Just one week after Whodini member John “Ecstasy” Fletcher passed away, the pioneering Hip Hop community has suffered another monumental loss.
On Wednesday (December 30), DJ Premier shared an Instagram post mourning the death of Adolfo “Shabba-Doo” Quiñones, better known as “Ozone” from the quintessential Hip Hop films
Breakin’ and
Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo.
“One Of Our Greatest Street Dancers/Choreographer And HIP HOP ICON and Star of the Hit Movie ‘BREAKIN’ As The Character ‘OZONE’ Has Passed,” he captioned a photo of Shabba-Doo. “R.I.P. Shabba Doo…Crazy Thing Is He Posted On IG Yesterday That He Was Feeling Better…Your Legacy Will Not Be Forgotten…@officialshabbadoo.”
Universal Hip Hop Museum To Continue Development As Part Of $349M Bronx Riverfront Project Published on:
Dec 23, 2020, 3:51 PM
New York, NY – The Universal Hip Hop Museum has finally found its home in the South Bronx. As reported by the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday (December 23), the Bronx Point project, which includes the museum, will be getting a nice $349 million in financing to begin construction next month at a former industrial site in the South Bronx.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing a global shutdown, plans for the Bronx Point project stalled and the owners experienced several delays. However, the owners and their partners are getting the project back on its feet. Financing for the mixed-used development plan arrives next week and the entire project will receive $238 million in city bonds and funding. Additional money will be piling in from state grants, equity from developers and federal tax credits from Wells Fargo & Co.
Dec. 23, 2020 10:00 am ET
A major mixed-use development on the Bronx Harlem River waterfront is scheduled to start construction next month, with developers expected to close on about $349 million in financing next week following months of delay because of the new coronavirus pandemic.
The project, Bronx Point, will encompass 542 units of affordable housing on a former industrial site in the borough’s Lower Concourse neighborhood. The development will also house several community and cultural centers, including a permanent location for the Universal Hip Hop Museum.
David Dishy, president at L+M Development Partners, said economic uncertainty and anxiety clouded most projects at the beginning of the pandemic last spring, particularly those like Bronx Point that relied on public financing.
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In the 1970s, America was in turmoil.
The economy was in a freefall. The nation was grappling with the Vietnam war. Marginalized Americans were still protesting in the streets for change. Anguish was felt throughout the country, but most profoundly in the nationâs inner cities. And this collective pain incubated an art form in the heart of the Bronx, New York, that would ultimately have a profound effect and influence upon the entire world. The birth of Hip Hop is a âMade in New Yorkâ story.
The story is delivered from the Bronxâs core creativity. Itâs an epic tale, rich in history and cultural heritage that is rightfully told in the place that first gave it life â Welcome to the Universal Hip Hop Museum.