Carmen Gloria 'Dolly' Fuenmayor (nee Fernandez) (1923- 28 Apr 2012)


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Dolly passed away peacefully on Saturday morning after a long struggle with declining health.  She was a vibrant woman, funny & opinionated. Dolly lived in the Bronx until she moved to Spring Hill, Florida. She was the widow of Manuel Fuenmayor and had two children. This is Dolly on the left,...

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Todo cambia... everything changes


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My parents Luddy & Orlando, Abuela Angie & Abuelo Moncho, Rachel & Ellen, 1022 156th Street, South Bronx, 1960s.   Today brought an odd sense of virtual dislocation. The first time I felt something like this was in 1988. We were newly married and Tom drove us to the South Bronx,...

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We will be young forever... a photo from the 1940s.


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A photograph of my aunts dancing on a Bronx tenement rooftop makes me think about the gap between then and now.  A camera held by either my father or uncle took a series of pictures one Spring afternoon, capturing something of their youth, and their hope for the future. It is...

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A Nuyorican Thanksgiving


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Holidays in our home meant company, and the preparation of a table weighed with food.  Hours of preparation yielded a large mound of pasteles and a huge pot of arroz con gandules, in addition to a turkey and a roast pork shoulder, a stand-in for puerco asado, roast suckling pig. For...

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Teachers, the Bronx, my Childhood.


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As a child I lived in a tenement building at 548 Fox Street, near Southern Boulevard in the South Bronx, with my younger brothers and parents. School wasn't far away-- PS 25, at 811 E. 149th Street. My mom walked us to school in the morning, and I looked forward to...

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