Rising like twin beacons of gentrification, the South Bronx’s first luxury high rises have topped out reaching their maximum floor heights of 25 stories each. Known as The Arches, which is being developed by Cheskel Schwimmer, the luxury towers are now the tallest buildings in the area,...
Universal Hip Hop Museum Coming To BX The Bronx is moving one step closer to becoming the home of the Universal Hip Hop Museum. Plans are to break ground for the museum at its secured location along the Harlem River at 65 E. 149th St., just south...
The New York City Universal Hip-hop Museum (UHHM) is slated to open in 2022 in the Bronx. Founded by Rocky Bucano, Kurtis Blow, Shawn LG Thomas, Grandwizzard Theodore, Mickey Bentson, and , Joe Conzo Jr. the museum “celebrates and preserves the history of local and...
If all goes according to plan, the opening of Bronx Point, a mixed-use development, would bring up to 1,045 units of housing to the South Bronx. The development will be delivered in two phases. The first phase is set to include 600 units of permanent...
The definitive history of hip-hop doesn’t lie in the Bronx—at least not yet. For now, it’s sitting in rows of boxes inside a fine art storage facility in Newark, N.J. That’s where the principal archive for the Bronx’s soon-to-come Universal Hip-Hop Museum is being stored until...
16Bars 4 Hip Hop is the premiere Rap music compilation album produced by the museum featuring 26 blazing hot Rap songs recorded by Hip Hop icons and upcoming new Rap stars united on one album to support the preservation of Hip Hop Culture. The album began...
Bronx, NY – New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), in partnership with the Departments of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) and Parks and Recreation (DPR), today announced a plan to transform a long-vacant site located along the Harlem River waterfront into Bronx Point, a dynamic mixed-use development that will feature high-quality public open spaces, hundreds of permanently affordable housing units, a home for the Universal Hip-Hop Museum, a state-of-the-art multiplex theater, education space, and a neighborhood food and beverage hall and incubator.
The city has unveiled a $300 million-plus plan to reshape a long-neglected stretch of land along the Harlem River in The Bronx into a massive affordable housing complex with a new public esplanade, a home for the Universal Hip Hop Museum, an outdoor theater, and a new food hall.
It's almost that time!! The Universal Hip Hop Museum's 2nd Annual Christmas Celebration and album release party for the much anticipated 16 Bars 4 Hip Hop project will be held on December 21, 2016. EVO Cocktail Lounge and Restaurant 1306 Unionport Road, Bronx, New York The Get Down Begins...
The first single from the upcoming Universal Hip Hop Museum presents 16 Bars 4 Hip Hop project is now available on iTunes, Spotify, and Microsoft Groove. "When We Love" is a beautiful soulful song that features MexiCan, a South African hip hop artist, alongside singer Lydia Molise...