Happy Mother’s Day

Two Uptowners Awarded Jane Jacobs Medal

“Yesterday, May 4th, was Jane Jacobs’ birthday. Today we are celebrating two individuals who follow the Jacobsean priniciple of upholding the needs of living communities in the urban, built environment,” said Judith Rodin, President of the Rockefeller Foundation. “And as we approach Mother’s Day, I’m reminded that Robert Moses dismissed Jane Jacobs and her fellow… [Read more…]

Seeing Green

Green is the new pink, people. We are eating green, driving green and living green. Want to do you part to keep us living well? Share the following information with your friends, neighbors and associates. Think Green! [free music download-warning explicit lyrics]

Sacred Heart

Lounging in Dunkin’ Ds

Photo credit: forota/flickr Remember a few weeks back we discovered that the old run down lounge on the corner of 145th and St. Nicholas was going to be changed into a Dunkin Donuts? Well, here they are jolting this tired corner back to life with a shots caffine and sugar.