By Carla Zanoni DNAinfo Reporter/Producer UPPER MANHATTAN — In the face of a changing landscape north of 155th Street, a thriving online community has risen up to preserve the history of the area as well as document new experiences…
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BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Carolina Pichardo is the second contributor, after photographer Briana E. Heard, to join the team but she was the first writer to come aboard to assist me with the writing duties that come with trying…
Words by Carolina Pichardo Photography by Paul Lomax (@PaulLomaxPhoto) Despite the staggering and frightening statistics, silence is still an option among victims of domestic violence. Due to this, it could also very well be just another news headline. But…
BY Carolina Pichardo Uptown is a character-builder, and that statement rings especially true for this next contender. Although the Inwood Boxing Academy (IBA) has been around since 2006, it has already managed to receive a makeover from the Discovery…
BY Carolina Pichardo Although there have been several dining areas sprouting out within the last couple of years, it’s safe to name the Garden Café one of the “dining pioneers” Uptown. It was one of the first to open…
BY Carolina Pichardo [youtube= https://www.youtube.com/v/lYzFA7VXfwE?fs] Thanks to Carol Cain Alvarez of NYCity Mama (www.nycitymama.com) for her time and easy-to-edit answers. You can subscribe to her newsletter or follow her fabulous storylines and thoughts on Twitter@nycitymama. How long have you…
BY Carolina Pichardo Capas, Inc. 4734 Broadway New York, NY 10040 Tel. (212) 304-4620 [email protected] Despite its luxurious and almost upscale feel now, cigars still possess a rebellious and risky essence. It’s a label that has rolled with it…
BY Carolina Pichardo Recently, fellow contributor—Claudio Cabrera—gave us a basic perspective of what it’s like to be single in Uptown. It was, of course, truthful and to-the-point. Unfortunately, there is a little more to these meeting of the minds…
BY Carolina Pichardo Uptown knows drama. It plays out beautifully in the sirens, in the blaring music, the streets, the people and their energy. When it isn’t the fear of a blackout, it’s the celebration of one. It could…
BY Carolina Pichardo Baseball is the Dominican Republic’s greatest pastime, it’s heart and reason for beating, it’s fresh breath in the morning, etc. [Add your own simile here.] Since the early 1960’s, the country has given birth to some…