Tag: NYC Speaks
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NYC Speaks: Tell the Mayor What You Think
Concerned about what’s been going down in our neighborhood? NYC Speaks is an epic effort to amplify the voices of New Yorkers as the new administration of Mayor Eric Adams begins: https://nycspeaks.org. Speak your mind on issues including:— Public Safety— Housing & Neighborhoods— Youth Development & Education— Economy & Workforce— Health & Wellbeing— Arts &…
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Jelly Lived Here
On this beautifully articulated brick facade is a glass (plexiglass?) sign noting that in 1939-40, the famous Jazz pianist “Jelly Roll” Morton lived here in Central Harlem, on West 131st Street. Born sometime around 1890 in New Orleans, Jelly Roll began to play the piano in a brothel at age 14. He took the nickname…
