How can I use the Bronx River to reach my learning

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A Brief Photo Album of Bronx River Modern History

The Bronx

NYC published 1807

October 1776

August 1776

Westchester 1829

West Farms, 1890

182nd Street dam 1898 Bleaching Mill, now River Park

Date Population Growth Rate1830 3,023 8.7%1840 5,346 76.8%

1850 8,032 50.2%1860 23,593 193.7%1870 37,393 58.5%

1880 51,980 39.0%1890 88,908 71.0%1900 200,507 125.5%1910 430,980 114.9%1920 732,016 69.8%1930 1,265,258 72.8%1940 1,394,711 10.2%1950 1,451,277 4.1%1960 1,424,815 −1.8%

Bronx 1905

Parkway construction

Northern sections of the Parkway construction improve water quality

1914 condemnation map

1916 Bronx Zoo Boathouse North of 182nd St. Dam

1920’s South of Gun Hill Rd. Taken from Baumgarten Tapestry pedestrian bridge.(?)

Concrete Plant 1948

1974 south of 180th street

Ruth Anderberg Founder Bronx River Restoration 1974

Tremont and Devoe 1970s

South Of E. Tremont 1970s BxRR

1970’s East Tremont and Devoe Debris Removed from river

Banana Kelly students October 2008 Drew Gardens

Concrete Plant 1948

1966 Active Concrete Plant with barge

Concrete Plant circa 2004

Concrete Plant, South of Westchester Blvd. 1998

Alexie Torres leads the fight for public space at Concrete Plant with YMPJ