Aside from being a manufacturing center, Yonkers also played a key role in the development of entertainment in the United States. In 1888, Scottish-born John Reid founded the first golf course in the United States, St. Andrew's Golf Club, in Yonkers.
ROUNDUP VIDEO: Learn The Truth About Yonkers
ROUNDUP VIDEO: Learn The Truth About Yonkers
The City of Yonkers, New York, located on the majestic Hudson River, in Westchester County, New York.
Yonkers is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of New York, behind New York City, Buffalo, and Rochester.
Green spaces include Untermyer Park and Gardens, with its formal Walled Garden, water features and river views.
The Hudson River Museum has American art, an 1876 mansion and a planetarium.
Presidential portraits are displayed at Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site, a Georgian house.
The first historical society in Yonkers began in 1882 as “The Committee on the Historical Records of Yonkers.
The city of Yonkers may have eight high schools, but the number of football teams is now down to two.
Yonkers Public Schools is committed to challenging our city's youth to aspire to their highest potential, and to inspire a life-long love of learning.
The Yonkers Chamber of Commerce is the city's voice of business, aggressively promoting
Contrary to popular belief, Yonkers is one of the safest cities in the United States if you consider that Yonkers is about 200,000 strong
Empire City Casino and Raceway hosts horse races.
Population: 200,807 (2016)
Mayor: Mike Spano
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Yonkers, New York
Yonkers is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of New York (behind New York City, Buffalo, and Rochester), and the most populous city in Westchester County, with a population of 195,976 (according to the 2010 Census). An inner suburb of New York City, Yonkers directly borders the Bronx and is located two miles (3 km) north of Manhattan at the municipalities' closest points.
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He's important & Can it fit? EVP's. Haunted Abandoned Building
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital New video with a few EVP's. Haunted Abandoned Building
Governor Cuomo Unveils $100 Million Upstate Distressed Schools Fund
Yonkers -Governor Cuomo today unveiled the Upstate Distressed Schools Fund, a new initiative designed to provide additional state support to New York's neediest school districts – particularly those in Upstate with a high concentration of schools designated as failing by the State Education Department.
Riverdale, Bronx
Riverdale is an upper middle class residential neighborhood in the northwest portion of the Bronx, a borough in New York City. Riverdale, which has a population of 47,850 as of the 2000 United States Census, contains the northernmost point in New York City.
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Metro-North Railroad - rescue mission at Croton-Harmon, New York (1 of 5)
Here we see GP35R 101 backing up to latch up with a broken down P32AC-DM 229 and consist to move it away from the platform.
Train is comprised of:
P32AC-DM 229
Trailer 1: 6184 - James Fenimore Cooper
Trailer 2: 6252 - Governor Ella T. Grasso
Trailer 3: ?
Trailer 4: 6171 - The Water Level
Trailer 5: 6179 - Bannerman's Island
Trailer 6: 6258 - Branchville
Car Car: 6207 - The Coast Watcher
I shot this video from my car using an iPhone 4S. (c) Matt Clifford 2013
The Bronx | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:58 1 Etymology and naming
00:03:08 1.1 Early names
00:04:57 1.2 Use of definite article
00:07:06 2 History
00:07:47 2.1 Before 1914
00:11:09 2.2 After 1914
00:12:04 2.2.1 New York City expands
00:13:55 2.2.2 Decline
00:17:21 2.3 Revitalization
00:20:43 3 Geography
00:20:52 3.1 Location and physical features
00:24:04 3.2 Parks and open space
00:27:14 3.3 Neighborhoods
00:28:14 3.3.1 East Bronx
00:29:29 3.3.1.1 City Island and Hart Island
00:30:15 3.3.2 West Bronx
00:31:04 3.3.2.1 Northwestern Bronx
00:31:41 3.3.2.2 South Bronx
00:33:15 3.4 Adjacent counties
00:33:48 4 Transportation
00:33:58 4.1 Roads and streets
00:34:07 4.1.1 Surface streets
00:36:25 4.1.2 Highways
00:37:05 4.1.3 Bridges and tunnels
00:38:06 4.2 Mass transit
00:39:31 5 Demographics
00:39:41 5.1 Race, ethnicity, language, and immigration
00:39:53 5.1.1 2013 estimates
00:41:40 5.1.2 2010 Census
00:43:35 5.1.3 2009 Community Survey
00:48:27 5.1.4 Older estimates
00:48:50 5.2 Population and housing
00:51:12 5.3 Individual and household income
00:52:41 6 Government and politics
00:52:52 6.1 Local government
00:56:48 6.2 Representatives in the U.S. Congress
00:58:47 6.3 Votes for other offices
01:04:25 7 Economy
01:04:46 7.1 Shopping districts
01:07:08 8 Education
01:08:31 8.1 Educational attainment
01:09:23 8.2 High schools
01:11:45 8.3 Colleges and universities
01:15:11 9 Culture and institutions
01:16:50 9.1 Founding of hip-hop
01:19:14 9.2 Sports
01:20:58 9.3 Off-Off-Broadway
01:21:45 9.4 Arts
01:24:05 9.5 Maritime heritage
01:25:08 9.6 Community celebrations
01:26:34 9.7 Press and broadcasting
01:26:51 9.7.1 Newspapers
01:28:03 9.7.2 Radio and television
01:29:13 9.8 Gangs
01:30:36 10 In popular culture
01:30:46 10.1 Film and television
01:30:55 10.1.1 Mid-20th century
01:32:33 10.1.2 As a symbolism
01:37:01 10.1.3 As a setting
01:39:25 10.2 In literature
01:39:34 10.2.1 Books
01:41:52 10.2.2 Poetry
01:43:40 10.2.3 Bronx Memoir Project
01:44:33 10.3 In songs
01:47:58 11 See also
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The Bronx is a borough of New York City, coterminous with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York, the third-most densely populated county in the United States. It is south of Westchester County; northeast and east of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of Queens, across the East River.
The Bronx has a land area of 42 square miles (109 km2) and a population of 1,471,160 in 2017. Of the five boroughs, it has the fourth-largest area, fourth-highest population, and third-highest population density. It is the only borough predominantly on the U.S. mainland.
The Bronx is divided by the Bronx River into a hillier section in the west, and a flatter eastern section. East and west street names are divided by Jerome Avenue. The West Bronx was annexed to New York City in 1874, and the areas east of the Bronx River in 1895. Bronx County was separated from New York County in 1914. About a quarter of the Bronx's area is open space, including Woodlawn Cemetery, Van Cortlandt Park, Pelham Bay Park, the New York Botanical Garden, and the Bronx Zoo in the borough's north and center. These open spaces are situated primarily on land deliberately reserved in the late 19th century as urban development progressed north and east from Manhattan.
The name Bronx originated with Swedish-born Jonas Bronck, who established the first settlement in the area as part of the New Netherland colony in 1639. The native Lenape were displaced after 1643 by settlers. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the Bronx received many immigrant and migrant groups as it was transformed into an urban community, first from various European countries (particularly Ireland, Germany, Italy and Eastern Europe) and later from the Caribbean region (particularly Puerto Rico, Hai ...