Harlem Cares
New York Cares is seeking 4,000 volunteers to take part in New York Cares Day Spring on Saturday, April 20, 2013 from 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM. Continue reading
Harlem Cares
New York Cares is seeking 4,000 volunteers to take part in New York Cares Day Spring on Saturday, April 20, 2013 from 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM. Continue reading
Posted in Harlem, HArlem parks, Harlem volunteer, Parks, volunteers
Tagged Daniel Wilson Garden, Edgecombe Ave./Sugar Hill Garden, Five Star Garden, Harlem Rose Garden, HSBC, hudson river, Hurricane Sandy, Jackie Robinson Park, Manhattan, Marcus Garvey Park, Morningside Park, New York, new york cares, New York City, Riverside Park, Riverside Valley Community Garden (Jenny’s Garden), St. Nicholas Park, William Harris Garden
Harlem’s Revolution
General Washington spent two months in the fall of 1776 at the Morris-Jumel Mansion in northern Manhattan where he and his troops were headquartered during the British retreat
at the Battle of Harlem Heights. Continue reading
Posted in Colonial Harlem, Harlem, Harlem architecture, Harlem history, Historic Harlem, History, Real Estate
Tagged Battle of Harlem Heights, Colonial gardens, Daughters of the American Revolution, George Washington, hudson river, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Katherine Hepburn, Manhattan, Morris-Jumel Mansion, New York City, New York Harbor, Washington's Headquarters
Some of the requests conjure images of a worn-down West Harlem: efforts to revive the arts in faltering schools; raise reading and writing skills for kindergarten and first-grade students; and help people with criminal records find jobs. Continue reading
If we learned anything from the exploits of afro blogger Michelle Lapidos—whose “Before and Afro” site was a unsentimental mix of sincere, racist, and tone-deaf—it’s that you can’t just change your black afro to a blonde one and expect everything to be alright. Continue reading
Posted in Harlem
Tagged 125th Street, Harlem, hudson river, Ivy Jacobson, New York City, Norman Rockwell, Organizations, twitter, WordPress
The earliest means of transportation around Harlem River Harbor were sporting and trade boats moored on West Harlem piers. Continue reading
Jacobus “James” Roosevelt, known, (January 10, 1760 – 1847) was an American businessman and politician from Harlem, NY and a member of the Roosevelt family. Continue reading
Posted in Harlem, Harlem history, Harlem real estate, History, Real Estate
Tagged 97 Maiden Lane, Astor Row, Chemical Bank, Claes Maartenszen Van Rosenvelt, Cornelia Hoffman, Cornelius Roosevelt, East River, Fifth Avenue, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harlem, hudson river, Isaac Roosevelt, James I. Roosevelt, James Roosevelt, John Jacob Astor, Mount Hope, New York, New York City, New York City Council for the Fourth Ward, New York State Assembly, Roosevelt, Roosevelt & Son, United States
The new video is for the Emerging New York Architects (ENYA) committee for an exhibition titled Harlem Edge: Cultivating Connections currently on view at the Center for Architecture. Continue reading
Posted in Harlem, Harlem architecture, Harlem tours, Harlem tourism, Harlem waterfront
Tagged Harlem, New York, hudson river, New York City, Community Board 9, Architecture, Business, Metro Areas, Harlem Edge: Cultivating Connections, Comprehensive Waterfront Action Plan for New York City, Western world, West 135th Street marine transfer station
“Law & Order” star S. Epatha Merkerson has filed a lawsuit against the co-op board and manager of her Riverside Drive building (in Harlem), alleging that they endangered her life by recklessly renovating her apartment. Continue reading
This beautiful wooden house, with it’s glass enclosed conservatory, was at 310 West 103rd Street between West End Avenue and Riverside Drive on the northeast in West Harlem. Continue reading
Sy J. Schulman, who smoothed the way for a controversial sewage plant in Harlem by offering state financing for a park with playgrounds and ball fields atop the structure… Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Harlem, Harlem architecture, Harlem World, Harlem World Magazine
Tagged Cooper Union, Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, Harlem, Henry J. Stern, hudson river, Laurance Rockefeller, Laurance S. Rockefeller, Nelson Rockefeller, New York City, Philip Johnson, Riverbank Park, Riverbank State Park, Sarah Schulman, Sy J. Schulman, Westchester County Association