The Scoop: Happy Birthday, Harlem!

Posted on March 27, 2008 by


Photo Credit : Illustration by Doreen Lam for the Columbia Spectator

Harlem is turning 350! The vice president of the Harlem Preservation Foundation gives an enlightening history about the not-so-well-known Dutch connection of the neighborhood. (ColSpectator)

Maya Angelou is ‘excited’ about turning 80. The momentous event is being celebrated with a new illustrated book this week. (USA Today)

A 14 year old student showed up to the Family Academy in Harlem with a loaded gun. (NY1)

Nick Sprayregen, owner of Tuck-it-Away Storage, is bringing a lawsuit to the city and Columbia University in order to challenge the expansion project. (CrainsNY)

A new strain of TB in Harlem and the Bronx is causing concern among doctors and the health department. (WNYC News)

A townhall meeting that took place in Harlem over the weekend discussed the loss of Mitchell-Lama apartments to the Manhattanville expansion project. Many present stated they were ‘cautiously optimistic’ that a Harlemite is now governor. (GothamGazette)

Apparently there are rats in Harlem! Playwright Israel Horowitz brings us two pieces in “From Harlem to the Bronx.”(BroadwayWorld)

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