#poe park

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I visited Poe Park for the first time in a while today!

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Literary NYC: Poe Park, February 2024

I visited Poe Park on a recent gray and cloudy day. My timing wasn't great, because Poe Cottage was closed, and the Visitor Center appeared to be open because people were inside, but the door was locked (???) So instead, I photographed these structures from the outside, as well as the historic bandstand.

I do recommend this park as a good place to visit if you're a fan of Poe, and since the park is only a few blocks long, you can see everything in one visit. But because different websites list different times when these buildings will be open or closed, I'd recommend calling ahead to make sure the places you want to enter are definitely open when you visit!

If you'd like to take a deeper dive into the world of one-time Bronx resident Edgar Allan Poe, here are some links to explore:

The New York Public Library

Where to Start With Edgar Allan Poe

Poetry Foundation

The Poe Museum

National Park Service

Project Gutenberg

Edgar Allan Poe & the Historic Poe Park (NYC Parks)

Poe Park Visitor Center (Toshiko Mori Architect)

Edgar Allan Poe Cottage (Historic House Trust)

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This bronze bust of Edgar Allan Poe was sculpted by Edmond T. Quinn and presented to the City by the Bronx Society of Arts and Sciences in 1909. It was originally installed in Poe Park in the Bronx, across from the Poe Cottage, where Poe lived from 1846 until his untimely death in 1849. The original bust and pedestal, pictured above, were quickly vandalized and subsequently the bust was moved inside the cottage.

Notably, the sloping floorboards in the cottage caused the bust and its pedestal to lean. We can only imagine what could be disturbing the floorboards of the Poe Cottage…

Happy Halloween!

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If you’re in the Bronx, come out to Poe Park Visitors Center to meet Lucy Aponte. In addition to her day job coordinating gallery exhibits, fitness classes, and other community events as the Director of Poe Park Visitors Center, Lucy is also the founder of Friends of Soundview Park. I joined her vibrant volunteer group on a tour of Soundview Park to see firsthand the work that they’ve done in the Bronx, and to hear about their hopes for the future. I’m endlessly inspired by the ways in which New Yorkers like Lucy rally around their parks to not only improve upon those spaces, but also to build stronger communities around them.

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The Five Boro Story Project held a story telling and music festival at Poe Park in the Bronx, featuring Bronx anthems and true stories, and taking us on a journey through the Bronx from Edgar Allen Poe’s day to our day. Correspondent Isamaris Rivera brings us the story.

Watch BronxNet's video highlighting our latest event at Poe Park!

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'Batman'' creator Bob Kane will be remembered in the 'Living in Sequence' exhibit in Poe Park.

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BAT’S ENTERTAINMENT. “Living in Sequence,” a salute to the golden age of comic books, is celebrating Poe Park’s place in pop-culture history. Bob Kane and Bill Finger were sitting in this park when they dreamed up Batman. Among the 40 original works on display are drawings by Jerry Robinson, who created the Caped Crusader’s nemesis, the Joker, and lived near Kane in the Bronx. The exhibit runs through March 8. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 2640 Grand Concourse, Bronx. [phone]. Info: bxhcc.com.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/events/free-cheap-new-york-tuesday-feb-12-article-1.1260954#ixzz2Kn5Iwtw5

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Poe Park Visitor Center features nearly 40 original works and lithographs from comic books' golden age to the present

Bob Kane and Bill Finger were sitting in Poe Park in 1939 when they dreamed up their dark hero, caped crusader Batman.

Now some seven decades later, a new generation of comic book artists are paying homage to the borough’s ties to such iconic characters as Batman, Robin and the Joker.

The comic book art exhibit “Living in Sequence” now showing at the Poe Park Visitor Center features nearly 40 original works and lithographs from the golden age of comic book illustration to the present.

“A lot of these classic icons started in the Bronx. Being an avid comic book reader, I always wanted to highlight that,” said Ray Felix, of the group Bronx Heroes, which organized the exhibit.

Gothic poet Edgar Allan Poe would inspire future Batman episodes.

On display are original works by the late Jerry Robinson, credited with creating Batman nemesis the Joker, while living near Kane (also deceased) in the Bronx; the late Will Eisner, creator of The Spirit (who attended DeWitt Clinton High School with Kane); and cartoonist N. Steve Harris who drew Voltron, among other superheroes.

Artist Alitha E. Martinez, of Inwood, has drawn Iron Man, Thor and Batgirl. She’s now working on “New Crusaders” for Archie Comics.

“This is the first time my work been displayed anywhere. Normally, I’m just at home drawing. I’m one of those invisible people in the industry,” Martinez laughed. “I like that this (exhibit) is something very intimate and small and you actually get to see the art. I’m very excited about it.”

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/paying-homage-boro-super-heroic-history-article-1.1258482#ixzz2KPYjz09U

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