Tag Archives: New York

Apartment House West 117th Street in Harlem 1898

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Architectural Harlem

A horse-drawn carriage sits on the cobblestone street in front of relatively new central Harlem apartment units on West 117th Street (between St. Nicholas and 7th Avenues) in 1898. Continue reading

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Hey Harlem, Want To Be In ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2′ Open Casting Call for Extras in NYC on May 10

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London’s Calling

Grant Wilfley Casting is seeking Extras for the new Columbia Pictures Film London Calling aka The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Continue reading

HW Pick: “Hands to the Sky,” Reaches High In Harlem (video)

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Who’s House

Positive feedback from more than 2,000 house music enthusiasts in Miami, New York, Baltimore and Boston who screened “Hands to the Sky,” a documentary exploring outdoor house music dance parties in 2012, inspired the producers to show fans even more love with a 2013 cut of the film.  Continue reading

The Claremont Inn in West Harlem 1775 – 1950

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This is the ship shaped Claremont Inn at West 122nd Street and Riverside Drive in Manhattanville in West Harlem, photographed by the Wurts Brothers in the 1920′s. Continue reading

Lenox Avenue And West 145th Street, Harlem, 1915

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Central Harlem

Looking northwest at the corner store and apartment units (in the background left and right) at Lenox Avenue and West 145th Street in Harlem, NY. Continue reading

City College Names School For Colin Powell

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Harlem’s Home Boy

The City College of New York in Harlem is renaming one of its divisions after former Secretary of State Colin Powell. Continue reading

Popular Community Bank Refurbished 125th Street Branch

Popular_Community_Bank_Partner_Logo_ButtonThe Popular Community Bank branch at 231 West 125th Street (between Adam Clayton Powell and Frederick Douglass Boulevards) has a new look, additional services and a Community Room for neighborhood events. Continue reading

Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine Students Land Residencies in Primary Care and at Prestigious Hospitals Nationwide

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About half of the medical students graduating this spring from the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM) in Harlem have been matched to primary care residencies and a similar number will remain in New York and New Jersey, Continue reading

Harlem’s Children’s Aid Family Programming This Weekend

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The annual Children’s Aid Society Children’s Art Show will showcase over 100 pieces of art by children ages 3 to 18. Continue reading

SUMMERSTAGE Is In Harlem With FREE Programs And More (Schedule)

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Summer In Harlem

City Parks Foundation proudly announces the 2013 season of SummerStage presented by AT&T, New York’s largest free performing arts festival, bringing over 100 free performances to seventeen parks throughout the five boroughs. Continue reading