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Ed Garcia Conde said he developed asthma during his thirties, and while he has only ever used it twice, he panics if he ever forgets to bring it with him. Garcia Conde said his condition is indicative of the environmental crisis in the Bronx.

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Ed Garcia Conde recently received this book as a gift from a friend. Although relatively new, he said this book is special to him, since it epitomizes living through the roughest times in Melrose and the South Bronx.

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Ed Garcia Conde received this branding iron, a family heirloom, from his grandfather. He originally did not know where to safekeep it when he got it after his grandfather passed away, so it now hangs in his kitchen.

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Ed Garcia Conde said he found this artwork on a piece of wood out on the streets to be thrown away. He rescued this image of Amitabha, who is the Buddha of Infinite Life.

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Eduardo Garcia Conde was born in Mott Haven in 1975, and goes by the name of Ed. He has two words of his last name as part of the Puerto Rican tradition — both his parents moved to the South Bronx from Puerto Rico before their 20s. Ed grew up as a…

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Ed Garcia Conde stood at the intersection of 149 Street, Third Avenue, and Melrose Avenue, a couple blocks from where he lives. Garcia Conde said Melrose was a village when it was first founded, and he still calls it such — most people who live in…

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Mr. Garcia Conde's tattoos are an homage to his roots in Puerto Rico. The one on the left is a Coqui frog symbol. The frog is native to Puerto Rico and symbolizes anything Puerto Rican. The one on the right is a Taino symbol of the sun. The Puerto…
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