Tag: Harlem Shake
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Talking Trash
NY Magazine’s Intelligencer has a great interview with the head of NYC’s DSNY. Jessica Tish answers it all below: I want to read you a quote from a Streetsblog article that came out in March of last year: “In conversations with policy experts, architects, elected officials, and former city workers, one word came up repeatedly to describe…
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HNBA Meeting Next Tuesday (April 12, at 7 PM)
Join the Commanding Officer Chris Henning of the 25th Precinct next Tuesday at 7, to hear more about (and ask questions concerning), public safety issues in our community. In addition to CO Henning, we will be joined by Marissa Yanni from DSNY. She’ll be answering questions about composting, pickup of corner trash bins, street cleaning, and…
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Waiting to Open
A photograph from October 1977 recently came on Ebay. The scene is a corner of Lenox Avenue and 124th Street, where a line of men awaits entry into a liquor store. Here is the back of the print. The location is now the home of Harlem Shake. Note how the liquors sign on the corner…
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Uptown Grand Central, Again!
If you’ve been on East 125th Street recently, you’ve probably noticed that Uptown Grand Central has again restarted their amazing mural project on the otherwise, monotonous green construction hoarding. The UGC project has grown from 50 artists in 2019 who enlivened the area around the Metro-North station at 125/Park. This year, is inviting up to…
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Sol Cinema Cafe – Our Right to Gaze
BLACK FILM IDENTITIES Harlem’s own Sol Cinema Cafe has a fantastic collection of six shorts under the title “Our Right to Gaze“. The filmmakers gaze at themselves and their world, attempting to make sense of what they see reflected back. From gripping drama to heart-warming comedy, Our Right to Gaze: Black Film Identities features…
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Outdoor Dining Will Return (next summer, and kind of late…?)
The mayor has said that the COVID driven outdoor dining program will return next summer, on June 1st. “I wanted to say it now because I want people in communities to look forward and see that we’re going to keep coming back strong. I want the folks who own the restaurants to know that they’re…
