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☆ Vital Places of Refuge in the Bronx, Community Gardens Gain Recognition
  + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( David Gonzalez | José A. Alvarado Jr. | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
Sheryll Durrant left her family farm in Jamaica in 1989 and embarked on a career in corporate marketing. Now she runs a thriving urban farm wedged into a triangular plot in the Bronx, between the Grand Concourse and the Metro North railroad tracks. “Just putting your hands in soil is a form of healing,” Ms. Durrant, 63, said. The plot she has managed with volunteers for eight years sits on city land and is among more than 500 community gardens in New York City. About a third of them have sprouted in the Bronx, where the gardens are emerald oases, providing residents a respite from hot, treeless streets clogged with traffic, as well as a bounty of locally grown food.
Persons: Sheryll Durrant, “, Ms, Durrant Organizations: Metro, International Rescue Committee Locations: Jamaica, Bronx, New York City
☆ The New York City Mixtape
  + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( David Gonzalez | Photographs Todd Heisler | Photographs | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +15 min
Click to unmute A global city needs a global soundtrack, and in New York, you can find nearly anything you want. Over the past several months, we followed several New York musical scenes that reflect the city’s creative soul, thriving in community centers, local bars and public parks. The sight of a new generation encouraged Mr. Joseph, who sees the band as preserving traditional culture in the modern city. It becomes part of you.” New York itself is as much a player as any musician, transforming traditional tunes into something new. The people who embraced Mateo and his mother when they moved from Boston to New York in 2016 now consoled her.
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