Among the New York City Housing Authority’s current major capital projects are the A. Phillip Randolph Houses at 114th and Frederick Douglass. They are major capital projects because they are “comprehensive renovations to the interior apartments and exterior of buildings.” Randolph Houses: Constructed in the early 1900s, the A. Philip Randolph Houses in Harlem encompass… [Read more…]
September 28, 2007 by learnbyheart
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The Vendy Awards, the Urban Justice Center’s Street Vendor Project’s (whew) annual prize fest for the city’s purveyors of sidewalk cuisine, are happening this weekend, Saturday at Tompkins Square Park. Not Harlem, I know, but one of uptown’s food guys is a finalist — Super Tacos of 96th and Broadway! The tickets are pricey, but… [Read more…]
September 28, 2007 by learnbyheart
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The Clinton Global Initiative will be at the Apollo Theater this Saturday, with a panel of folks including former President Bill Clinton, Alicia Keys, Chris Rock, Bono, and Wyclef Jean. They will be discussing youth activism. MTV will air the event online, which will feature the discussion, questions from the audience, as well as performances… [Read more…]
September 28, 2007 by learnbyheart
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The city’s poor don’t fare as well as its rich when it comes to health care. [NYT] [NYP] [NYDN] Everybody wants a piece: Bill O’Reilly’s biographer theorizes about his subject’s “bizarre behavior.” [Huff Po] Discrimination lawyer writes in and says “condemnation is unwarranted.” [PRWeb] Filmmaker and Harlem resident dishes his opinion on the matter. [Huff… [Read more…]
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September 28, 2007 by learnbyheart
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