In the Headlines

By Ariadis De La Cruz

Hostos Community College in the Bronx is exhibiting over 40 front pages, articles, and photographs to commemorate El Diario’s 100th year anniversary. In this exhibit, the longest running Spanish newspaper in the United States chronicles the rebuilding of the Bronx from the early 1980s to the early 2000s.

“It’s great to have this in our borough, a borough with so much history that many people don’t know about,” said Tanya Marte, 23, who lives in the Bronx. “The exhibit is a great learning experience for anyone. All can appreciate the images captured. I’m glad they brought it to Hostos.”

The exhibit features some of the Bronx’s lowest moments like the killing of Amadou Diallo to great moments in Yankees history. The exhibit also depicts some pivotal political scenes in Bronx history.

Woven into El Diario’s archive is the story of the Bronx Terminal Market. The Bronx Terminal Market once housed a detention center and a wholesale vegetable and fruit business. Today it holds a million square foot shopping center, and the only original structure left is now Hostos Division of Continuing Education and Workforce Development departments.

“The Bronx is always overshadowed by the glitz and glamor of Manhattan so these things aren’t really paid much attention to,” said Robert Almonte, 30, an artist from the Bronx. “We need more projects like what El Diario has brought us. It’s disappointing that the exhibit will come to a close this December. It should be presented a little longer.”

El Diario’s “In The Headlines” is located in the Hostos Longwood Art Gallery on 149 street and Grand Concourse. It is free of charge, and open to the public. Also shown at the gallery is Esther Pagans’ exhibit that follows her fight with breast cancer through her art.