Uptown Artists Mobilize to Return Film to United Palace | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya @seenigel WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Theater critic George Robinson couldn’t help but marvel as he looked around the inside of the United Palace on a recent visit. Despite living in Washington Heights for more than 30 years, Robinson made his first trip to the West 175th Street building Monday. “This is absolutely a [...]
Uptown Restaurant Owners Say They’re Treated Like Criminals | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya @seenigel UPPER MANHATTAN — Dyckman Street restaurant owners say they are tired of being painted as nuisances by residents and community board members and want to be treated like part of the neighborhood. Speaking Thursday night at a special public forum held by Community Board 12′s Licensing Committee, hundreds of restaurant owners, [...]
New Washington Heights Coffee Shop Attracts Swarms of Java-Starved Locals | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya @seenigel WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Taszo Espresso Bar is open for business, and java junkies in lower Washington Heights are lining up to get a cup of joe. Customers have been streaming into the trendy new cafe, located at 5 Edward M Morgan Pl. between West 157th and West 158th Streets, which held [...]
Dichter Pharmacy Officially Marks Return From Devastating Fire | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer INWOOD — Dichter Pharmacy is rising from the ashes. A little more than a year after being destroyed in a devestating fire that wiped out 10 area businesses, the longtime Inwood staple returned to its roots, opening a new, expanded Broadway location with a customer appreciateion event this week. Now [...]
‘Law & Order’ Set in Inwood Hill Park Brings Flashbacks of Sarah Fox Murder | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer INWOOD — A “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” filming brought back unpleasant memories of one of New York’s most heart-wrenching unsolved crimes Tuesday. The crew of the NBC show shot a scene of involving the discovery of a woman’s body in Inwood Hill Park, the site of the 2004 [...]
Uptown Social Gives Inwood Sports Fans a New Place to Catch The Game | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer INWOOD — Just in time for the NBA playoffs, uptowners have a new place to catch the big game. Uptown Social, a new Inwood sports bar and gastropub with 15 high-definition TVs, opened its doors at 186 Dyckman St. last week. The sports bar aims to be the place for [...]
Washington Heights Artist Weaves a Welcome to Mexico With New Exhibit | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — A new exhibit at the office of City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez showcases two decades of artwork from a Washington Heights professor and activist. Hecho En Mexico, which opened on Thursday, showcases 16 woven works by Elizabeth Starcevic, a former professor at City College of New York. The [...]
Harlem Tavern Owners Eye New Washington Heights Location | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — The owners of the the popular Harlem Tavern are taking their beer selection farther uptown, opening a second location on West 164th Street in Washington Heights. The new venture, the Heights Tavern, will feature outdoor seating for 80 people with 20 beers on tap when it opens [...]
New School to Co-Locate With Juan Pablo Duarte, Drawing Local Concerns | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — A new school is coming to Washington Heights this fall — but some local parents fear its arrival means the death knell for a struggling, decades-old school. Dos Puentes Elementary School, which will be located at 185 Wadsworth Ave., will open its doors to its first kindergarten [...]
Hudson Heights Church Gets Ready for Historic Leadership Change | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer HUDSON HEIGHTS — A century-old Upper Manhattan church will celebrate a first this fall — a Latino leader. Fort Washington Collegiate Church will make history in October, when it installs Richard Rodriguez as its senior minister. Rodriguez, 47, was chosen to lead the church after its parent organization, the Collegiate [...]
Word Up Book Shop Hopes to Reopen before the End of Spring | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — With a little bit of luck, a beloved neighborhood book store will soon be back to offering reads to uptown residents. Word Up Community Book Shop, an all-volunteer book store that closed its doors last summer, is closing in on a Washington Heights location with the hope [...]
Thousands of Runners Compete in 15th ‘Shamrocks’ Race | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Thousands of runners descended upon Washington Heights Sunday morning for the 15th annual Coogan’s Salsa, Blues and Shamrocks 5K race. More than 6,000 runners braved the frigid early morning temperatures to participate in the 3.1-mile race, the first since Coogan’s owner and race founder Peter Walsh stepped [...]
Inwood Principal Uses Art and Music to Inspire Students | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer INWOOD — When Maureen Guido was offered the chance to open a new elementary school in Inwood nine years ago, the Brooklyn native knew which principles would guide her. First, the mother of three wanted to make sure that she offered her students an education that was as good or [...]
Giant Washington Heights Snowman Defies Warmer Weather | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — This Frosty is thriving in the middle of a thaw-out. A giant snowman that was built after winter storm Nemo dropped nearly a foot of snow in New York City remains perched on a Washington Heights street corner, defying the week’s warmer temperatures. The snowman at 169th [...]
Free Volleyball Training Class Turns Uptown Kids into All Stars | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Spoils of drug busts are being turned into seeds for peace. “Saturday Night Lights,” a free volleyball training session organized by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office for children ages 12-18 in Washington Heights and Inwood, is using confiscated drug money to fund the program, DA Cyrus Vance [...]
Hundreds Mourn Will Teez at Inwood Memorial | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer INWOOD — They came from all walks of life to pay their respects: friends, relatives and neighbors mourning together with fellow clothing designers and dog-lovers. Whatever their differences, scores of Inwood residents came together as one Sunday to say good-bye to Will Alicea, the popular artist known as Will Teez. [...]
Popular Inwood Artist Will Teez Dies of Leukemia | DNAinfo
By Carla Zanoni, DNAinfo Social Media Editor INWOOD — Will Alicea, a popular and respected Inwood artist, has died. Alicea, best known as Will Teez for his line of neighborhood-centric clothing, died Wednesday in his Park Terrace East apartment after meeting with a group of family and friends, according to a friend. He recently had [...]
City Breaks Ground on $61 Million High Bridge Renovation | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer HIGHBRIDGE — Manhattan and The Bronx will soon be closer than ever. Renovations started Friday to repair the High Bridge, which connects Washington Heights to The Bronx but has been shuttered for decades. Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined other city officials in front of a packed crowd of students at Highbridge [...]
Washington Heights School is Saved From Closure | DNAinfo
By Nigel Chiwaya, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer A popular Washington Heights school placed on the chopping block by the city’s Education Department has been spared from closing. Dozens of parents and advocates rallied outside of P.S. 132 Juan Pablo Duarte on Wadsworth Avenue Friday morning, shouting “Sí se puede” less than a month after they called on [...]
Family and Friends Mark Anniversary of Inwood Man Killed by Police | DNAinfo
By Sandra Garcia INWOOD — Friends and family gathered over the weekend to mark the one-year anniversary of an Inwood man who was shot and killed by an undercover police officer last September. John Collado, who was shot and killed by an undercover narcotics detective at his doorstep on Sept. 8, 2011, when his family [...]
Local Couple to Bring Ethiopian-Themed Coffee Shop to Hudson Heights | DNAinfo
By Farran Powell, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer UPPER MANHATTAN — A local couple is taking its fair-trade and organic Ethiopian coffee small business from the virtual realm to a brick-and-mortar store in Hudson Heights. Sarina Prabasi and Elias Gurma, who met in Ethiopia seven years ago, decided to open Buunni Coffee in the neighborhood after spotting a [...]
Rap Spoof Artists Release New Videos That Poke Fun at Uptown Culture | DNAinfo
By: Sandra E. García INWOOD — Juan Bago & O are at it again. The duo, aka Michael Diaz and Oscar Martinez, best known for their viral video hit “Pan Con Queso,” have mastered the art of covering top 10 radio hits while simultaneously beckoning laughter from their audience. The rap and pop music spoof [...]
Officials Celebrate $1.75M Overhaul of J. Hood Wright Park | DNAinfo
By Dan Bader, DNAinfo WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — For the first time Zead Ramadan can remember, the central lawn in J. Hood Wright Park is green. Ramadan, a Community Board 12 Parks and Recreation Committee member, grew up playing baseball in the upper Manhattan park, but said the fields were always a sandlot, and never had [...]
Community Leaders Rally to Save Alianza Dominicana | DNAinfo
By Dan Bader, DNAinfo WASHINGTON HEIGHTS – Former employees and supporters of the beleaguered non-profit Alianza Dominicana held a rally Thursday calling for the social services organization to be saved. Miriam Mejia of the Committee of Friends for the Defense of Alianza Dominicana organized the noon rally in front of the nonprofit’s newly built home, [...]
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