Category: Harlemscape
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DSNY Manhattan Community Coordinator
Marissa Yanni – DSNY’s Manhattan Community Affairs Liaison – appeared at this week’s 25th Precinct Community Council meeting and offered that we could contact her directly with any questions or to report any sanitation issues in East Harlem and Harlem. Marissa’s contact information is: myanni@dsny.nyc After the mayor’s walkabout in East Harlem, agencies like DSNY…
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Holiday Lights Tonight
The 125th Street BID will light up West 125th Street tonight. For more details on the festivities, see: https://harlemlightitup.vamonde.com/posts/event-details-turn-on-the-lights/10455/ Marilyn Monroe in Harlem From the website: https://www.popspotsnyc.com/iconic_new_york_city_film_locations/ What the site doesn’t say is that one of her husbands – Arthur Miller – lived almost where the camera is, taking the photo. Miller was born in…
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HNBA Zoom Meeting on Tuesday (7pm)
On Tuesday at 7pm we’ll meet on Zoom to learn more about strategies for buying a home, refinancing, and more ways to build generational wealth in these complex times. We will also have a candidate for Manhattan DA – Tali Farhadian Weinstein – join us to talk about how she wants to reform the DA’s…
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Me, Last Night
44 > 45 Go Ride A Bike! If last night (and this morning) have been too stressful, here’s a chance to get out on your bike (on Saturday) and join Uptown Boogie (an awesome group for uptown bike-curious riders of all abilities and colors of the rainbow). It’s a chance to get some exercise, meet…
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A Walk Through Harlem, New York’s Most Storied Neighborhood
The New York Times has a wonderful (virtual) walking and talking chat with the architect David Adjaye about Hotel Theresa, Marcus Garvey Park, the home of Langston Hughes, the Y.M.C.A. and other landmarks. A highly recommended, architectural focused stroll: The NYPD Wants Your Opinions The NYPD has come up with a detailed 18 question survey…
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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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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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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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2nd Avenue Subway
The City reports that despite a budget crisis, the MTA continues to plan for extending the Second Avenue Subway into East Harlem. Even though the pandemic-spurred economic crisis has put the project back, the MTA continues to work with building and property owners to try to purchase sites needed for air shafts, emergency exits, subway…