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Decorative element of barechested woman in lei dancing hula mounted on exterior wall of bldg. at Parkchester housing development in the Bronx, developed by Metropolitan Life, March 1942.
They didn’t have St. Lawrence on google (if you find it tell me) but Parkchester is number 2 on my favorite stops.
Upcoming Dates
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 from 5-7pm
Tuesday, May 18, 2009 from 5-7pm
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 from 5-7pm
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 from 5-7pm
Tuesday, August 17, 2010 from 5-7pm
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 from 5-7pm
Location: Starbucks - 1385 Metropolitan Avenue (on the corner of Wood Avenue - Parkchester) Bronx, NY 10462
GET YOUR POEMS, RAPS, RHYMES & SONGS HEARD!!!!! EVERYONE IS WELCOME.

There’s a Trini-Paki, Carib-Bangladeshi thing going on in the nabe. $8 for a platter of jerk chicken with rice and peas in a hole-in-the-wall joint run by Bangladeshis. Highly recommended by your roving correspondent.
(via Fast Acting Doors)
BY DANIEL BEEKMAN (NYDN)
Happy birthday, Parkchester.
The “Grand Old Neighborhood” will celebrate seven decades around the Metropolitan Oval on Saturday.
“Parkchester: City Within a City”
April 29, 2010 – October 3, 2010
Opening Reception – Thursday, April 29th - 4:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Join us to welcome a new exhibition at The Society’s Museum of Bronx History.
March 2010 marks the 70th anniversary since the start of tenant occupation of Parkchester. This massive community, planned and developed by the Metropolitan Insurance Company, was heralded at the 1939 New York World’s Fair as the wave of the future. The exhibition runs through October 3rd.
Call The Society to rsvp: (718) 881-8900.

(via Bronx Historical Society)