Category: Culture
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Vote
Seen on the fence of the Fred Moore School – East 130th Street: Visit East Harlem The official guide to dining, culture, and shopping in East Harlem is undoubtedly not quite the list residents would create, but that is the nature of lists for the visitor. NYC Go highlights a number of places that we’d…
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Early Voting Hours Extended for NYC
The historic voting numbers have led to changes in voting hours this weekend. But… Don’t wait for an extension. Make a plan. Get on line. Vote. Remember, you’ve been waiting for this for 4 years. Don’t let it slip by. The New York City Board of Elections’ commissioners on Tuesday voted to extend early voting…
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The Mail
Harlem has had a mail system since 1673. In order for mail to travel, however, the road to Harlem to New York and beyond had to be finished, or at least made usable. Eventually, a monthly mail between New York and Boston was officially announced and the earliest letters set out on the first of…
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Early Voting Sites Are Open!
Vote in person, or simply drop off your absentee ballot. Early Voting New Yorkers can vote early for the November 3, 2020 general election. Early voting starts on October 24, and runs until November 1, 2020. Early Voting Information Saturday, October 24, 2020 10 AM to 4 PM Sunday, October 25, 2020 10 AM to…
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An Address to You from The First Lady
Michelle Obama, First Lady of The United States of America: An American Street Mural in Harlem Harlem Park to Park – https://harlemparktopark.org/ – has a great teaser video out on the project to create the Black Lives Matter mural on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd this past summer. The plan is to expand the project…
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Protest at The Lucern
You likely have heard how some residents of the Upper West Side raised a significant amount of money to fund a legal campaign to force homeless New Yorkers out of the Lucern Hotel which the DHS had contracted to house homeless New Yorkers so they wouldn’t be at risk of COVID in congregant shelters Today…
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Open Streets this weekend!
Hi neighbors, We’ve now got not just one but TWO Open Streets here in East Harlem! This weekend’s schedule: PLEASANT AVENUE AT 118TH: Saturday, October 17: COVID testing (rapid & antibody), plus flu shots (10 a.m.-5 p.m.) HIV and Hep-C screenings (10 a.m.-4 p.m.) “Pick your own” produce sales at Pleasant Village Community Garden (10…
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Film Studio
The Harlem African Burial Ground development project has been put on hold and as a consequence, the abandoned MTA bus depot that currently occupies the site remains shuttered. In the past, however, this site has also been the location for a film studio. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio was located between 126/127th and 2nd Avenue and…
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Little Free Library
The Marcus Garvey Park Alliance does such a great job on so many different projects that it’s hard to highlight just one thing that stands out. Today, however, I had finished the book ‘The Wanderers’ by our neighbor Richard Price, and wanted to donate it. I took it to one of two small lending library…
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The Greater Harlem Coalition Pressures the Mayor
Patch.com reports on a letter The Greater Harlem Coalition wrote to Mayor De Blasio about deteriorating conditions in our community. https://patch.com/new-york/harlem/harlem-group-asks-action-drug-use-homelessness You can learn more about the Greater Harlem Coalition here: GreaterHarlem.nyc And sign-up for email updates by emailing: GreaterHarlemCoalition@gmail.com Filmed by Bike If you are a BIPOC filmmaker and interested in funding, the Filmed…