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Marshall’s has committed to lease 33,000 square feet in the East River Plaza, the 485,000-square-foot suburban-style mall being developed in East Harlem along the FDR Drive, between 116th and 119th streets. According to a press release issued today, the retailer will occupy space on the fourth level of the center when it is completed in [...]
Filed under: Business/Finance, East Harlem, New/Openings, Shoppes | 1 Comment »
Harlem Little League steps to the plate and partners with University for 2008 season
Columbia University has selected a local community-based organization, Harlem Little League, to manage its 2008 summer program for youths aged 8-16.
Members of the 2007 Harlem Little League
Photo courtesy of Harlem Little League
Columbia’s Office of Government and Community Affairs has managed the [...]
Filed under: Children/Youth, Fitness/Sports, Organizations | Tagged: Baseball, Columbia University, Little League Baseball, Youth | 2 Comments »
Part two of the controversial video series by Inside USA, “The Battle for Harlem.”
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Filed under: Gentrification, Television, Video | Tagged: Gentrification, harlem | 5 Comments »
pull your pants up in public, lenox avenue, originally uploaded by forota.
“young men, respect, love yourself, think, pull your pants up in public ….. “
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Probe into Drug Frame Shame [ New York Post]
Subway Riders Criticize M.T.A.’s Postponement of Station Repairs [NYTimes.com]
Rev. Al Sharpton’s not looming so large [ NYDAILYNEWS]
AriZona is moving away from its “controversial” Sweet Tea label [ read more here]
15-Year-Old Boy Dies In Harlem Shooting [The New York Sun ]
I lost budget cut fight with Mike, [...]
Filed under: Narmer's Newstand | Tagged: Al Sharpton, groceries, Shopping, Society and Culture, Sweet Tea | Comments Off
Born in Manhattan, Donny Goines spent his youth going back and forth between Philly, the Bronx, and Harlem. Ingrained with a street mentality that some can only imitate, Donny knew that to fill the holes in his life, something had to change, something had to happen. His energies had to focus on the positive to [...]
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The New York Empowerment Zone Corporation recently approved funding totaling over $6.4 million for 10 programs aimed at supporting arts programs and stimulating economic growth in the Bronx and Upper Manhattan. Most of the funding went to established programs like the Jazz Museum and Harlem Stage but a $510,352 grant and a $1.5 million loan [...]
Filed under: Business/Finance, Community, Organizations, Politics | Tagged: Afro-Quisqueya, Allianza, BRSIC, Dominicana, Empowerment Zone, Gaucho, Harlem Speaks, Harlem Stage, Hispanic Arts, jazzmobile, Knicks, National Jazz Museum, Rocking the Boat, Stephon Marbury, Teamwork | Comments Off
Back in the day that phrase used to be an insult but in this day in age, empowered girls are playing all kinds of sports that traditionally have been played by men. Case in point: Rugby. Amber Medina is one of a group of girls who are empowered enough to bring the sport [...]
Filed under: East Harlem, Education, Fitness/Sports | Tagged: asphalt jungle, girls, rugby | Comments Off
The Sunday Daily News posted an article about “11 hot spots for finding summer love in New York.” The first location listed was an uptown location that many people have never visited, The Cloisters. So, if you are looking for a romantic spot to seduce your summer jump off and make him or [...]
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From The New York Times:
Half a century ago, when America was having problems with its image during the cold war, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., the United States representative from Harlem, had an idea. Stop sending symphony orchestras and ballet companies on international tours, he told the State Department. Let the world experience what he called [...]
Filed under: Jazz, Music | Tagged: Adam Clayton Powell Jr, ambassadors, americana, cold war, Count Basic, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespie, duke ellington, Sarah Vaughn | Comments Off
If your peaceful Saturday was interrupted by an excessive amount of motorcycle revving over the weekend, relax because all of the racket was for a good cause. The annual Bikers for Babies ride brought six months worth of diapers and wipes to the Mother Hale House in Harlem. Bikers from various motorcycle clubs got [...]
Filed under: Community, Events, Organizations | Tagged: babies, Bikers, Crazy Pistons, diapers, Hale House | Comments Off
TONY magazine had a article in the recent issue that listed 50 essential secrets that the guide books won’t tell you. Among them was the Black Gay and Lesbian Archive at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
WHY ESSENTIAL:
The pet project of Harlem writer and editor Steven G. Fullwood, the archive was started [...]
Filed under: LBGT Issues, Library, Museums | Tagged: Black Gays and Lesbians, Schomburg, Steven Fullwood, Time OUt New York | Comments Off
Next weekend you have the opportunity to catch a game of good old fashioned East Harlem Stickball. Next weekend the police will close three side streets for what is being dubbed the “Word Series of Stickball.” But stickball isn’t what it used to be. Nowadays teams have to apply for permits to [...]
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Audrey Adams of The Adams Reports has an informative conversation with the Executive Director of Harlem’s Iris House.
Listen here: Adam’s Report
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When the artist Richard Hunt conceived Harlem Hybrid, a welded bronze sculpture on a traffic island at West 125th Street, he intended for it to blend in with its surroundings: the triangular plaza it sat on, the church across the street, the street itself.
What he did not expect was for the abstract piece, which was [...]
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Last week, Ruben was at his usual spot under the shade of a tree, between a stoop and a garbage bin, talking trash and beating anybody foolish enough to play him. This stretch of East 142nd Street is like a different dimension, where anything can and does happen. A skeletal man in a raincoat walks [...]
Filed under: Bronx, Community, Human Interest | Tagged: Bones, Dominos, The Bronx | 1 Comment »
We’ve written about EZ’s Woodshed several times here on U.F. That’s why we were saddened to learn that Gordon Polatnick, the owner of the club had fallen on hard times. Polatnick has resorted to hosting rent parties in order to keep the club’s doors open. NY1 recently aired a piece about Gordon’s situation and [...]
Filed under: Closings, Jazz, Music | 1 Comment »
This is a fabulously thorough video about the “battle for Harlem.” It is one of the best that I’ve seen so far, offering a fairly balanced view of the situation taking place in the neighborhood.
more about “Inside USA – 27 June 08 Part 1“, posted with vodpod
Related: Harlem is Not for Sale
Filed under: Activism, Community, East Harlem, Organizations, Real Estate, Video | Tagged: gentricacation, Harlem Tenants Council, marcus garvey park, nellie hester bailey, Record Shack, Shange, WHCR | 5 Comments »
Once again, Hamilton Heights has been deemed the noisiest neighborhood in Manhattan An annual study found that 5,700 noise complaints were logged to 311. Last year, Operation Silent Night resulted in 56,000 tickets and about 3,500 busts in four years due to noisy neighbors in the area.
The statistics date from July 1, 2007, when [...]
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Gordon P., owner of EZ’s Woodshed/Big Apple Jazz, gives a tour of the historical jazz district where his club is located. Big Apple Jazz is located at 2236 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd., Harlem, NY 10027.
Related: EZ’s Tries To Ease Out of Business
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Filed under: Business/Finance, Cafes, Closings, Jazz, Music | Tagged: Big Apple Jazz Club, EZ's Woodshed | Comments Off
Filed under: Churches, Events, Jazz, Music | Tagged: Family Arts Festival, Harlem Speaks, Johnny Colon, orchestra, Riverside, salsa | Comments Off
What: Aldridge and Lena, celebrates the lives and achievements of 19th Century black Shakespearean actor Ira Aldridge and esteemed songstress, actress and Civil Rights pioneer Lena Horne, in two powerful one-act presentations.
Curtain Call, Mr. Aldridge, one of the last plays written by the legendary Ossie Davis, masterfully captures the spirit and times of the superb [...]
Filed under: Theater | Tagged: civil rights, Eric Coleman, HADLEY Players, harlem, Ira Aldridge, Lena Horne, North Presbyterian Church, Ossie Davis, Wendi Joy Franklin | Comments Off
Sunday • June 29 • 2:00 PM
Harlemwood Film Festival
Films that use Harlem as a location are celebrated in the fifth annual Harlemwood Film Festival. This program features filmmakers Randal Dottin and Moon Molson, graduates of Columbia University School of the Arts Film Program and winners of the Student Academy Awards; IMPACT Repertory Theater, Harlem’s 2008 [...]
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