{"id":15332,"date":"2024-09-28T13:40:38","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T17:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/art-bridge.org\/?post_type=portfolio_page&#038;p=15332"},"modified":"2025-10-28T17:27:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T21:27:15","slug":"alex-rivera-the-bronxer-castle-hill-houses-the-bronx-2024","status":"publish","type":"portfolio_page","link":"https:\/\/art-bridge.org\/page\/alex-rivera-the-bronxer-castle-hill-houses-the-bronx-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Rivera (&#8220;The Bronxer&#8221;), Castle Hill Houses, The Bronx, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15332\" class=\"elementor elementor-15332\" data-elementor-post-type=\"portfolio_page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5530a3f e-flex e-con-boxed parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5530a3f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c772c9 e-con-full e-flex parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9c772c9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08b0eed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08b0eed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19c5fbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"19c5fbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>This Castle Hill Houses mural by Alex Rivera (known as &#8220;The Bronxer&#8221;) represents the levity and movement found in the natural world. 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