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- 2009 marks the Concourse's centennial. The Grand Concourse has been a measure of the Bronx's economic and social vitality since its creation in 1909. Conceived during the height of the City Beautiful Movement as the residential Champs Élysées of the Bronx, this broad promenade was meant to inspire harmonious social order through grand design.
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Apr 20, 2009 · The wide boulevard known as the Grand Concourse, turns 100 this year, and the Bronx Museum celebrates with Intersection: The Grand Concourse Beyond 100, part history lesson, part community outreach looking to revitalize and rethink the borough’s most prominent street for a new century.
- Early History
- First Residents
- Recent History
The idea of the Grand Concourse came from a French immigrant named Louis Aloys Risse who conceived it in 1890 as a way to connect Manhattan to the northern Bronx, which back then was known as the Annexed District. Risse envisioned a wide boulevard stretching for miles that would rival the Champs-Élysées in Paris which was his inspiration in designi...
The first residents were mostly Jewish and Italian residents, many with professional backgrounds from doctors to lawyers and just the average American upwardly mobile middle-class family. New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission wrote: “During the 1920s, the Bronx, anointed as “the wonder borough,” emerged as New York’s fastest growing borou...
It wasn’t until the early 2000s, when crime began dropping, that things started to turn around. Interest in preserving the history of the Grand Concourse grew and in 2011, a large portion stretching from 153rd Street to 167th Street was designated as the Grand Concourse Historic District by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Sadly...
Jul 7, 2009 · The Grand Concourse in the Bronx, New York, turns 100 years old. By Hannah McCann. Jeff Liao EXHIBIT Conceived in the late 19th century as the Champs-Élysées of the Bronx, the four-mile-long Grand Concourse fell on hard times in the 1960s, as middle class residents fled New York City for suburbia.
The Grand Concourse (also known as the Grand Boulevard and Concourse) is a 5.2-mile-long (8.4 km) thoroughfare in the borough of the Bronx in New York City. Grand Concourse runs through several neighborhoods, including Bedford Park , Concourse , Highbridge , Fordham , Mott Haven , Norwood and Tremont .
- Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Art Deco
- City of New York
- 5.2 mi (8.4 km)
5 days ago · The Grand Concourse is the Bronx's most famous thoroughfare. This 100 year old street gives a window into what makes the borough unique through all its history.
Mar 18, 2009 · The first installment, “Intersections: The Grand Concourse at 100,” about the history of the boulevard, opened on March 5 and is on view through July 20. Subsequent installments, about the...
Oct 3, 2011 · October 3, 2011. The Grand Concourse runs up the western end of the Bronx like a zipper. Unzip it and you will find Bronx past, present and future: the grand visions of a suburban borough for the wealthy, that turned into a gritty, urban superhighway from Yankee Stadium to Van Cortlandt Park.
