Category: Culture
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Mart 125
Here is your chance to have your say on what the future of Mart 125 should be: https://nycedc.formstack.com/forms/mart125 Found On The Street Sometimes the trash on the street catches your eye. This was seen blowing on the street last week
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Jacques d’Amboise
On Frederick Douglass Blvd. near West 138th Street is a historical marker for Jacques d’Amboise. Jacques d’Amboise was a ballet dancer, choreographer, actor, and educator. He joined the New York City Ballet in 1949 and was named principal dancer in 1953, and later choreographed over 15 ballets for them over his career. He most famously…
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What’s That Tree
Ever wondered what that tree is in front of your apartment? NYC’s Department of Parks has a new, interactive map of NYC’s trees, and you can explore the arboreal side of your neighborhood. The color coding of dots (trees) above, show different varieties. You can, of course, zoom in more and even select on the…
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Generational Wealth
Free Generational Workshop from the Blacklining Foundation.Learn more about creating generational wealthLife Insurance, Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts, and more! Register Marcus Garvey Park Glacier Perhaps it’s not technically a glacier, and it was spotted earlier, during that cold snap, but the sight of the park weeping water and freezing into an ice waterfall is fascinating.
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Harlem in Song
Fordham University’s radio station (back in August) had a segment on Harlem in song to celebrate Harlem Week 2022 and played these tracks: As is often the case, the comments section of the post of WFUV is rich in suggestions and old favorites. “The Joint is Jumpin’” – Fats Waller“It’s Christmas Time in Harlem” –…
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A History of the Churches
A History of the Churches of All Denominations in the City of New York (1846) has some interesting information about the early history of faith-based organizations in Harlem. The oldest church identified as being in Harlem is the Dutch Reformed Church, from 1686 with 126 members: The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is noted as…
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Mart 125
Harlem’s Mart 125: the American Dream is a documentary film about the history of Mart 125 on 125th Street and how it has served as a physical and imagined embodiment of Black commerce in the face of commercial, cultural, and political change in the heart of Harlem. View the video with the link, below: https://youtu.be/QTawVjvLjyk…
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Edward Hopper and Harlem
The Whitney Museum has opened an exhibition of the work of Edward Hopper – the famed mid-century American artist who created a number of iconic images of the alienation in urban life. Hopper also created a two-page drawing of the Macombs Dam Bridge (155th Street) that now connects Sugar Hill to Yankee Stadium. In the…
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Fats Waller in Harlem
Fats Waller composed a series of hit songs and was also widelyu known for his comic performances on stage and in film. His innovations in his piano work led to the Harlem stride-style – a precursor to modern jazz piano. His best-known compositions, “Ain’t Misbehavin’” and “Honeysuckle Rose”, were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1984 and…
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60 Years Ago
60 years ago (admittedly in the summer) Robert Kennedy came to Harlem. He spoke at Columbia, visited a summer reading program for youth, and then walked with children in the reading program along West 125th street into the heart of Harlem. Jet covered the visit and put this image on its cover: Summer Plans? Broccoli…
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Africans in Harlem
A new book – Africans in Harlem – by is highlighted in an interview with the City College of New York professor and author, Boukary Sawadogo on France 24: The book focuses on the experience of immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa. Boukary Sawadogo, associate professor of cinema studies at the City University of New York, explains that three…
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Two Women
This photo of a Harlem Street scene has almost no clues to where it was taken. The only thing I can speculate on is that the photograph likely shows the south side of a street, as the reflection in the storefront window indicates that only one of the many windows across the street has a…
