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Before World War I, many New Yorkers discovered The Bronx as a place to live. The new subway system made the mainland borough easy to reach and, at five cents a ride, cheap for commuting. Real estate speculators quickly realized that buying empty Bronx land at low cost and enticing New Yorkers to move there could produce a tidy profit. One such speculator tried to do that through an ad placed in a book published in 1913 promoting the history and glorious future of The Bronx.

Bronx Building in the 20th Century. Bronx historians Lloyd Ultan and Gary Hermalyn have characterized the years from 1890-1925 as "the innocent years," a period in which the Bronx was transformed from a country-like landscape of small villages, private homes, and farms into a thriving metropolis of over one million inhabitants. The prevailing sentiment was one of hope for the future and trust in progress. Within this period of growth and optimism, free public library service was born both for the borough and the city with the founding of The New York Public Library

By the mid 1990s the population of the Bronx was increasing. It was about a third black, a third Latin American, and a third Asian and white. Some musicologists maintain that salsa music and break dancing originated in the Bronx. Puerto Ricans accounted for more than a quarter of the population by 1990, and there were also growing numbers of Koreans, Vietnamese, Indians, Pakistanis, Cubans, Dominicans, Jamaicans, Greeks, and Russians. Many Albanians settled in Belmont, many Cambodians in Fordham. Co-op City remained a successful development, luxury apartments built in Riverdale in the 1950s became cooperatives, and the housing stock continued to include the world's largest concentration of buildings in the art deco style. Entrepreneurs formed new businesses, and the borough's public schools were overcrowded with new immigrants. In the 1990s, The Bronx began experiencing a period of economic renewal and in 1997 was awarded the designation of "All American City" by the National Civic Council.

Goverment Building. The Bronx County Historical Society has earned a national reputation for preserving the heritage of the people of the Bronx. Renowned for its Research Library and its collection of historical information on the Bronx, including books, periodicals, reports, pamphlets, photographs, drawings, and charts, the Society saw its historical collection grow considerably when in 1974 it assumed responsibility for an additional million items which were then established as The Bronx County Archives. The Archives contain original documents, manuscripts, record books, city directories, and maps dating back to 1698. This collection is a prime source of information on the economic, social, and political history of the Bronx as well as of New York City and Westchester County.

Bronx Community College was founded in 1957 and enrolled its first students in February 1959. In 1973, it moved to its present location on the 53-acre University Heights campus, which also houses The Hall of Fame for Great Americans. By fostering intellectual exploration in the classroom and beyond, the College encourages students to be creative and analytical thinkers and financially independent and responsible citizens. Degrees offered at Bronx Community College include Associate's degrees in the liberal arts and sciences, the health sciences, business, and public service occupations.

Visit the Bronx Zoo and get up-close and personal with the wonderful animals in the award-winning Congo Gorilla Forest exhibit. Watch our sea lions frolic and play or listen to beautiful songbirds in the World of Birds. At the New York Aquarium, you can touch horseshoe crabs and seas stars. Visit the fantastic Seahorses! Exhibit and watch the underwater antics of the walruses and sea otters. If you want to see some unforgettable action, don't miss the daily shark feedings! The Queens Zoo is teeming with North American wil Yankee Stadium. dlife. Say hello to the coyote, Otis, found in Central Park

Yankee Stadium is seen with the South Bronx in the foreground on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1998, in New York. Residents say the stadium brings something special to their corner of the Bronx.” It gives (the neighbourhood) more life,” On game days, "everyone is happier. You hear the noise, you hear the sirens, everybody's jumping, whether they're watching the game or not."

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