August 2010

Beautiful Bronx

 

There is more to the Bronx than Yankee Stadium and the Zoo! The entire Briggs Team discovered some hidden treasures on our continuing “incentives begin at home” program where Briggs recognizes outstanding service from our freelance staff.

On a steamy August afternoon, the esteemed Bronx Borough Historian, Lloyd Ultan, guided us along on The Grand Concourse known as the “Champs-Élysées” of the Bronx. This grand boulevard is lined with some of the city’s most exquisite art deco housing and historic sites (see pictures below).

Following this informative excursion, we all enjoyed a multi-course lunch in the Little Italy section of the Bronx at the highly-rated Zagat restaurant, Zero Otto Nove.

Of course, there was time for shopping afterwards for freshly baked breads, Italian pastries and hand-made mozzarella. So come on up and discover the Bronx for yourself. Take an afternoon historic or gastronomic tour, or hold an incentive meeting or evening gala.

Everyone should know the Bronx; that’s where I was born!

Briggs Team on the Grand Concourse

 

 

 

Lorelei Fountain, dedicated on July 8, 1899, honors the great 19th century German poet, Heinrich Heine. “Die Lorelei” tells the legend of the beautiful and irresistible sirens whose singing lured sailors to their deaths at the dangerous narrows of the Rhine River.

 

 

Loews Paradise Theatre is one of the last theatres built in the Atmospheric Style towards the end of the movie palace building boom in 1929. The auditorium was designed to represent a 16th century Italian baroque garden, bathed in Mediterranean moonlight, with stars twinkling in the ceiling as clouds passed by. It is now used for special events.

 

Edgar Allan Poe spent the last years of his life, 1846 to 1849, at this cottage in The Bronx. In this sparse and humble home (in a then bucolic setting) the great American writer penned many of his most enduring poetical works, including “Annabel Lee,” and “The Bells”.

Hall of Fame for Great Americans is a secular national shrine to great men and Roman ideals of fame favored at the beginning of the 20th Century. It was completed in 1900, as part of the original New York University campus on the site.

Fordham University, run by the Jesuits, was originally founded in 1841. The College was the first Catholic institution of higher education in the northeastern United States.

Wave Hill is a 28-acre public garden and cultural center overlooking the Hudson River and Palisades. Wave Hill House was built as a country home in 1843 by jurist William Lewis Morris where the famed conductor Arturo Toscanini once resided.

 

 

 

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