This Archtober we're excited to highlight the greenest and northernmost borough of the city! Home to a plethora of museums, community spaces, parks, and the city’s largest botanical garden (NYBG), the Bronx has so much to explore. Join our partners this month for a few captivating events and learn more about the distinct historical, cultural, and architectural landscape of the Bronx.

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Building of the Day: Bronx River Greenway/Starlight Park

Join the Center for Architecture for a Building of the Day tour with landscape architect NV5. A new gem of the Bronx River, Starlight Park has opened as a reclaimed, reconstructed, and expanded park. When you cross the pedestrian bridge at East 177th Street, you will enter a vital link along the Bronx River Greenway. This 13-acre park now features a synthetic turf multi-purpose field, a picnic area, two new playgrounds with spray showers, basketball courts, multi-use pathways, and floating docks. More than three-quarters of a mile of new greenway will connect Starlight Park with Bronx Park to the north and Concrete Plant Park, Hunts Point Riverside Park, and Barretto Point Park to the south.

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Bronx History and Activism Project: Norwood Community Library with NYPL

The Norwood Community Library started in August 2018 with one crate of used books chained to a fence outside a deli in the Northwest Bronx, during a period of time when there was not one bookstore open to the public in the borough. Join the Soundview Library on Thursday, October 10, from 3–4 PM to learn how Brandon Montes, a tech worker by day, has been able to expand the reach of the library, what stories are centered, and what it means for the community.

Bronx History and Activism Project: LGBTQ+ History with NYPL

October is LGBT history month! On Thursday, October 17, from 3–4 PM, head over to the Soundview Library to learn about the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project. Project Director Amanda Davis will present a dynamic history of the buildings and people that have influenced history in NYC. The NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project is a scholarly initiative and educational resource with the goal to broaden people’s knowledge of LGBT history beyond Stonewall and to place that history in a geographical context. The interactive map features sites that are important to LGBT history as well as those that illustrate the community’s influence on America.  

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‍The New Bronx @ Municipal Art Society of NY

The Bronx has seen a lot of change in the 21st century. Sometimes the old and new are side by side, but more often preservation gives way to demolition for new construction. Housing, retail, sports, education, and health care are some of the markets that have produced this current real estate boom. Join Bronx native Alexandra Maruri with The Municipal Art Society of NY for an in-person tour of what’s going on in today’s Bronx.

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