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Learn about some of American’s greatest when you travel to the Bronx Hall of Fame with your New York cheap car rental. The Hall of Fame for Great Americans is the original Hall of Fame in the United States

Bronx Community College

<>pThe Bronx Community College of The City University of New York (BXCC) is a community college in the City University of New York system located in the University Heights neighborhood of The Bronx. The college was established in 1957 through the efforts groups who felt that there was a growing need for more higher education facilities in the Bronx. Classes began at Hunter College, and later at the former site of the Bronx High School of Science. Most notably, the Bronx Community College is home to the Bronx Hall of Fame. This historical landmark, which was founded in 1900 by Henry Mitchell MacCracken, Chancellor of NYU from 1891 to 1910, was designed as part of the undergraduate college of that university but was later moved to the Bronx which you can see for yourself with your New York cheap car rental.

A little history

Completed in 1900, as part of the original New York University campus at the site, the building was donated by Helen Gould and was formally dedicated on May 30, 1901 In 2001, Bronx Community College organized a 1 Million fundraising effort to re-build and expand the Hall of Fame. When you visit the Bronx Hall of Fame with your New York cheap car rental you may recognize it as being a part of the set of the 2006 film The Good Shepherd. The Bronx Hall of Fame has also been the recipient of two major awards including the New York Landmarks Conservancy Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award in 1998 and the Conservancy’s highest honor for outstanding preservation efforts, the Municipal Art Society of New York Preservation Award in 1998 as well.

The design

The memorial structure at the Bronx Hall of Fame is an open air colonnade. Stretching 630 feet in length, the area contains space for 102 bronze sculptures, designed in the neoclassical style by architect Stanford White. Carved in stone on pediments of The Hall of Fame are the words "By wealth of thought, or else by mighty deed, They served mankind in noble character. In worldwide good they live forever more." The base to each sculpture holds a bronze tablet bearing the name of the person commemorated, significant dates, achievements and quotations. Each bronze bust must have been made specifically for The Hall of Fame and must not be duplicated within 50 years of its execution.

Becoming a member

To be eligible for nomination, a person must have been a native born or naturalized (since 1914) citizen of the United States, must have been dead for 25 years and must have made a major contribution to the economic, political, or cultural life of the nation. Nominees were elected by a simple majority vote, except from 1925 through 1940, when a 3/5 majority was required, and in 1976 when a point system replaced the majority vote. Two nominees, Constance Woolson (nominated in 1900) and Orville Wright (elected in 1965), were considered, being dead only 6 and 17 years respectively.

Before you goˇ
Located on University Avenue & W 181st S in the Bronx, the Bronx Hall of Fame open to the public for tours daily between the hours of 10 am and 5 pm. Admission is free. For more information when you travel with your New York cheap car rental to the Bronx Hall of Fame check out their official website at www.bcc.cuny.edu or call (718) 289 5161

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