Tag Archives: Riverbank State Park

Meet Parks and Recreation NYC Region Director Karen Phillips

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Managing Harlem

Our community has a look and feel. Ever stop and wonder how it got that way? Who makes the creative decisions? How do the demands of real estate profitability dovetail with a neighborhood aesthetic? What does it take to preserve Harlem’s heritage while also setting the stage for its growth?

Karen Phillips, Director of the NYC region of NY State Parks and Recreation, can give you those answers and more. Continue reading

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West Harlem Development Corporation Assures Of Progress

About 275 people packed into the West Harlem Development Corporation’s 2012 Pubic Meeting on Thursday, Oct. 25, many walking away feeling confident and optimistic about the organization’s plans to fund important initiatives in the community. Continue reading

Harlemite Lucy Ortiz’s Harlem Titan Football Team Fundraiser

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Friday, October 12, 2012 I will be hosting a fundraiser for the Titans Football team. http://www.eteamz.com/vancortlandttitans/ 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

The Marius Family Ancestral Celebration/Family Re-Union in Harlem

 

On Saturday, August 18th, 2012 the Marius Family had its Ancestral Celebration/Family Re-Union at the Tian Restaurant, Riverbank State Park, at 145th St. & Riverside Drive in Harlem. Continue reading

Soccer Star Rafa Marquez Brings Skills To Harlem

 

Mexican soccer star Rafa Marquez coached about 30 boys and girls during a clinic at Riverbank State Park in Harlem. Continue reading

Docking At 96th street and the Hudson River, 1920′s

The early years of the sewage treatment plant under Riverbank State Park at least has a guard booth. Well, it was a different world in the mid-20th century. Continue reading

Clyde Frazier Jr’s SlamJam’s First Week

During this first week of Clyde Frazier Jr’s SlamJam at Colonel Charles Young playground 143 and 145street between Lenox Ave and Harlem River Drive in Harlem we present a slice of images from the first week of play. Continue reading

The Clyde Frazier Jr., SLAM JAM Tournament Schedule

For the better part of the last decade, Clyde Frazier Sr. (above center) has spent his retirement keeping the Slam Jam girls basketball league that his son, Clyde Jr., founded in 1994 alive. Continue reading

Athletic field reopens in West Harlem

A football and soccer field that has been closed since January 2012 has now reopened in Riverbank State Park in West Harlem over the weekend. Continue reading