Re: Bruce Elliot @ 111th and 5th Avenue: Can you tell me what is up with this store? The clothes in the window are gorgeous, but there’s no contact number, I’ve never seen it open, and no hours are posted. Any help finding out when I could actually touch (and probably buy!) the stuff inside… [Read more…]
First came 1400 on Fifth and now comes Fifth on the Park. This development is described as follows: A new high-rise, mixed-use building that will occupy the full-block front of Fifth Avenue between 119th Street and 120th Street in New York City. The project will be located directly across the street from the 20-acre Marcus… [Read more…]
January 22, 2007 by D. Bell
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When most people think of sports in Harlem the first sport that comes to mind is basketball. Harlem’s streetball legacy is embedded as deeply in the culture of Harlem as the renaissance period. Yet Harlem has helped to create athletics in sports ranging from baseball to lacrosse to tennis and beyond. With two ice skating… [Read more…]
January 22, 2007 by D. Bell
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From The New York Times: “There will be some displacement, but we will retain our heritage and our culture.” “You won’t stop gentrification, but you can contain it and slow it down.” -Carmen Vasquez, public relations manager for Hope Community Inc. The Aspen is “an extension of the Upper East Side. People are bringing more… [Read more…]
January 22, 2007 by D. Bell
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Grammy award-winning singer Alicia Keys is offering $5,000 scholarships to four students from Jacksonville, New Orleans, Atlanta and New York City’s Harlem neighborhood. “We’re just looking for standout students who are definitely college-bound and need a little bit of help financially to really achieve their dreams,” Keys said. The Open Doors Scholars Program is part… [Read more…]
January 22, 2007 by D. Bell
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Excerpt from Times report: In East Harlem, the two branches of Little Mexico have mountains of imported products, showing that business is brisk and that Mexicans are united in their love for hot chocolate, chili-powder-covered candy and prickly pear. A trip there is a good excuse to visit the main drag of Mexican East Harlem,… [Read more…]
January 22, 2007 by D. Bell
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Excerpts from New York Post: Dozens of residents – including a 4-month-old infant – have been freezing in a hellhole Harlem apartment building, left without heat for all but eight days since Thanksgiving. For weeks, those living at 117 W. 142nd St. say, they have huddled in their apartments, making a flurry of emergency calls… [Read more…]
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January 22, 2007 by D. Bell
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