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100 Free Trees from Urban Garden Center in Harlem

Urban Garden Center (1640 Park Avenue at 116th St.) will host another Free Tree Event courtesy of the New York Restoration Project and Million Trees NYC. Continue reading

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Harlem World Magazine’s 2011 Year In Review

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST OF THE HARLEM WORLD MAGAZINE 2011 YEAR IN REVIEW RADIO SHOW WITH HOST DANNY TISDALE >>>

Our Year in Review

2012 is here, but Harlem World Magazine‘s has been hard at work taking a look at the Harlem year in charity, sports, health & fitness,business, arts & culture, entertainment, politics & community and farewells. Continue reading

Rangel, Melo, Bloomy Plant 500,000th Tree In Harlem (video)

Mayor Bloomberg may get stumped when it comes to shoveling city snow, but planting a million trees across the city by 2017 appears to be a breeze.

Flanked by the Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony, Rep. Charles Rangel and Harlem high school kids, Bloomberg planted a pin oak in St. Nicholas Park in Harlem on Tuesday. Continue reading

Opening Of New 103rd Street Community Garden With Bette Midler


Bette Midler’s New York Restoration Project (NYRP) and Disney announced today that a newly renovated Community Garden and playground will be officially opened at 105 East 103rd Street in East Harlem from 5PM – 7PM, with a ribbon cutting at 6:15PM.

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Bette Midler Opens 103rd Street Community Garden In Harlem

Bette Midler, Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito, General Manager of WABC-TV Dave J. Davis, President of Disney Publishing Worldwide Russell Hampton.

Celebrate the Opening of the 103RD Street Community Garden, 105 East 103RD Street in East Harlem, between Park and Lexington Avenues. One block from the 103rd Street Subway stop (trains: 4, 6, 6-Express). Continue reading

Local Artists Groove In Harlem Gardens This Summer

New York Restoration Project (NYRP) presents Garden Grooves, an outdoor concert series at NYRP community gardens in Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx. Continue reading

103rd Street Community Garden Design Presentation

The 103rd Street Community Garden (located at 105 East 103rd Street between Park and Lexington Avenues) is going through a redesign process this spring. Continue reading

Rock the Block with NYRP in East Harlem

Free live music in your neighborhood featuring local artists

WHAT:  New York Restoration Project (NYRP) presents Garden Grooves, a two-part outdoor concert series at NYRP community gardens in Manhattan and Brooklyn . These free musical performances will feature a superlative stream of local artists bringing newfound musical glory to NYC’s neighborhood green spaces. Continue reading

Finding a Great Recipe while Lost in Harlem

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The other week I had an event to go to at Fort Washington Park in Harlem, New York. It was the spring picnic for Bette Midler’s New York Restoration Project. I had a driver named J.R. Crayton pick me up (in a Prius), since I wasn’t sure where the park was. Well, we started talking. Continue reading

Outdoor Screening of “The Garden” in E. Harlem

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East Harlem Preservation, Inc. is partnering with The New York Restoration Project to present a film by Scott Hamilton Kennedy (2009 Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary Feature)

“Gripping documentary about a South Central L.A. community garden facing the wrath of a developer expertly depicts the perpetual battle between community and capital that plagues every major American city.”-New York Magazine “A compelling, inspirational, provocative and thoroughly engrossing documentary.” -The NYC Movie Guru.
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