The Bronx is only a subway ride away from tourists visiting Manhattan but for some, it may as well be in another country. Come explore the place where hip-hop was born, where poetry, dance and painting thrives and yes, where nature blooms.
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The Bronx is only a subway ride away from tourists visiting Manhattan but for some, it may as well be in another country. Come explore the place where hip-hop was born, where poetry, dance and painting thrives and yes, where nature blooms.
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Find the hip-hop beat of the Bronx by hopping on a <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhushtours.com%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Hush Tours</a> bus tour of classic battle sites and clubs and famous music video locations. Tours are given by artists like Kool DJ Red Alert, left, and Rahiem, right.
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Find the hip-hop beat of the Bronx by hopping on a Hush Tours bus tour of classic battle sites and clubs and famous music video locations. Tours are given by artists like Kool DJ Red Alert, left, and Rahiem, right.
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<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thewoodlawncemetery.org%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Woodlawn Cemetery</a>'s permanent residents make up some of the best of American culture. They include Celia Cruz, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis and Irving Berlin.
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Woodlawn Cemetery's permanent residents make up some of the best of American culture. They include Celia Cruz, Duke Ellington, Miles Davis and Irving Berlin.
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<a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wavehill.org%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Wave Hill</a> is an 28-acre oasis of serenity in the middle of New York City's concrete jungle.
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Wave Hill is an 28-acre oasis of serenity in the middle of New York City's concrete jungle.
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The Grand Concourse, once called the Park Avenue of the Bronx, is a mostly Art Deco-lined thoroughfare that runs from 138th Street to Mosholu Parkway.
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The Grand Concourse, once called the Park Avenue of the Bronx, is a mostly Art Deco-lined thoroughfare that runs from 138th Street to Mosholu Parkway.
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The <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bronxmuseum.org%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">Bronx Museum of the Arts</a> instituted a free admission policy, making good on its mission to make the arts accessible to everyone.
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The Bronx Museum of the Arts instituted a free admission policy, making good on its mission to make the arts accessible to everyone.
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Get some of the best seafood in the city at the Bronx's <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cityislandchamber.org%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">City Island</a>, which is accessible by drawbridge (city bus BX 29 will take you straight over it).
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Get some of the best seafood in the city at the Bronx's City Island, which is accessible by drawbridge (city bus BX 29 will take you straight over it).
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Having trouble sorting out where to go for African and Caribbean flavors or hearty Irish fare? <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.noshwalks.com%2Ftours-Food-Bronx.htm" target="_blank" target="_blank">Noshwalks</a> tour guides can help visitors pick out great tastes with a little exercise between noshes.
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Having trouble sorting out where to go for African and Caribbean flavors or hearty Irish fare? Noshwalks tour guides can help visitors pick out great tastes with a little exercise between noshes.
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Jay Sinxero-Beltran started the <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tagpublicartsproject.org%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">TAG Public Arts Project</a> to get landlords to team up with graffiti artists to create legal paintings, like the one shown here, on their walls.
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Jay Sinxero-Beltran started the TAG Public Arts Project to get landlords to team up with graffiti artists to create legal paintings, like the one shown here, on their walls.
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Edgar Allan Poe spent his declining years at what is now the <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bronxhistoricalsociety.org%2Fpoecottage.html" target="_blank" target="_blank">Edgar Allan Poe Cottage</a> at Kingsbridge Road and the Grand Concourse.
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Edgar Allan Poe spent his declining years at what is now the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage at Kingsbridge Road and the Grand Concourse.
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