Tag Archives: Upper West Side

Open City Council Seat Draws Major Attention . . .

NYC-Seal-789082The heated race for an open City Council seat in northern Manhattan has generated so much scrutiny, controversy — and cash — that even superstar actor Edward Norton has cracked open his checkbook and plunged into the fray. Continue reading

About these ads

Spiffy Dwight School Leases Harlem Sports Complex

east harlem poolThe pricey Dwight School is teaming up with an East Harlem co-op to open a new athletic facility. Continue reading

‘Tenth Avenue Cowboy’ in Harlem, 1850′s – 1940′s

Tenth Avenue has always been noted for its commercial traffic which has also been called the life line of New York. From 1850′s to the 1940′s the grade-level locomotive or railroad ran on the west side south from Chelsea and north to Amsterdam Avenue on Harlem’s cobblestone streets. Continue reading

New York Amsterdam News, Harlem, NY

amsterdam news van harlem ny

The New York Amsterdam News is an American weekly newspaper geared to the African-American community of New York City, New York. Continue reading

110th Street and 10th Avenue, Elevated Railroad, 1816, Harlem

Tenth Avenue runs through the Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen neighborhoods on the west side of the borough, and then as Amsterdam Avenue, through the Upper West Side, Harlem and Washington Heights. Continue reading

Whole Foods Plans New Stores for Harlem

Harlem‘s main shopping strip on 125th Street has attracted an H&M, an Old Navy and a smattering of trendy eateries, but the area still doesn’t have a major grocery store. Now it is getting a Whole Foods. Continue reading

Hamilton Theatre in Harlem, 1915

Constructed in 1912-13 as a vaudeville house during one of NewYork’stheater building booms, the Hamilton Theater is located in the Hamilton Heights area of Harlem. Continue reading

Graham Court Apartment House, 1905

Graham Court is a historic Harlem apartment building. It was commissioned by William Waldorf Astor, designed by the architects Clinton and Russell, and constructed in 1899-1901 as part of the great Harlem real-estate boom. Continue reading

From Uptown to Downtown, Central Park Roadways Gets More Room for Cyclists and Pedestrians

Above, a rendering of the type of roadway redesign that will be implemented in Central Park to expand space for cyclists and pedestrians. Continue reading

Zero Hour is filming In Harlem

Today, OnLocationVacations reports that ABC’s new TV show Zero Hour is filming around West 114th Street and Broadway. Continue reading