Here, at long last, is the second part of my interview with Bronx Borough Historian Professor Lloyd Ultan.
{The first part is here.}
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Show Notes
00:00 Intro
01:14 What makes the Bronx unique? Its size / parks / types of homes. The Bronx is large enough to be the 6th largest city in America.
02:41 Bronx population is very diverse.
04:45 “The Bronx has always welcomed the other.”
07:03 European immigrants come to the Bronx from Ireland and Germany.
10:00 Eastern European Jews arrive in the Bronx.
Baron de Hirsch Fund established workshops to teach Jewish immigrants industrial skills necessary for living in an urban environment.
11:34 African-Americans and Puerto Ricans arrive in the Bronx.
11:56 In 1980s to 1990s, the Bronx becomes still more diverse.
12:54 Bohemian Community in the Bronx near Fordham in the 1860s:
John Savage, Irish poet
Robert Barry Coffin, writing as Barry Gray, wrote “Cakes and Ale at Woodbine: from Twelfth Night to New Year’s Day”, “Out of Town: A Rural Episode”.
14:15 Edgar Allan Poe lived in Fordham in 1846.
17:08 Small bohemian community of Broadway actors and actresses lived on Wilton Street near St. Ann’s Avenue, west of St. Mary’s Park.
17:50 East and north of Crotona Park, writers gathered in Crotona Park.
These writers were Eastern European Jews who wrote in Yiddish.
18:43 Literary salon in the home of a Bronx dentist and his wife every Sunday.
19:38 Today, artists in Mott Haven
Jazz musicians live on Manida Street in Hunts Point
Additional Resources for topics discussed in this podcast:
The Bronx County Historical Society
Intersections The Grand Concourse beyond 100
New York Public Library: The Bronx on the Web
Books by Prof. Lloyd Ultan
“The Bronx In The Innocent Years, 1890 – 1925”, with Gary Hermalyn (1991 2nd ed).
“The Beautiful Bronx, 1920-1950” , (1979).
“The Bronx: It was Only Yesterday, 1935 – 1965”, with Gary Hermalyn (1992).
“Bronx Accent: A Literary And Pictorial History of the Borough”, with Barbara Unger (2000).
“The Northern Borough: A History of the Bronx”, to be released this year. It is the first single volume on the history of the Bronx since 1912.
This podcast features Creative Commons music:
“One for Me” by SackJo 22
“Que Pena” featuring Tamy by s.c.mixer
A Special Thank You for all things IT related to:
Colin Turner, Chief urbologist, urbTek, LLC
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