The Scoop: A Building Collapses, the BUFNY Story, and ‘Incognero’
The city’s HPD, Department of Buildings, and the owner of the building (on 124th & Park Ave) are all taking heat for the collapse that occured 3 days ago. [NYT][NY1][NYSun][NYDailyNews][NYNewsday]
Harlem woman scheduled to testify at a criminal case takes a deadly plunge on 145th st. Was it murder? [Gothamist]
What really happened to that investigation into Harlem’s BUFNY? [Black Star News]
Developers of condo building slated for 2282 Frederick Douglass Blvd will offer ‘affordable’ units to appease Community Board.[ColSpect]
Opinion piece seeks to understand Harlem culture vs. gentrification in the ‘neo-renaissance’ [ColSpect]
Graphic novel ‘Incognero’ tells the story of a Harlem reporter going undercover to expose KKK lynchings and other brutalities against blacks in the 30’s. [MercuryNews.com]
An environmental worker is dedicated to removing household asthma triggers in East Harlem. [NY1]
After facing budget constraints and a hiatus, the Dance theatre of Harlem focusing on Education. [LATimes]
Filmmaker Greg Tako has world premire at SXSW Film Festival with “Up with Me” about a Harlem teen who goes to boarding school upstate. [IndieWire]
A Texas college bestows presitgious ‘Leadership Award’ to head of Harlem Children’s Zone.[Dallas News]
Did you know your trash travels along the Harlem River and may end up in rural PA? [Star Tribune, WY]
An Australian newspaper attempts to understand the planned zoning changes for 125th St.[Sidney Morning Herald]
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Very interesting article by the Columbia spectator on Harlem culture vs. gentrification, highlighting how people can share a building but not a neighborhood, so true. My suggestion to new Harlem residents is to get involved in the local community and learn what a special place Harlem is. To live in a new Harlem luxury condo and reject your surroundings is such a waste. I suspect many new Harlem luxury condo dwellers wish to maintain their anonymous lifestyle like most of downtown Manhattan, again, they are missing so much.
The ” Garbage” train cargo travels from Oak Point in the Bronx, up to Albany where it is rerouted to different states for use as landfill for Parks and Construction Projects.
It take 8 hours from the Bronx to Albany at 5 to 10 Mph.