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The Bronx

Cultural  
  1. One of the five boroughs that make up New York City.


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Someone described Minneapolis the other day has having the inclusivity and quirkiness of San Francisco, but with the attitude of the Bronx — a fearsome combination.

From Los Angeles Times

She moved to the Bronx in 1958 and worked as a nurse for 30 years until her retirement in 2004.

From Salon

That included several housing developments with all-affordable units in the Bronx borough of New York City.

From The Wall Street Journal

Hellerstein was raised in the Bronx and earned his law degree at Columbia University, before spending nearly four decades in private practice at now-defunct Wall Street law firm Stroock & Stroock & Lavan.

From The Wall Street Journal

He played the blues harmonica between dives and told me he had learned to act at the Jewish community center in the Bronx.

From The Wall Street Journal