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Image of the Manhattan highline.

Newspaper clipping of the Happy Land fire

Photo of Melrose Houses, where Bobby Sanabria was raised. The space surrounded the housing projects were often transformed to accommodate neighborhood concerts.

Bobby Sanabria performs for Vic Firth in New York City

Photo of Helen Merrill, Valerie Capers, and Bobby Sanabria at the Bronx Rising! Maxine Sullivan Women In Jazz Series: Balkan-Influenced Jazz at the Bronx Music Heritage Center

Alma Micic Quartet with Rale Micic (guitar), Corcoran Holt (bass), Tom Beckham (vibes) at the Bronx Rising! Maxine Sullivan Women In Jazz Series: Balkan-Influenced Jazz at the Bronx Music Heritage Center

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.

- going to speak about the history of this neighborhood using readings like --
--> Urban Mythologies by Lydia Lee
--> the South Bronx by Evelyn Gonzalez