A touch of color has been added to one bland Kingsbridge Heights neighborhood. A mural depicting two trees, one in a day setting, and the other in an evening setting can be seen emblazoned at a step-street between Kingsbridge Terrace and Armand Place. The mural was the result of a collaboration between the Kingsbridge Heights Community Center (KHCC), the Bon Secours Healthy Communities Initiative, and the New York City Department of Transportation. The mural by Spanish-born artist, Laura Alvarez, was painted by the KHCC summer camp and teen volunteers. The theme of the mural, “KHCC Grows,” is supposed to reflect the role KHCC has played in community growth for the past 40 years.
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Welcome to the Norwood News, a bi-weekly community newspaper that primarily serves the northwest Bronx communities of Norwood, Bedford Park, Fordham and University Heights. Through our Breaking Bronx blog, we focus on news and information for those neighborhoods, but aim to cover as much Bronx-related news as possible. Founded in 1988 by Mosholu Preservation Corporation, a not-for-profit affiliate of Montefiore Medical Center, the Norwood News began as a monthly and grew to a bi-weekly in 1994. In September 2003 the paper expanded to cover University Heights and now covers all the neighborhoods of Community District 7. The Norwood News exists to foster communication among citizens and organizations and to be a tool for neighborhood development efforts. The Norwood News runs the Bronx Youth Journalism Heard, a journalism training program for Bronx high school students. As you navigate this website, please let us know if you discover any glitches or if you have any suggestions. We’d love to hear from you. You can send e-mails to norwoodnews@norwoodnews.org or call us anytime (718) 324-4998.
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