Tag: Maps
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Mapping Police Violence
The website https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/ has an amazing set of data visualizations to illustrate the patterns behind police violence. The sobering evidence is well worth examining and contemplating. To see the 2020 map of where police violence occurred, see: https://samswey.carto.com/viz/e1005588-93d2-47b6-9a61-f4c0ed001163/embed_map Love Your Block! Here is a great way to get $1,000 to help beautify your amazing block!
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Power Outages
Last month’s power outages in Texas (Thanks deregulation!) led to the exponential use of a previously obscure website that tracks (nationally) power outages. This might be a good site to bookmark, although, the obvious ‘If the power is out, how are you going to look at it?’ question applies: https://poweroutage.us/area/regions The site shows states with…
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Jobs for Youth!
Here’s a jobs program for young Harlem residents if they’re interested to work with plants & gardeners & make $18/hour ! HARLEM YOUTH GARDENERS PROGRAM APPLICATION IS OPEN TO AGES 14 – 19 Spring Session Dates:March 27 — May 15 Saturdays from 8 AM – 4 PM Earn $18 per hour! CLICK HERE TO APPLY Work in…
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White Demographic Increases and Decreases: 1990 – 2016
The patterns of white New Yorkers since 2016 results in a fascinating map of our city. Downtown/central Brooklyn has seen the largest increases, as has Central Harlem. Meanwhile the neighborhoods where white New Yorkers are leaving, tend to be on the fringes of the city, in lower density communities, and in Queens, in particular. cbhttps://www1.nyc.gov/assets/hpd/downloads/pdfs/wwl-plan.pdf…
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Hotels in 1851
In 1851 you could go to two hotels in our neighborhood. One would be where the (MTA) train line on Park Ave. meets the Harlem River, and the other would be at 128/3rd, where a public school now exists: Also note that from 125 to 127th, between Park Avenue and 5th Avenue, there was a…
