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Bronx Park receives $292K to open an adult fi tness area
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MEMBER:
BY STEVEN GOODSTEIN
Were you disappointed
that the much-hyped Woodstock
50 festival in upstate
New York never made it ‘out
of the gate’? Well, there’s
now an alternative. A Bronx
American Legion Post has
announced its plans to highlight
the anniversary of the
greatest music festival of all
time.
On Saturday, August 17,
the Samuel Young American
Legion Post 620, located at
1530 Hutchinson River Parkway,
will host a ‘Woodstock
50’ event to commemorate the
50th anniversary of the 1969
music festival.
The Woodstock commemoration
event will take place
from 3 to 11 p.m. on Post 620’s
great lawn and will feature a
live outdoor music concert,
the viewing of the Woodstock
documentary fi lm and activities
for kids such as necklace
making, face-painting and
spin art.
The live outdoor music
concert will run from 3 to 7:30
p.m., followed by the Woodstock
documentary fi lm at 8
p.m., which will be shown on
a 15-foot outdoor screen with
concert audio sound. Food
and refreshments will be sold
at the event.
“We host a lot of events
and this one is a great way
to honor the many veterans
who were in Vietnam at the
time and didn’t get the opportunity
to experience Woodstock,”
said Owen Mangan,
fi rst commander of the Samuel
Young American Legion
Post 620.
“Although this is a family
event, we wanted to host a
celebration to also honor veterans,
particularly those who
served in Vietnam during
that time,” said Joe Mondello,
veterans advocate and fi rst
district commander of American
Legion Post 620. “The
Vietnam-era vets who were
overseas during Woodstock
will get a Woodstock-themed
experience with music, art
and history.”
“This event will also give
the Woodstock generation,
most of whom are now in
their 60s, a chance to reminisce
while they watch the
documentary or when they
hear different songs from
that era - on the actual anniversary,”
Mondello added.
Notable artists and bands
who performed at Woodstock
included the Grateful Dead,
Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family
Stone, The Who, Jefferson
Airplane and Jimi Hendrix,
among others.
It is estimated that over
400,000 attended the Woodstock
music festival, which
took place between August
15 and August 17, 1969 at an
alfalfa farm in Bethel, New
York, about 40 miles west of
the town Woodstock in Ulster
County.
American Legion Post 620 to
celebrate Woodstock anniversary
Flyer for ‘Woodstock 50’ event. Photo courtesy of Joe Mondello
BY ROBERT WIRSING
Bronxites looking to
obtain and maintain their
perfect summer body can
thanks to Bronx Park’s
newest addition.
Bronx Parks Commissioner
Iris Rodriguez-Rosa
and Councilman Ritchie
Torres joined members of
the Bronx Park East Community
Association, Community
Board 11 and the
Allerton community to celebrate
the grand opening
of Bronx Park’s new adult
fi tness area on Friday, August
2.
Located at Bronx Park
East and Arnow Avenue,
Bronx Park’s $292,000
adult fi tness area features
a double chest press, sit-up
bench, overhead ladder and
cross trainer; new plantings;
benches and safety
surfacing.
According to NYC Parks,
the individual units were
selected based on function
to meet the target areas of
cardio and muscle fi tness
while targeting core and upper
body strength.
“The new Bronx Park
adult fi tness area brings
quality fi tness equipment
directly to Bronx residents
so that exercise can be made
part of an everyday routine
to maintain a healthy lifestyle,”
explained Torres.
The councilman added
that approximately 1,165
residents voted in favor of
creating Bronx Park’s adult
fi tness area.
The project was made
possible through the NYC
Council’s 2016 participatory
budget.
Bronx Park’s adult fi tness
area was funded with
$92,000 allocated by Mayor
de Blasio and $200,000 from
Torres.
“We always encourage
healthy lifestyle choices
and now these fi tness units
will provide our park patrons
with easily accessible
new options to work out,”
expressed Rodriguez-Rosa.
During the event, residents,
elected offi cials,
Parks and community leaders
each took turns testing
the excerise equipment.
“The community is always
looking for additions
to their local parks and this
is a great space to exercise
and stay healthy without
adding any extra costs,”
stated Assemblywoman
Nathalia Fernandez.
Bronx Park is best
known as the home of the
Bronx Zoo and the New
York Botanical Garden and
includes many recreation
areas.
In addition to Bronx
Park’s new adult fi tness
area, visitors can also take
advantage of the 718.37
acre park’s numerous playgrounds;
bicycle paths;
hiking trails; spray showers;
baseball fi elds; tennis;
bocce and basketball courts;
baseball, football and soccer
fi elds; skate park; kayak
and canoe launch sites and
Wi-Fi hot spots.
Bronx Park also features
a similar adult fi tness area
at its Waring Playground located
at Waring Avenue and
Bronx Park East.
Much like the borough
and the river that runs
through it, Bronx Park is
named for the 17th century
Swedish sea captain Jonas
Bronck who settled the area
in 1639.
Bronck purchased approximately
500 acres of
land from the Dutch West
India Company and traded
tools, clothes and utensils
with local Native Americans
for additional property
.A
fter Bronck, this property
passed through several
different families before the
city acquired 640 acres of it
between December 1888 and
January 1889.
By 1890, the city had acquired
properties in the
Bronx that would eventually
become known as Van
Cortlandt, Pelham Bay,
Bronx, Crotona and Claremont
parks and four parkways.
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