Just north of Manhattan is one of New York City’s most diverse and culturally enriching boroughs: the Bronx. The Bronx is home to Yankee Stadium, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, the New York Botanical Garden, and so many other wonderful sites to visit. The popularity and spread of hip-hop music in the 1970 and 80s can be traced back to the Bronx. Besides the historical sites you can visit, you will surely be hungry after a long day of exploring the Bronx and its expansive history. The Bronx’s iconic Arthur Avenue has a plethora of Italian cuisine and dishes you can choose from, while you can find an abundance of gourmet Latin restaurants in other neighborhoods. While you might not be able to hit all these locations in one day on foot, be sure to check out these food establishments after a fun outing to a landmark in the Bronx.

As summer falls upon the city, New Yorkers have long-filled the public parks, pools, bike paths, tracks and stadiums to enjoy some friendly competition under the sun. These photos take you through some of the city's iconic outdoor sporting locales, from the public gymnastic rings that once drew crowds on the Hudson River, to the well-loved public pools that still scatter the city today.

Anderson—Jerome Avenues Station, June 27, 1928. The elevated line, which crossed Jerome Avenue just north of East 162nd Street, was spur at the northern end of the IRT Ninth Avenue Elevated Line, before the tracks connected with the IRT Jerome Avenue Line at River Avenue (out of frame at right). The extension opened on in 1918, crossing the Harlem River via the Putnam Bridge, and thereby providing a Manhattan connection at the southern terminus of the New York Central Railroad's Putnam Division (the NYCRR had previously used the bridge to reach its 155th Street Terminal, which went out of service in 1918). When the main portion of the Ninth Avenue El closed in 1940, the Bronx spur remained open as the Polo Grounds Shuttle. The Bronx-Manhattan connection was discontinued on August 31, 1958, one year after the New York Giants left the Polo Grounds for San Francisco and three months after the NYCRR retired the Putnam Line. Today, the new Yankee Station (opened 2009) sits on the east side of Jerome Avenue, just up the road from the House that Ruth Built. On June 27, 1928 — the date this photo was taken — Ruth, himself, batted third and drove in two runs as a Yankees lineup also featuring Lou Gehrig defeated the Ty Cobb's Athletics 7-4, in Philadelphia. At the Polo Grounds, Mel Ott homered to lead the Giants to an 11-8 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.

Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, honorary chairman of their tour, greeted 1936's champion "Maccabee" soccer team visiting from British mandate Palestine, here to play against the city's own All-Star team and American Soccer League team, as a fundraiser providing relief for Polish Jews, recently under siege by anti-Semitic riots.

Throwing around the pig-skin is an all-American pastime. See what the early history of football looked like in New York City.

View of Yankee Stadium, 1923 Constructed between 1922 and 1923, this stadium was the home of the New York Yankees for 85 years. (It also hosted the New York Giants football team from 1956 to 1973.) Yankee Stadium was funded entirely by Yankees owner (and brewer and politician) Jacob Ruppert. The 58,000 seat venue was double the size of most other baseball stadiums at the time. Yankee Stadium officially opened on Wednesday, April 18, 1923, with the Yankees' first home game played against the Boston Red Sox, and they won their first World Series pendant during that inaugural season. During its history, the stadium not only hosted sporting events, but concerts, Jehovah's Witnesses conventions, and papal masses. The highest attendance ever recorded was on August 3, 1958, with 123,707 people at the Jehovah's Witnesses International Convention. A substantial renovation in 1974 and 1975 saw the painting of the stadium's exterior, the removal of columns and the original roof, and the addition of a new upper shell, new seats, and an additional concourse. The field itself was also altered dramatically (with other field dimension changes made throughout the 1980s). The Yankees final game here was played on September 21, 2008, and by March of 2010, the entire stadium was demolished. Today the land once occupied by the iconic, original Yankee Stadium is a park complex called Heritage Field.

Constructivism is an art movement and philosophy that originated in Russia in 1915. The style uses architectural line drawings as symbols of protest against the government. Using these images, think about what it means to apply these abstract ideas to NYC buildings to make your own Constructivist art. This story was created for Christina Rinker's art class at Knowledge & Power Preparatory Academy.

With so many of us staying indoors these days, it is helpful to remember the glories of New York City’s public landscape, past and present. Here are a few examples to remind you of treasured sites we look forward to visiting again, appreciating in person, and sharing with others!

Aerial view looking north up Grand Concourse from about East 157th Street. Yankee Stadium in foreground

From the House that Ruth built to the Shot Heard ‘Round the World, New York has been home to baseball history for more than 170 years. Here are the places, some long-gone, where it happened.

Yankee Stadium, date unknown.