2013-05-02

Editorial: Armory Celebration Time!

The story of the “long vacant” Kingsbridge Armory stretches back into the early years of the Norwood News. We began publishing in 1988. The military left the main building in 1993. We’ve been writing about its emptiness and the efforts to fill that emptiness ever since. Now it’s time to celebrate what a new ice sports complex and free after-school youth program will do for an area badly in need of a shot in the armory.

Bronx Pols Start Picking Sides in Mayoral Race

With the crowded race for mayor beginning to pick up steam this spring, Bronx elected officials are starting to divide into separate Democratic camps. So far, mayoral hopefuls Christine Quinn, Bill de Blasio and Bill Thompson have each received public support from Bronx politicians.

Out & About in the Bronx

Our Out & About feature is a guide to what’s going on in the Bronx in arts, entertainment and recreation.

Kingsbridge Reacts to Ice Center Plans for Armory

Plans to turn the Kingsbridge Armory into the world’s largest ice sports complex, which were announced last week, drew a mix of reactions, most of them positive, from local residents, business owners, and students interested in the future of the Armory’s neighborhood. Rose Mangubat, who lives near the Armory on University Avenue, said the city’s plans to turn the building into the Kingsbridge National Ice Center will bring the borough economic success. But a local resident who identified herself as Jackie R. said that even though the future ice center will bring the Bronx a financial boost, she stressed that


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Armory Benefits Agreement Results From Marathon Negotiation Dance

A couple of days after the mayor announced that the Kingsbridge Armory would be transformed into the world’s largest ice sports complex, Desiree Pilgrim-Hunter sat across the street from the vacant building in a bustling diner and tried valiantly to stay awake.

Armory to Become ‘Global’ Ice Sports Destination

After nearly two decades of failed efforts to re-energize the massive Kingsbridge Armory and dire warnings that it may never happen, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced last week that the iconic, 575,000-square-foot brick castle in the west Bronx would be turned into the world’s largest ice sports complex.