With the Bronx Week backdrop Bronx Borough President officially kicked off Bronx Week 2015 today at the old Bronx General Post Office on the corner of the Grand Concourse and East 149th Street.
This year’s 2015 Bronx Walk of Fame inductees include actor and activist Malik Yoba; NBA Legend and Hall of Famer Dolph Schayes; and actress, author and television commentator Stacey Dash. Longtime borough business leader, philanthropist and the founder of Delicioso Coco Helado, Alfredo Thiebaud, will also be posthumously inducted in to the Bronx Walk of Fame.
The festival “block party” was hosted by the developer of the Bronx Post Office, Youngwoo and Associates and the Bristol Group, at the back of the building on Anthony J. Griffin Place. The event was designed to share with the community the inventive plans for this unique space, and will also focus on highlighting and celebrating local culture and entrepreneurship as you will see in the photos below.
Bronx Week 2015 begins on Thursday May 7th with the Centenarian Celebration Breakfast hosting those Bronxites 100 years or older. This event keeps getting larger each year as more Bronxites continue to join this Centennial Club.
Bronx Week 2015 culminates on Sunday May 17th with the Bronx Walk of Fame 2015 Induction Ceremony (on the steps of the Bronx County Building), the Bronx Week Parade, and then the Bronx Week Food and Arts Festival both being held on the North and South sides of Mosholu Parkway between Southern Blvd. and Van Cortlandt Avenue (where the parade viewing seating will be).
Left - BP Diaz stands with City Council members Vanessa Gibson and Andy King. That is Roberto Garcia of Montefiore Hospital (a major sponsor of Bronx Week) with his back to the camera.
Right - Councilwoman Gibson poses with the new Bronx Democratic County Leader Assemblyman Marcos Crespo.
Left - Bronx Borough President Diaz stops by the Bronx Baking Company to sample some of the Delicious Pretzel Bites.
Councilman Andy King and one of his staffers are all smiles as they eat their samples of the Bronx Baking Company.
Left - Bronx Professor Historian Lloyd Ultan is signing his new book on the History of the Bronx.
Right - Ms. B. Campbell-Adams (right) owner of Lloyd's Carrot Cake located at 6097 Broadway is with one of her employees. There is no relationship between the Bronx Historian Lloyd Ultan and Lloyd's Carrot Cake.
Left- Food from Havana Cafe located at 4251 East Tremont Avenue is available for sampling.
Right - The Brothers Ramirez Anthony and Paul of the Bronx Beer Hall on Arther Avenue could not sample their wonderful pilsner, but did give out samples of their new Bronx Hot Sauce.
Left - There are hundreds of bees in the photo with the director of the City Island Gold and his two assistants.
Right - A few members of the Bronx NYPD while on a break before the event.
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