To the Community:
Oct. 20, 2021: I am happy to hear the efforts regarding Cannabis. In 2019 and 2020 my husband and I had an apartment in downtown Chicago, in a somewhat hidden new build square a block from the Miracle Mile. My husband had it for business.
I came for September through the beginning of November, before the Big Freeze. In 2019 all was pleasant and lovely. We walked around the lovely square, sat on park benches in the middle of the square and watched children, dogs, life going by. Then I returned in 2020 and it was different. Wherever I went down sidewalks, in parks and even coming from the building‘s garage and into a side entrance leading to the lobby, there was the smell of skunk and it was not the smell from an animal. It is pervasive.
It sours a wonderful walk or an afternoon in a park. It is there when you enter a building. And honestly I have gotten out of my parked car on Pondfield Rd and smelled it coming from the driver sitting in the next car. I have smelled it while driving on a highway and in Bronxville.
I throw my support behind our Government and Police to limit our exposure to what is mostly Skunk Pot or any other kind of cannabis.
Regards,
Uta Hershey
Bronxville is a quaint village (one square mile) located just 16 miles north of midtown Manhattan (roughly 30 minutes on the train) and has a population of approximately 6,500. It is known as a premier community with an excellent public school (K-12) and easy access to Manhattan. Bronxville offers many amenities including an attractive business district, a hospital (Lawrence Hospital), public paddle and tennis courts, fine dining at local restaurants, two private country clubs and a community library.
While the earliest settlers of Bronxville date back to the first half of the 18th century, the history of the modern suburb of Bronxville began in 1890 when William Van Duzer Lawrence purchased a farm and commissioned the architect, William A. Bates, to design a planned community of houses for well-known artists and professionals that became a thriving art colony. This community, now called Lawrence Park, is listed on the National register of Historic Places and many of the homes still have artists’ studios. A neighborhood association within Lawrence Park called “The Hilltop Association” keeps this heritage alive with art shows and other events for neighbors.
Bronxville offers many charming neighborhoods as well as a variety of living options for residents including single family homes, town houses, cooperatives and condominiums. One of the chief benefits of living in “the village” is that your children can attend the Bronxville School.
The Bronxville postal zone (10708, known as “Bronxville PO”) includes the village of Bronxville as well as the Chester Heights section of Eastchester, parts of Tuckahoe and the Lawrence Park West, Cedar Knolls, Armour Villa and Longvale sections of Yonkers. Many of these areas have their own distinct character. For instance, the Armour Villa section has many historic homes and even has its own newsletter called “The Villa Voice” which reports on neighborhood news.
Village of Bronxville Administrative Offices
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