Tag Archives: Madison Avenue

State Sen. Bill Perkins To Slow Plans For Faster Buses On 125th Street?

Posted on April 12, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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Get Off The Bus

For years, crosstown bus riders on 125th Street — more than 32,000 per day — have had to put up with a ride that’s slower than walking. Continue reading →

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Madison Square And 96th Street 1894

Posted on April 9, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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Harlem’s Farmland

The photograph is looking north on Madison Square (before being renamed Madison Avenue) at 96th Street with farmland on either side in south East Harlem, NY in 1894. Continue reading →

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Harlem Branches of the N.Y. Free Circulating Libraries 1885-1892

Posted on March 11, 2013 by | 1 Comment

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This is the East Harlem branch of the N.Y, Free Circulating Library, (NYFCL), at 18 East 125th Street on July, 1895.

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Harlem Is Home For Upscale Retailers

Posted on February 28, 2013 by | Leave a comment

FAITH HOPE CONSOLOTwo new retail tenants on the once desolate strip of Eighth Avenue in Harlem are continuing the shopping makeover of the one-time ‘American Gangster’ neighborhood. Continue reading →

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St. Lukes: FREE PAD Screenings

Posted on February 1, 2013 by | Leave a comment

MadisonPicUMPA at Madison Avenue will be holding free Peripheral Arterial Disease Screenings (PAD), a circulatory condition, on Saturday February 9th from 11am until 2pm.  Continue reading →

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St. Luke’s Roosevelt Launches a Multispecialty Practice in East Harlem

Posted on December 19, 2012 by | Leave a comment

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The Department of Medicine at St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals (SLR) announces the creation of a new multispecialty group – UMPA at Madison Avenue – which is located in East Harlem. Continue reading →

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El Barrio Loses Its Spiritual Champion, Carmen Villegas

Posted on December 9, 2012 by | 5 Comments

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If anyone  dedicated her life to fighting for the Latino community of East Harlem, it was Carmen Villegas. Continue reading →

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Fashion Icon Dapper Dan Discusses Harlem, History Infuences (video)

Posted on October 18, 2012 by | 1 Comment

With the launch of Jay-Z’s Life+Times YouTube channel, we wondered what type of content would stock the channel. Continue reading →

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The Roman Catholic Benevolent Society in Harlem, 1846

Posted on October 17, 2012 by | 2 Comments

The Roman Catholic Benevolent Society, established in 1817, was the oldest charitable institution in the Archdiocese of New York. Continue reading →

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Harlem’s Urban Carnival At Manhattan Country School

Posted on October 16, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Manhattan Country School brings the bounty of its Catskills farm to the streets of New York City at its annual Farm Festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 20, 2012. Continue reading →

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