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By Valarie D'Elia Don't get me wrong, I loved my recent trip back to my Italian roots. But when I learned that NYC & Co, the city's tourism arm, was reaching out to feature Arthur Avenue in the Bronx as part of its Neighborhood By Neighborhood campaign, I was there in a New York minute. It might seem like central casting, but it's the rea...

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By Raanan Geberer   It is tempting to make a comparison between 1930s and '40s-era Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and new Mayor Bill de Blasio.   Both are considered "outsiders" who were not part of the political machine, both are Italian-American, and both were considered left of center, although a hard-core leftist would certainly contest...

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by Laura Dimon and Larry McShane   Arthur Avenue is the expressway to Italian earthquake relief. The Little Italy of the Bronx joined local politicians and business people Friday to raise money for the victims of the deadly central Italy quake blamed for 267 deaths.   "The neighborhood owes its unique vitality, identity and herit...

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The Belmont section of the Bronx will host their annual Ferragosto festival that draws thousands of visitors from the tri-state area and beyond to the intersection of all-things-Italian at world-famous Arthur Avenue and East 187th Street on Sunday, September 7, from noon until 6pm. This ancient Roman festival dates back to 18 B.C. when the gatherin...

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Bronx Little Italy. Arthue Avenue & East 187th St, The Bronx 10458The Feast of Saint Anthony starts on Wednesday, June 10th and goes thru Sunday, June 14th. The Dancing of the Giglio is Saturday, June 13 from 4-6pm and the Procession is Sunday, June 14th at 5pm. The feast will be full of games, rides, raffles, amusements and of course food...

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Massimo Bottura, the man behind Osteria Francescana—the world's best restaurant, according to last month's announcement of the San Pellegrino 2016 World's 50 Best Restaurants list—plans to bring is considerable culinary clout to New York next year—specifically, the Bronx.   Bottura's not only renowned for his Modena, Italy, restaurant, but a...

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The inaugural meeting in the Arthur Avenue Dinner Series will take place at Zero Otto Nove (Zagat's has called this Arthur Avenue restaurant the "real deal"). Business, community and political leaders will consider challenges facing the neighborhood and promote solutions for continued economic growth...and enjoy an authentic Italian meal prepared b...

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by Jennifer H. Cunningham   A Bronx nonprofit has mounted a push to transform a historic banquet hall in Little Italy into an arts haven. The Belmont Society of Arts & Culture envisions E. 187th Street's Rex Hall as a cultural hub for Bronx residents, complete with cinema hall, theater space and arts programs. "It's a platform for...

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by Tobias Salinger   An Italian company that makes high-end furniture, lighting, home accessories and jewelry would purchase and renovate a 50,000-square-foot vacant building in the Bronx with the help of city tax breaks under a plan officials with the New York City Industrial Development Agency will review next week.   SICIS North Am...

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He brought a banana to a fistfight — and paid for it with his life. A 37-year-old man, visiting his girlfriend in the city, was pestering customers to buy him beer at a Bronx bodega just after midnight on Friday.   One of the fed-up strangers unleashed an open-handed assault on Oliver D'Orio as they squared off outside the Guerrero Deli on...

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