VIDEOS
A Walk Through the Bronx with David Hartman and Historian Barry Lewis, aired December, 2005.
Channel Thirteen (WNET) Production
Executive Producer: John De Natale
Producer: James Nicoloro
Director of Photography: Mead Hunt
Available in VHS and DVD
Channel Thirteen linked website: http://www.thirteen.org/bronx/
The Bronx has suffered from a bad “rap” having become the poster boy for the failed American cities of the 1970s when President Carter stood amid the rubble and burnt out ruins of Charlotte Street. Today, that view is ancient history. With New York real estate prices skyrocketing, the Bronx is being re-discovered by a new generation (while having always been appreciated by those who never moved). Dense urban neighborhoods along the Parisian-styled spine of the Grand Concourse, beautiful parks from wetlands-rich Pelham Bay to the wooded hills and lush meadows of Van Cortland, first class cultural landmarks including the Bronx Zoo and the New York Botanical Garden, Wave Hill and Orchard Beach all make the Bronx New York’s distinctive “uptown”.
From the fine mansions of Bartow-Pell and Van Cortlandt to the “casita” of Rincon Criolla’s community garden in Morrisania, from the recently restored 1929 Paradise move palace near Fordham Road to nearby Lehman College’s Performing Arts Center, from Bronx High School of Science in Kingsbridge to Hostos College at 149th Street and the emerging SoBro arts scene down at Bruckner Boulevard, the Bronx is coming back alive. Walk with us to see this famous symbol of late 20th century urban decay becoming the new city of the new century.
Left to right: David Hartman, comedian Robert Klein and Barry Lewis at DeWitt Clinton High School. Photo: Joe Sinnott/Thirteen 2005
Note: Thirteen has released 5 of the 11 walking tour videos for sale on Thirteen.org. They include A Walk Around Brooklyn, A Walk In Greenwich Village, A Walk Through Central Park, A Walk Through Harlem, A Walk Up Broadway. To purchase these videos click here and scroll down the page, they are listed in alphabetical order.
David Hartman and Barry Lewis shooting the scene at Wave Hill. Photo: Joe Sinnott/Thirteen 2005
David Hartman and Barry Lewis in front of Yankee Stadium. Photo: Joe Sinnott/Thirteen 2005