Pelham Bay 'welcome' needs fixing
BY DORIAN BLOCK
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Tuesday, August 26th 2008
He for News
Neighbors and business owners near the
Pelham Bay Park Station on the No. 6 line
say the area is decrepit and needs fixing. Some Bronx neighbors want to turn what they say is the "ugliest piece of city-owned land" into a gateway to their community, and a local politician says it may happen soon.
The Pelham Bay Park elevated subway station at the end of the No. 6 line is that entry to the community of Pelham Bay, a family neighborhood with some of the borough's highest property values and growing development, as well as Pelham Bay Park.
But community leaders say the station and the surrounding Amendola Plaza are not representative of the homes and businesses behind them and the park, Orchard Beach and City Island nearby.
The paint on the adobe-style structure is peeling. The sidewalk is cracked, with grass sprouting from the cracks, and it is strewn with garbage. And homeless people from Pelham Bay Park are... [Read More]
Michelle Obama: My husband shares same beliefs you have
BY MICHAEL SAUL DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Tuesday, August 26th 2008
Antonelli/News
Barack Obama greets his family and the audience via satellite at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night.
Declaring her husband will be an "extraordinary President," Michelle Obama delivered a heartstring-tugging speech on Monday night about the values and compassion behind Barack Obama's drive for the White House.
"We want our children and all children in this nation to know that the only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work hard for them," she said.
PHOTO GALLERY: DNC, DAY ONE
Indeed, it was a family affair for the Obamas as their two adorable girls - Malia, 10, and Sasha, 7 - later joined their mom on stage and blew kisses at their dad when he appeared on a giant video screen.
The Curious World of the Last Stop
By ANDY NEWMAN
NY TIMES August 25, 2008
Richard Perry/The New York Times
L TO CANARSIE Near this terminus in southeast Brooklyn, the names of businesses riff
on the theme: Fixed Ends 2 Barbershop; Cake Enz West Indian Bakery.
At the end of the line, the subway creaks to a stop a few yards short of the yellow crash bumper. A few stragglers, or a lurch of homebound commuters, head for the street.
Train cleaners wielding worn-sided corn brooms and generic spray bottles marked “lemon” or “Windex” amble onto the cars, rousting any sleepers and drunks unmoved by the conductor’s voice grating through speakers:
“This is the last stop on this train.”
Beyond the station gates, a priest dreams of a vineyard. A car bursts into flame. An ancient sign in a boarded-up window opposite the platform reads “Wrestling Weight.” A stuffed bear mans a betting window in a struggling OTB parlor. The dead lie in rows uncounted, and the living mourn and wait and work and love and strum guitars on the front stoop, annoying the neighbor... [Read More]
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