High Bridge Water Tower Tour with the Urban Park Rangers Sunday: July 13, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Highbridge Park, Manhattan Climb the historic High Bridge Water Tower with the Urban Park Rangers and learn how the High Bridge, its Water Tower, and the Old Croton Aqueduct System allowed NYC to become a thriving metropolis… [Read more…]
July 11, 2008 by D. Bell
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While we continue to await the arrive of the ImageNation Soul Cinema, we can satisfy our need for art house cinema vérité by checking out the Maysles Cinema. If you remember, earlier this year Maysles started offering “Harlem Screenings” once a month. I also remember posting something about a program that teaches Harlem youth how… [Read more…]
In your hunt for luxury living in Harlem you might want to cross The Bridges off your list of places to visit. According to Paolo over on NYC the Blog and Curbed, the place is “a trainwreck.” Main issue? Location, location, location! The Bridges is located at 123rd and 3rd Avenue. According to Curbed, the… [Read more…]
I held off on posting a dedicated post to the Charlie Rangel fiasco because I knew all sorts of new developments would be cropping up. It’s all over the web — from Harlem to D.C. — that good old’ Charlie is in hot water –again. Lenox Terrace, one of the predecessors to “luxury living” in… [Read more…]
July 11, 2008 by D. Bell
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Can’t decide what to do tonight? You still have time to make it up to the Bronx to check out First Fridays! Harlem on My Mind A Celebration of Jazz, Swing and Tap Jams Tonight, July 11, 6 to 10 pm South Building—Lower Gallery Bronx Museum of the Arts Admission: Free Featuring the sounds of… [Read more…]
July 11, 2008 by D. Bell
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July 16—October 26, 2008 Miguel Calderón, Purple Haze/Purple Rain, 2008 The Studio Museum’s ongoing series, Harlem Postcards, invites contemporary artists of diverse backgrounds to reflect on Harlem as a site for artistic contemplation and production. Represented, revered and recognized by people around the world, Harlem is a continually expanding nexus of black culture, history and… [Read more…]
July 11, 2008 by D. Bell
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Rooftop Films is proud to announce a very special partnership with Historic Harlem Parks. From July 9th through August 7th, Rooftop Films, Historic Harlem Parks, The National Black Programmers Consortium and The Central Park Conservancy will be co-presenting 10 screenings of new independent films in 5 different parks across Harlem. There is no charge for… [Read more…]
July 11, 2008 by D. Bell
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My mother was the queen of thrift store shopping. She was one of those people that could walk out with bags filled with designer clothes that looked like they had never been worn. I never acquired her knack for “Goodwill Hunting,” but with stores like the orderly, neat and clean Fifth Avenue location, I didn’t… [Read more…]
July 11, 2008 by D. Bell
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In the spirit of Duke Ellington, take the A Train to Harlem and explore Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill once home to many jazz and literary greats of the Harlem Renaissance, stroll down to Central Harlem–Strivers Row, Jazz Hall of Fame, then on the Schomburg Center. Meet guide at 145th and St Nicholas Avenue in front of… [Read more…]
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Who: Featuring Grupo Niche, Ismael Miranda and José Alberto “El Canario” When: Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 8pm Tickets: $55, $50, $45, $40 Visit: LehmanCenter.org Lehman Center Box Office, 718.960.8833 (Monday through Friday from 10AM-5PM)
July 11, 2008 by D. Bell
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July 12th 2-7pm July 13th 1-6pm The Gadson Gallery 225 West 134th Street Harlem NY, (bt. Adam Clayton Powell & Frederick Douglass Blvd.) Cotton by the Sea is a show containing jewelry, quilt art and knit wear created in celebration of warm weather and stylish living. Light refreshments will be served. View and purchase handmade… [Read more…]
July 11, 2008 by D. Bell
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Rucker’s Park isn’t the only uptown court of champions. Farther north at 204th and Nagle at the Monsignor Kett playground, NBA champions and hopefuls alike perform to the beat of hip hop provided by a DJ. “For a D.J., working a basketball game is the biggest challenge there is, especially basketball in uptown Manhattan,” said… [Read more…]
July 11, 2008 by D. Bell
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CINEMA SUR L’HERBE FILMS ON THE GREEN The critically-acclaimed movie Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé, by Stéphane Brizé is part of Cinéma Sur l’Herbe | Films on the Green, a free French movie festival happening in NYC Parks. The sub-titled screening will take place Friday July 11 at sunset (around 8.30 pm)… [Read more…]
July 11, 2008 by D. Bell
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Harlem sights II, originally uploaded by jordics. Timeless Harlem style.
July 11, 2008 by narmer
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Possible City Charter Overhaul Sparks Anxiety [The New York Sun] Report Urges Nonunion Labor Use [The New York Sun ] Officials Investigate 3 Alabama Counties in Voter Fraud Accusations [NYTimes.com] Education Department Employs Squadron in Search for ‘Truth’ [The New York Sun ] Subway stations to suffer from budget pinch [amNY.com ] 40,000 New Yorkers… [Read more…]
July 11, 2008 by D. Bell
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The Institution for Children and Poverty released a report about the cost of gentrification in Harlem [pdf] Paul LaRosa of CBS blogs about all the murders in NYC during 2008 [Murder Book 2008] Le Pain Quotidien may be joining Ottomanelli’s on the East Side [NYS] Rangel is now on the hotseat concerning bargain rents at… [Read more…]
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