The Beautiful Bronx Magazine

The Beautiful Bronx is a free community magazine about the people, shops, and history that still hold Little Italy together. This Ferragosto issue opens on a colorized 1936 Arthur Avenue street, then takes you through 2,000 years of the holiday (and how it landed in Belmont in 1993), a full tribute to Anthony Artuso, Sr., a short history of why Bronx history is American history, and two neighborhood essays — why AI will never make gravy like Grandma did, and why most Italian marriages are sitcoms waiting to be written — plus the Bronx roots of Hill Street Blues. Built for the festival and for the kitchen table. Instant PDF. No app. Read it on any phone, tablet, or computer.

Note: This is a compressed digital edition optimized for easy downloading. The original print version featured higher-resolution images.