Tag Archives: Central Park

HarlemGarage, A Coworking Space Opening Soon

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To support entrepreneurship in New York, the City and Mayor Michael Bloomberg are getting behind the startup community. Continue reading

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SummerStage City Parks Foundation Gala 2013

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City Parks Foundation (CPF) is pleased to announce the City Parks Foundation Gala presented at SummerStage in Central Park, an annual fundraising event that supports CPF’s free year-round arts, sports, education and community-building programs. Continue reading

Towers in the Park, Like Arrows In My Heart

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…the Harlem Meer could give way to a giant mall…

How exciting! If the Bloomberg administration can close the deal, a world-class soccer stadium will soon replace Central Park’s underutilized, fenced-off Reservoir. Continue reading

Two Pint-Sized Muggers In Harlem

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Police are looking for two pint-sized terrors who allegedly tried to mug a woman in Central Park. Continue reading

Sen. Bill Perkins Says Stop Fighting Central Park 5

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That’s the message that state Sen. Bill Perkins is trying to hammer home as he continues to support the men known worldwide as the Central Park Five. Continue reading

Oh My, Officials Warn About Northern Snakehead Fish in Harlem

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Somethins Fishy

Officials are asking visitors — especially anglers — to watch out for the northern snakehead fish in the Harlem Meer. The aggressive fish can destroy the ecosystem. Continue reading

Harlem Lane From Central Park to Manhattanville, 1865

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Harlem Lane was an old road in the area that served as a popular racecourse for horse-drawn carriages in the 19th century. Continue reading

Adolphe Openhym House, 352 Riverside Drive 1901

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A Slice of Paris in Harlem

In 1875, two years after his Central Park was completed, Frederick Law Olmsted designed Riverside Park high above the Hudson River. Continue reading

Harlem Shacks On Fifth Avenue And 101st Street, 1894

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Affordable housing has always been an issue in Harlem, here are shacks on Fifth Avenue and 101st Street in Central Harlem on the East Harlem Central Harlem border in 1894. Continue reading

Sixth Avenue, Harlem, NY 1830 – 1910

MNY220042We think this photograph is around Mount Morris Park in the Sixth Avenue taken around the 1830′s. Continue reading