The South Bronx Network

11/09/2025

I love this…happy Sunday Bronxites!! 🥰

11/08/2025

La Lupe deserves an encore. 🥰

11/08/2025

Good afternoon Bronx Family! I trust you’re having a great weekend so far. Let’s make it a better day ahead…stay prayed up. 🥰🙏🏼💖

𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ⁣
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God morning!⁣⁣
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Believers are not to waste time bickering, but focus on good works and urgent needs. We should not waste time arguing with people who are divisive. If they don’t receive instruction and continue in their ways, leave them to God.❤️⁣⁣
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Be encouraged! And don’t be misled by those who are divisive. Try to correct them. But if they don’t listen, pray for them and leave them in the Hands of our Lord!🙏🏽⁣⁣
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Have a Happy, Blessed, Healthy and Fit Saturday. 🌺⁣⁣
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Type Amen if you agree!

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⁣𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐜í𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚 ⁣
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¡Dios día!⁣⁣
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Los creyentes no deben perder el tiempo discutiendo, sino debemos enfocarnos en las buenas obras y las necesidades urgentes. No debemos perder el tiempo discutiendo con personas que son divisivas. Si no reciben instrucción y continúan en sus caminos, déjalos a Dios.❤️⁣⁣
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¡Ser alentado! Y no te dejes engañar por aquellos que son divisivos. Intenta corregirlos. Pero si no escuchan, ¡ora por ellos y déjalos en las Manos de nuestro Señor!🙏🏽⁣⁣
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Ten un sábado feliz, bendito, sano y en forma.🌺⁣⁣

Escribe Amen do estas de acuerdo.

11/08/2025

Which was your favorite shopping area in The Bronx? Southern Blvd, Third Ave & 149th St, Fordham Rd or any others?🥰

11/08/2025

FROM THE BRONX: Piccirilli Brothers

The Piccirilli Brothers were a family of renowned marble carvers and sculptors who carved a large number of the most significant marble sculptures in the United States, including Daniel Chester French’s colossal Abraham Lincoln (1920) in the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.

History

In 1888, Giuseppe Piccirilli (1844-1910), a well-known stone carver and a veteran of Garibaldi's Unification war, brought his family to New York from Massa di Carrara, in Tuscany, Italy. The entire family, father and six sons—Ferruccio (1864- ), Attilio (1866-1945), Furio (1868-1949), Masaniello (1870-1951), Orazio (1872-1954) and Getulio (1874-1956)—were trained as marble cutters and carvers.

Although the Piccirilli Brothers were known primarily as architectural modelers and the carvers of other sculptors’ works, both Attilio and Furio developed names for themselves as sculptors independent of the family.

The family lived at 467 East 142nd Street in the Bronx and set up their workshop next to their home. Over the years their atelier grew until it eventually had encompassed the whole block.

At that time most prominent sculptors would create their original work in clay. From that clay model a caster would generate a plaster model. The model would then be sent to the Piccirilli Brothers who would carve it from stone, typically marble, although limestone and granite were also used. The brothers became the carvers of choice for a large number of American sculptors of the time including Daniel Chester French and Paul Wayland Bartlett.

Besides their work as carvers the Piccirilli Brothers also modeled vast amounts of architectural detailing and embellishments for a large number of public and private buildings.

One of the great losses in American art history occurred when the Piccirilli Brothers studio quietly closed it doors and no move was made to secure their records, so the accounts of much of what they had accomplished was lost.


NOTABLE SCULPTRES
The Maine Memorial, Central Park NYC, Atillio Piccirilli, sculptor
Original sculpture by the Piccirilli Brothers[edit source]

USS Maine Monument, H. Van Buren Magonigle, architect, Atillio Piccirilli, sculptor 1913; Columbus Circle, New York City.

Firemen's Memorial, H. Van Buren Magonigle, architect, Atillio Piccirilli, sculptor figures of Courage and Duty 1913: Riverside Park at 100th Street, New York City

Much of the stonework on the California State Building and the attached buildings at the Panama-California Exposition (1915).

Manitoba Legislative Building, 1919, Simon and Boddington, architects, figures of Sieur de La Vérendrye and Lord Selkirk, plus many architectural figures and details, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Riverside Church, Riverside Drive, NYC 1931

11/08/2025

𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐗 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 ...

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐠𝐠 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦
At a time when there was no air-conditioning and the summer heat in apartments, factories and shops could be oppressive, the 5-cent cold fountain drink offered some sweetness and the promise of “hope for a better day.”🥰

11/08/2025

Growing up with this Bronx Bodega Bread made the best sandwiches for school trips, weekends at our favorite park, Orchard Beach or just hanging on the stoop with our besties.🥰

Photo Credit: Apaza soy

11/05/2025

Not the South Bronx but a great before and after! 🥰

11/03/2025

TSBN CONTINUES CELEBRATING WEEKLY HIGH STATS TOWARDS BUILDING THEIR COLLECTIVE UNITY AND RECOGNITION TO A SUSTAINED GROWTH OF OVER 18,500 NEW MEMBERS SINCE JUNE, 2025

It’s excellent that we keep receiving these accolades from Facebook Corporate because of ALL YOUR EFFORTS OF SHARING OUR POSTS, IMAGES and ENGAGING in the conversations that are RESONATING for all of US!!

Sometimes I don’t know if I should post our small Recognition’s this way but I’ve always believed that it’s important to celebrate our successes in life no matter how small we may think they are for the greater good ofour purpose.

No matter how small our triumphs may appear to the rest of the world, sometimes that’s all it takes to get across the bridge towards healing and feeling better about who we are and where we came from.

Make it a better day now my good people because tomorrow is not promised to any of us.

Big Ups to ALL of US for making it happen TOGETHER!!

With Love and gratefulness always. Your Bronx girl Forever, Lourdes. 🥰❤️‍🔥

11/03/2025

𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ⁣
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God morning!⁣⁣
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What does it mean to seek first the kingdom of God? We are to seek the things of God as a priority over the things of the world. It’s as simple as that. He has promised that if we focus on Him and on the things of His Kingdom, He will take care of our needs!✝️⁣⁣
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Be encouraged! Believe in God’s promises. Know that He doesn’t always give us what we want. But He always gives us what we need. So spend your energy on Him and He will take care of the rest!🙏🏽⁣⁣
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Have a Glorious, Blessed, Healthy and Fit Sunday!💖⁣⁣
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𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐜í𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚 ⁣
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⁣¡Dios día!⁣⁣
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¿Qué significa buscar primero el reino de Dios? Debemos buscar las cosas de Dios como prioridad sobre las cosas del mundo. Es tan simple como eso. ¡Él ha prometido que si nos enfocamos en Él y en las cosas de Su Reino, Él se ocupará de nuestras necesidades!✝️⁣⁣
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¡Ser alentado! Cree en las promesas de Dios. Sepa que Él no siempre nos da lo que queremos. Pero Él siempre nos da lo que necesitamos. ¡Así que gasta tu energía en Él y Él se encargará del resto!🙏🏽⁣⁣
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⁣¡Que tengas un domingo glorioso, bendecido, saludable y en forma!💖