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

Posted on April 15, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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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“King of Ragtime” Scott Joplin Lived in Harlem

Posted on August 14, 2012 by | 1 Comment

 

Add another historic figure to the numerous cultural icons to have lived near St. Nicholas Park in Harlem. At 163 West 131st street as the address Joplin lived in last as one of the world’s most famous composer’s “King of Ragtime” composer Scott Joplin once lived. Continue reading →

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Steven Carter Gets 26 Years After Cold Case

Posted on July 31, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The cops got their man, 26 years later. Violent career felon Steven Carter was hit with the maximum 25-years-to-life sentence Monday for strangling a woman in Harlem’s St. Nicholas Park — in 1986. Continue reading →

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Youth Seek “Exposure” and End to Sex Slavery in New Creative Works Harlem’s Arts

Posted on July 2, 2012 by | 1 Comment
If you look back on some of the most groundbreaking and revolutionary creative works in history, you will see that youth have always played an invaluable role in moving the artistic community and the world forward. Continue reading →

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’9 Miles From N. York,’ 1709, St. Nicholas Park in Harlem

Posted on February 24, 2012 by | 3 Comments

The milestones marker is dated from 1709  as the 9th mile from New York within St. Nicholas Park.  According to Harlem+Bespoke , it was taken around the 133rd Street and St. Nicholas Park area in 1955.

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

Posted on October 21, 2011 by | Leave a comment

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 →

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Hamilton House Grange National Memorial, 1872

Posted on August 28, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Alexander Hamilton was born and raised in the West Indies and came to New York in 1772 at age 17 to study at King’s College (now Columbia University). Continue reading →

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Harlem Needle Arts’ Events

Posted on June 20, 2010 by | 2 Comments
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Harlem Needle Arts presenting a exhibition called “The Blossom of Fiber Art”, the exhibition will feature exotic soft sculptured plant life and floral arrangements designed through the mediums of crochet, knit, quilt felt and/or weave. The featured artist Denise Bradley, Sahara Briscoe, Lisa Daehlin, Gail Edwards, Laura R. Gadson, Deborah Gray, Ife Felix and Shimoda. Continue reading →

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A Movie on Monday Outdoors, With Room

Posted on August 6, 2009 by | Leave a comment

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It was a warm Monday night. The sky had darkened to a sufficient shade of gray. The blankets were out and people had taken their seats. Then the screen lighted up with a familiar movie from three decades ago. Only this wasn’t Bryant Park, and it wasn’t “Kramer vs. Kramer.” This was St. Nicholas Park in Harlem, and “Fame” was about to begin.

While almost 8,000 people crammed Bryant Park the same night, with blankets covering nearly every blade of grass on the main lawn, in St. Nicholas Park, 93 blocks north, just 120 viewers were on hand, and wide swaths of thick lawn surrounded every cooler.

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It’s My Park! Day At St. Nicholas Park

Posted on May 10, 2009 by | Leave a comment

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It’s My Park! Day will take place in St. Nicholas Park on Saturday May 16th from 11am to 4pm. You can arrive at either the 135th Street plaza or at the West 141st Street entrance in St. Nicholas park starting at 11am to sign-up.

We’ll need lots of volunteers for planting flowers and painting fences near the Hamilton Grange. Projects are coordinated by the Friends of St. Nicholas Park and the National Park Service. At 2pm, a National Park Service Ranger will give a tour and answer questions about the new site of the Hamilton Grange. Also at 2pm, “Sleeping Beauty” will be performed by Puppeteers from City Parks Foundation’s Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater on the 135th Street Plaza.

Please remember to wear clothes for working with flowers and paint. We will supply gloves but bring your own work gloves if you have them. The Friends will have water on hand as well. Spread the word and hope to see you there! Continue reading →

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