Butter Rum Pound Cake
When I was growing up my mother used to bake the most delicious butter pound bundt cakes. The smell of the sweet, buttery treat would fill the whole house and give it a...
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The Uptown Design Collective
The Uptown Design Collective will host it’s first meeting of the year on Thursday, January 25, from 6-8 pm. This will be a time to network and become affiliated with and create a...
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Easy Breezy Beautiful
Jersey girl Queen Latifah believes that every woman is a “queen”. So, on Monday, January 29th, 2007 CoverGirl cosmetics will be holding an open casting call to find a fresh face to represent...
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The Urban Hang Suite
Looking for something to do in the neighborhood on a Thursday night? Tired of the same ole’ spots? Enter Suite 308 offers live R&B on Thursdays! This week features a special performance...
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Raw Denim
Via Thrillist: Gear: Atmos X Levis 501′s Only at Atmos: 203 W 125th St, near 7th; 212.666.2242 If you’re tired of seeing saucy men-about-town sporting Levis’ new high-end Skinner jeans (~$180), trump them...
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Rev. Al Accused of Being Deadbeat
The landlord of the Harlem building where the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network was based is suing the group for $40,000 in back rent, court records say. But Sharpton claims it’s the...
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A Curbed.com reader provides a glimpse into Loft 124: For more pictures click over to Curbed.com Related: Lofty Living
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Harlem’s New Medical School
We’ve talked a lot about the economic rebirth of Harlem. Now there’s a shining example of that rebirth — Harlem’s first ever medical school. And it’s the first new medical school in New...
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$5.5 Million Business Loans for Uptown Entrepreneurs
Yesterday UMEZ and ACCIÒN’s New York subsidiary announced that $5.5 million in affordable business loans would be made available to small-business owners in depressed upper Manhattan neighborhoods, including Harlem, East Harlem, Washington Heights...
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West Indian Day Loses Beloved President Emeritus
Mr. Carlos Lezama, President Emeritus of the West Indian American Day Carnival Association has died the age of 83. The West Indian Day Parade was founded in the 1920s by Ms. Jessie Waddle...
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Join Children’s PressLine
If you’re between the ages of 8 and 18 and want your opinion to be heard, you can be a reporter or editor for Children’s PressLine! Free and open to all children who...
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Whatcha’ Know about Bruce?
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...
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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...
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Soul on Ice
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....
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Redefining the Flavors of East Harlem
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...
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Alicia Keys Awards Scholarships to Students
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...
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Little Mexico Grows in East Harlem
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...
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Coldhearted Slumlord Freezes out Tenants
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....
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