Category: Maps
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Bird Migration
The Audubon Society has a great interactive map that looks at bird migration. You can key in NYC and see the incredible variety of birds that fly though New York on their way north, south, or west. Check out the map for yourself: https://explorer.audubon.org/explore/species?location=New+York%2C+NY%2C+USA&lat=40.795426700000064&lon=-73.92118559999994 October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
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Harlem, The Fastest Growing Suburb
A fascinating map from 1907 shows how the cachet of Harlem (as a wealthy suburb, serving a thriving metropolis) lead distant developers to adopt the name. This map (below) of an area south of Denver was promoted as the fastest growing suburb in the region, and yet proximate to Denver’s city center. A detailed view…
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Mapping Social Capital
Social capital – the strength of our relationships and communities – has been shown to play an important role in outcomes ranging from income to health. Using privacy-protected data on 21 billion friendships from Facebook, Opportunity Insights measure three types of social capital in each neighborhood, high school, and college in the United States: Economic…
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New York, Ukraine
Um, I have to admit this came as a shock when reading news about the shelling of New York while reading a report on the situation in Ukraine. I did a double take on the map, and sure enough, Wikipedia has a page on it: The settlement first appeared on maps in 1846 under its…
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Heart to Heart Tonight
HEART TO HEART CONCERT – The Sounds of Gospel!Time: The concert begins at 6:00pm EST Location: Peter Norton Symphony SpaceAddress: 2537 Broadway, NY, NY(Located on the southwest corner of 95th St and Broadway) We’re back and ready to “Raise the Praise!” Labor of Love Association hosts Heart to Heart Concert – New York’s Premiere Event for Authentic Traditional/Contemporary Gospel Music! What A…
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125th Street BID and Columbia University to Look at a Digital Rethink of West 125th Street
125th Street BID’s Partnership with Columbia UniversityWins $26M NSF Grant to Develop Center for Smart Streetscapes New York, NY—August 10, 2022—The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that it is awarding a $26 million, five-year grant to a team led by Columbia Engineering, together with Florida Atlantic University, Rutgers University, University of Central Florida, and Lehman College, for a new Gen-4 NSF…
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Vote Today!
Make sure to go to the polls to vote today. While you’re getting ready to head out, take a look at the density of voting age New Yorkers in these 3 maps: I trust that anyone reading this newsletter will be able to correctly identify which one represents white voters, Black voters, and Hispanic voters.…
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East Harlem, Underwater
With climate change predicted to bring more flooding, heavy rains, storms, and more, it’s important to think about how vulnerable your home/apartment/block/community is. This map, showing flood zones in 2012 (essentially shows the flooding caused by Sandy): The following map, however, shows what a Sandy equivalent storm will do to our coastline in 2080: And…
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Heart to Heart is Back
Mark Your Calendar!!Heart to Heart Concert is LIVE again from Symphony Space!HEART TO HEART CONCERT – The Sounds of Gospel!Date: Saturday, September 17, 2022Time: The concert begins at 6:00pm EST Location: Peter Norton Symphony SpaceAddress: 2537 Broadway, NY, NY(Located on the southwest corner of 95th St and Broadway) We’re back and ready to “Raise the Praise!” Labor of Love Association hosts Heart…
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In The Street
If you haven’t watched this short film (black and white, shot on 16mm film stock in 1948) you should, just to get a sense of East Harlem in the immediate post-war era. Puerto Ricans and Italians make up the majority of the people (often children) filmed via small, hidden 16 mm film cameras. This unique…
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Cooling Centers
NYC’s heat index is going to hit 100 degrees for the next few days and the National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory. The city opened hundreds of cooling centers across the five boroughs yesterday. Use this interactive map to locate an air-conditioned public facility near you. The map also tells you which ones…
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City Council Districts to be Redrawn
Here’s How to Have Your Say in the Process: Here are all the slides from the HNBA power point presentation on redistricting of City Council seats. Here is the Redistricting Commission website – The website will have the most up to date information on the process, as it unfolds. The Staff memorandum has a good overview of why they chose…
