Thursday, June 25, 2015
Mott Haven News: #Marriott Opens Door in Metro Center
Mott Haven News: #Marriott Opens Door in Metro Center: Bronx Now has a First-Class Place to Stay Marriott Opens Door in Metro Center By Dan Gesslein BRONX, NEW ...
#Marriott Opens Door in Metro Center
Bronx Now has a First-Class Place to Stay
Marriott Opens Door in Metro Center
By Dan Gesslein
BRONX, NEW YORK, JUNE 24- In a sign of the continued revitalization of the Bronx, community leaders hailed the opening of the borough's first upscale hotel. The ribbon cutting was also the capping of an odyssey for the Metro Center complex which went from an abandoned factory and vacant land to a thriving college campus style office complex and medical village.
The 125-room Marriott Residence Inn officially opened to great fanfare on Wednesday with a ribbon cutting ceremony with elected officials. Sure the Bronx has many motel rooms but none you would want to spend the night in. New Rochelle boasted the closest place to get a nice hotel room while visiting family rather than a hot-sheet motel. Now all that has changed with the opening of a first-class hotel.
"We’re thrilled that Marriott, one of the world’s premier hospitality companies, chose this location. Metro Center Atrium is unique in the Bronx – there’s nothing quite like it available anywhere else in the Borough. This truly is a landmark event for Metro Center Atrium, for our company, and for the Bronx," said Joseph Simone, President of Simone Development, whose company envisioned and built the Metro Center.
The Marriott is the crowning jewel in the Metro Center complex. The hotel caps off the Metro Center Atrium which is a mix of medical and office space in a suburban style campus.
Twelve years ago Old London Foods moved out of the area behind the Metro North tracks. Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr said people were worried about the loss of jobs and that the land would sit unused. Now the Metro Center boasts 370,000 square feet of medical offices, an Applebee's, an LA Fitness and now a first class hotel. The complex also includes Mercy College.
"Today we have seen the realization of a magic trick," Diaz said.
Metro North is planning to reopen the old Morris Park station which will have a stop steps from the Marriott. Thus giving hotel guests access to transportation to Penn Station in Manhattan and upstate New York.
The new hotel is already a success. Officials say that although it officially opened today, the hotel is already 80 percent occupied. Business execs and hospital visitors to the medical centers inside the complex as well as nearby Calvary, Einstein Hospital and Jacobi Medical Center are staying at the new Marriott.
“Today is a great day for the Bronx,” said New York City Council Member James Vacca. “We welcome Marriott as the borough’s first hotel with open arms and hope it is the signal of even more great things to come. Clearly Marriott has recognized that the Bronx is a destination for New Yorkers and tourists alike. We already have beautiful parks, the
Father Richard Gorman, chairman of Community Board 12, said the grand opening is a culmination of the revitalization of the borough.
"The Bronx is not only coming back. The Bronx is back," he said.
#Marriott #Simone #MetroCenter #Bronxnews
Monday, June 15, 2015
Mott Haven News: Saints Dance on Arthur Ave.
Mott Haven News: Saints Dance on Arthur Ave.: Saints Dance on Arthur Ave. Photos by Dan Gesslein The smells of zeppole a...
Saints Dance on Arthur Ave.
Saints Dance on Arthur Ave.
Photos by Dan Gesslein
The smells of zeppole and sausage and peppers wafted through the air as the sounds of traditional Italian music filled the streets of Arthur Avenue during the Feast of St. Anthony. During the weekend long celebration feast goers got a chance to see a tradition return in the Bronx’ Little Italy as the “Dancing of the Giglio” was performed in front of Mt Carmel Church. Over 100 people lifted the platform containing the statue of St. Anthony as well as a performing band and danced through the streets.
#LittleItaly #ArthurAvenue #FeastofStAnthony #DancingGiglio
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Mott Haven News: Taxi Cab Stickup Caught on Tape
Mott Haven News: Taxi Cab Stickup Caught on Tape: Taxi Cab Stickup Caught on Tape Armed Robber Convicted in Stickup BRONX, NEW YORK, JUNE 10 - District Attorney Robert J...
Taxi Cab Stickup Caught on Tape
Taxi Cab Stickup Caught on Tape
Armed Robber Convicted in Stickup
BRONX, NEW YORK, JUNE 10- District Attorney Robert Johnson announces the conviction of 23-year-old Luis Louis for the January, 2013 robbery of a livery cab driver, the incident caught on taxi-cam.
After a five-day jury trial and two days of deliberation, Louis was convicted of robbery in the second degree, a Class-B Violent Felony.
Louis claimed he had just gotten off his overnight job at a drug store and had taken a subway to the Bronx, stopping in at his mother’s apartment, and then hopped the cab to go to his girlfriend’s. After negotiating a price of $12 for the ride, the video shows Louis relaxing in the back seat. But it was anything but relaxing when the cab reached its destination at Cypress Avenue and East 137th Street in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx. There, Louis handed the driver a bill, but when cabbie
Bartolo Taverez returned his change, that was not good enough.
Louis reached into his pocket and displayed what appeared to be a silver-barreled revolver and grabbed Taverez's arm, demanding all the money he had – $52. After all his funds were given up, the driver put his hands in the air in a gesture of surrender, at which time Louis fled.
Louis was arrested several weeks later after the taxicab video was released to the media and a tip was received by police, which led to his capture. The defendant faces up to 25 years when he is sentenced on June 25th by Bronx Supreme Court Justice Albert Lorenzo, Part T-33, Bronx Supreme Court Hall of Justice, 265 E. 161st Street.
#NYPD #BronxDA #Cabbie #Stickup #Bronxnews
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