Morrisania Library a ‘Beacon of Hope’ for South Bronx

In the 1990s, the New York Public Library (NYPL) undertook a two-year renovation of Morrisania Library, built in 1908 on what was once farmland owned by Jonas Bronck for whom the Bronx is named.
Morrisania Library a ‘Beacon of Hope’ for South Bronx
Morrisania Library at the corner of 167th Street and Franklin Avenue in the Bronx. Tara MacIsaac/The Epoch Times
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Morrisania Library at the corner of 167th Street and Franklin Avenue in the Bronx.  (Tara MacIsaac/The Epoch Times)