Tag: All Saints Church
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Inside All Saints
As the Catholic church and school, All Saints is transformed into the home of Capital Prep, we took a peek in and got a few photos of the work in progress. The original wood doors and vestibule remains – if coated in plaster dust. Further inside the vastness of the nave is emphasized by the…
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Family Activities on West 120th Street, Today
All Saints > Capital Prep Last winter I snapped a picture of the Gothic script that made the 130th Street entrance to the former All Saints Elementary School #52 so charming. The gilt letters, hidden behind a protective mesh still glowed. This week I noticed that Capital Prep – the charter school that will occupy…
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Charter School Coming
Signs are coming up for Capital Prep Harlem Charter School at the former All Saints Church – Madison and East 129th Street: Learn More About MMPCIA’s Oversaturation Tax Protest Join us on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 6:00pm for a 1-hour information session. Harlem has over 20% of NYC drug treatment and homeless shelters, the majority…
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Shuttered Churches
For years, one of Harlem’s major flashpoints has been, and remains, the sale of Black churches. For many, the decline of a church and its sale, represents a dissolution of the Black presence in Harlem. For others, there is the loss of a cultural as well as religious space. Some focus on the material presence…
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Lead
Ancient Greek stone architecture with its bleached symmetry and powerful ornamentation often looks as though it’s survived for more than 2,000 years simply through force of presence. A closer look, however, at the stones that make up classic Greek architecture reveals curious channels and depressions inside the centers of the stones that were carved to…
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Holiday Lights on The Harlem Meer
Celebrate the season at our Annual Holiday Lighting in Central Park. Meet Santa and friends, sing carols on the Plaza, watch an ice-carving demonstration and take part in other seasonal festivities. The event concludes with lighting a flotilla of trees on the Harlem Meer. In the meantime, check out our seasonal recipes and activities below…
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Church at 129/Madison
If you’ve wondered what is going to happen to the church, school, and rectory at 129/Madison, October’s Land Use meeting for CB11 revealed some of the plans: Essentially the church and school have been leased to a charter school, and the rectory will be converted into a rental building. Capital Prep will take over the…
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CB11 Votes for a 12 Month Drug Program Moratorium
Nick Garber reports in Patch on the vote in Community Board 11 to try a 12 month moratorium on the siting of new drug programs in the districts. https://patch.com/new-york/harlem/drug-clinics-face-scrutiny-harlem-residents-push-back The moratorium also asks for more data from the Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) to explain why East Harlem has been packed with…
