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11 Harlem Parks To Be Spruced Up On New York Cares Day Spring

New York Cares Day in Harlem

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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

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Harlem Interiors At The Morris Jumel Mansion (photos)

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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 Morris-jumelat the Battle of Harlem Heights. Continue reading

West Harlem, Portrayed in a First Wave of Grant Requests

HARLEMGRANTS-articleLargeSome 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

A White Girl Blogs About “Big, Black Thugs” Living In Harlem

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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

Sports Boating Rowboats, Harlem River Pier, 1895

The earliest means of transportation around Harlem River Harbor were sporting and trade boats moored on West Harlem piers. Continue reading

Jacobus “James” Roosevelt, Harlemite, 1760 – 1847

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

The Harlem Edge: Cultivating Connections Exhibition (video)

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

‘Law & (Dis) Order’ For Actress S. Epatha Merkerson

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

House on 103rd Street in Harlem, 1890′s

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, Planner for Harlem Park, Dies at 86

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