The Bronx

==Economy==
{{See also|Economy of New York City}}
Shopping malls and markets in the Bronx include:
* [[Bay Plaza Shopping Center]]
* [[Bronx Terminal Market]]
* [[Hunts Point Cooperative Market]]

===Shopping districts===
[[File:The Hub - East 149th Street, The Bronx.jpg|thumb|[[The Hub, Bronx|The Hub]] on [[Third Avenue]]]]
[[File:BTM 149 jeh.jpg|thumb|Renovated Prow Building, part of the original [[Bronx Terminal Market]]]]
Prominent shopping areas in the Bronx include [[Fordham Road]], [[Bay Plaza Shopping Center|Bay Plaza]] in [[Co-op City]], [[The Hub, Bronx|The Hub]], the [[Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale]]/[[Kingsbridge, Bronx|Kingsbridge]] shopping center, and [[Bruckner Boulevard]]. Shops are also concentrated on streets aligned underneath elevated railroad lines, including Westchester Avenue, [[White Plains Road]], [[Jerome Avenue]], [[Southern Boulevard (Bronx)|Southern Boulevard]], and [[Broadway (Bronx)|Broadway]]. The [[Bronx Terminal Market]] contains several [[big-box store]]s, which opened in 2009 south of Yankee Stadium.

The Bronx has three primary shopping centers: The Hub, Gateway Center and Southern Boulevard. The Hub–Third Avenue Business Improvement District (B.I.D.), in [[The Hub, Bronx|The Hub]], is the retail heart of the [[South Bronx]], where four roads converge: East 149th Street, Willis, Melrose and Third Avenues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/hub/hub.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106082418/http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/hub/hub.html|url-status= dead|title=The Hub|archive-date=January 6, 2010}}</ref> It is primarily inside the neighborhood of [[Melrose, Bronx|Melrose]] but also lines the northern border of [[Mott Haven, Bronx|Mott Haven]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lehman.edu/vpadvance/artgallery/publicart/neighborhood.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515092129/http://www.lehman.edu/vpadvance/artgallery/publicart/neighborhood.htm|url-status= dead|title=Bronx Neighborhood Histories|archive-date=May 15, 2008}}</ref> The Hub has been called "the Broadway of the Bronx", being likened to [[Broadway (Bronx)|the real Broadway]] in Manhattan and the northwestern Bronx.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.therealdeal.net/issues/JULY_2006/1151609191.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112071728/http://www.therealdeal.net/issues/JULY_2006/1151609191.php|url-status= dead|title=Bronx Hub revival gathers steam|archive-date=November 12, 2007}}</ref> It is the site of both maximum traffic and architectural density. In configuration, it resembles a miniature [[Times Square]], a spatial "bow-tie" created by the geometry of the street.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sorkinstudio.com/Bronx%20Hub.htm|title=Michael Sorkin Studio|publisher=Michael Sorkin Studio|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801123524/http://www.sorkinstudio.com/Bronx%20Hub.htm|archive-date=August 1, 2009}}</ref> The Hub is part of [[Bronx Community Board 1]].

The [[Bronx Terminal Market]], in the [[West Bronx]], formerly known as Gateway Center, is a shopping center that encompasses less than one million square feet of retail space, built on a {{convert|17|acre|0}} site that formerly held a wholesale fruit and vegetable market also named Bronx Terminal Market as well as the former [[Bronx House of Detention]], south of [[Yankee Stadium]]. The $500&nbsp;million shopping center, which was completed in 2009, saw the construction of new buildings and two smaller buildings, one new and the other a renovation of an existing building that was part of the original market. The two main buildings are linked by a six-level garage for 2,600 cars. The center's design has earned it a [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] "Silver" designation.<ref>"Chains of Silver: Gateway Center At Bronx Terminal Market Earns LEED Silver Bona Fides"</ref>

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