Wayne Lawrence
INSTITUTE
Orchard Beach: The Bronx Riviera
Sharna, Kyla and Chris, Orchard Beach: The Bronx Riviera, 2009, one from a personal series. Orchard Beach, the only beach in the Bronz, is a mile-long sliver of constructed shoreline, has long served as an oasis for generations of working-class families living in an environment defined by struggle, with a complex history of a borough stained by a tumultuous past and loaded with racial, cultural, and socio-economic undertones.yet is embedded in the imagination of many as a vulgar place.