‘Social’ studies … Sports bar is newest addition to trendy Dyckman strip | NY Daily News
By Michael J. Feeney / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Washington Heights and Inwood have been booming with trendy lounges and restaurants, and now the neighborhood’s most popular strip has its first sports bar. Uptown Social, located on the bustling Dyckman St. strip at Vermilyea Ave., is the newest addition to a block that has become [...]
Uptown Talk: Humorist Felipe Galindo blends the cultures of Mexico & Manhattan in his artwork | NY Daily News
The Washington Heights-based Galindo’s works will be on display in ‘Manhatitlan: Mexican and American Cultures Intertwined’ at the Gallery at the City College of New York BY Clem Richardson Unlike a lot of artists, you won’t find Felipe (Feggo) Galindo Gomez agonizing over a blank canvas in his Washington Heights studio, wondering what he will [...]
Corset shows: artist re-imagines beauty of Burr’s loves | NY Daily News
‘The Loves of Aaron Burr: Portraits of Corsetry & Binding’ features 18th and 19th Century-style corsets in the Morris-Jumel Mansion, Manhattan’s oldest private home. By Douglas Feiden / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Eight of the most beautiful, bewitching and beguiling women in New York’s long history of seduction will display their wiles in a captivating [...]
Pics From the People: A Stunning View of the GWB
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Fort Washington Collegiate Church to kick off grand expansion | NY Daily News
By Douglas Feiden / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Fort Washington Collegiate Church on Sunday kicks off a dramatic $10 million expansion and renovation that will create a hip, contemporary and sun-splashed space at the historic house of worship in Washington Heights. Plans call for a striking 1,000-square-foot glass atrium — known as the Gathering Place [...]
Superstorm Sandy wrought havoc and devastation in at least 30 parks, piers and playgrounds in upper Manhattan | NY Daily News
By Douglas Feiden / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS At least 30 parks, piers, playgrounds and esplanades in northern Manhattan suffered damage from the ferocious and destructive power of superstorm Sandy last October, Parks Department officials told the Daily News. One high-profile casualty was the Inwood Hill Park Nature Center on W. 218th St., where 5-foot [...]
Taxi and Limousine Commission should not implement e-hail program without City Council approval | NY Daily News
By Ydanis Rodriguez / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS For a year and a half, I drove Livery cab #112 for Bailey Car Service in my home neighborhood of Washington Heights. I did so at a time when I was new to this country, its culture and its people. But through this work, I managed to [...]
Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance highlights ‘celebrations’ in 4th annual ‘Women in the Heights’ exhibition | NY Daily News
Exhibit, on display through April 18 at NoMAA, features 26 uptown artists in celebration of Women’s History Month By Jheanel Walters / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS An impressive array of unique and colorful artworks from 26 women artists in Washington Heights and Inwood is now on display at the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance. Now in [...]
Jazzman Jonathan Batiste’s credo: Everyone should enjoy the wonders of jazz | NY Daily News
BY Greg Thomas Jonathan Batiste is on a mission: To bring the joy of jazz to the masses. That’s why the tall, thin pianist and his Stay Human Band are hosting two upcoming, free events in Harlem. This Wednesday they’ll lead the “Jazz Is: Now” series of the National Jazz Museum, where Batiste serves as [...]
Best of New York: Carrot Top Pastries in upper Manhattan is tops for carrot cake | NY Daily News
By Jacob E. Osterhout / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS By Jacob E. Osterhout / NEW YORK DAILY NEWSRead more: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/carrot-top-pastries-tops-carrot-cake-article-1.1202000#ixzz2CaFwBbww By Jacob E. Osterhout / NEW YORK DAILY NEWSRead more: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/carrot-top-pastries-tops-carrot-cake-article-1.1202000#ixzz2CaFwBbw CARROT TOP PASTRIES 3931 Broadway, at W. 165th St. (212) 927-4800, http://CarrotTopPastries.com New York is full of characters, but none quite like Renee Mancino. [...]
Word Up bookstore organizers launch crowdfunding campaign on indiegogo.com | NY Daily News
By Michael. J. Feeney / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS A popular Washington Heights bookstore that closed its doors last summer is looking to start a new chapter, but its volunteer organizers are seeking the public’s help to enable them to reopen. Word Up bookstore — a nonprofit experiment that lasted far longer than originally [...]
George Washington Bridge bus station set to undergo long-awaited renovation by Port Authority of N.Y./N.J. | NY Daily News
By Caroline Chen / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS After years of delays, a major renovation of the George Washington Bridge Bus Station is set to begin this month, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says. Community leaders in Washington Heights are anxious for the $180 million project to begin, hoping it will [...]
From poverty to the Palace: United Palace Cathedral program trains uptown kids to be classical musicians | NY Daily News
By Douglas Feiden / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS The dramatic transformation of the United Palace Cathedral in Washington Heights into a destination arts-and-cultural center takes a huge leap forward Tuesday with the launch of a program to turn uptown kids into classical musicians. Fourth- and fifth-graders from underprivileged backgrounds who have never played a musical [...]
Harlem artist mounts an exhibit in Morris-Jumel Mansion uptown, where George Washington slept | NY Daily News
BY Clem Richardson Artist Andrea Arroyo unveils ‘Women Unbound’ in the historic Washington Heights mansion, used as a headquarters by Washington during the Revolutionary War. Andrea Arroyo was rummaging through the Morris-Jumel Mansion attic and came across a bit of brass bearing the following inscription: “A Madame EB Jumel, Paris, 1815, Napoleon.” “Napoleon” is, of [...]
Washington Heights Childcare Center to shutter, barring late lifeline | NY Daily News
Sept. 28 closure, which would leave 75 pre-schoolers without daycare; Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, state Sen. Adriano Espillat are pulled in to find a fix By Douglas Feiden / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS The Washington Heights Childcare Center was fighting for its life on Thursday night. The popular daycare center on W. 175th St. could [...]
Washington Heights photography exhibit captures images of those locked in struggle | NY Daily News
By Sonnelys Nuez / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS “Images of Hope” depicts people who have overcome a variety of dire circumstances. The exhibit was created by Washington Heights photographer Jay Franco. Jay Franco says he was surrounded by the arts from a young age. His family included artists and photographers. Franco, a music producer, recording [...]
Smokin’ hot craze catches fire | NY Daily News
BY MICHAEL J. FEENEY Is upper Manhattan hooked on hookah? Just take a look around, and it would seem so. Late Wednesday night, Vin-Tich Lounge on Tenth Ave. near W. 211th St. was packed with smokers, from the bar to the deejay booth. DJ J Star blew smoke while keeping the crowd dancing to hip [...]
After living a nightmare 552 Academy St. tenant sees her street of dreams on horizon | NY Daily News
BY Clem Richardson Iris Bertoni has known 552 Academy St. in Inwood since she was a child growing up in a building across the street. “It was a beautiful building, comfortable and safe,” she recalled. “The owner was South African. He had relatives living in the building. He lived on Webster Ave. in the Bronx.” [...]
Community League of the Heights expects completion of long-awaited school building | NY Daily News
By Douglas Feiden / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS A scrappy Washington Heights school educated its students in two rundown buildings nearly three blocks apart for the past five years — but never lost sight of its dream for a gleaming new building to call home. That dream will come true for the Community Health Academy [...]
Rally to assist Inwood artist Will (Will Teez) Alicea, battling leukemia at Mt. Sinai Medical Center | NY Daily News
By Michael J. Feeney / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS A beloved Inwood artist recently diagnosed with leukemia isn’t letting his life-altering illness keep his spirits down. “I’m trying to blow through this and get back in the world,” Will Alicea told the Daily News by phone from his bed at Mt. Sinai Medical Center. Alicea [...]
‘Word Up’ organizers are staging 10 events in 10 days to keep popular Washington Heights bookstore afloat | NY Daily News
By Michael J. Feeney / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS It was only intended to last a month, but a popular Washington Heights bookstore has now been around for a year and organizers are looking to raise $10,000 in 10 days with hopes of making it a permanent fixture in the book-starved neighborhood. “People seem to [...]
Doctors at New York-Presbyterian Hospital save 5-year-old Gabrielle DiCarlo, who had tumor | NY Daily News
By Heidi Evans / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS When an ambulance raced into New York-Presbyterian Hospital with 5-year-old Gabrielle DiCarlo earlier this year, she was at death’s door. Doctors at another hospital had found a rare, massive tumor in her abdomen and were about to start her on chemotherapy in the hopes of shrinking it. [...]
Uptown students to Mayor Bloomberg: Don’t axe our after-school programs! | NY Daily News
By Douglas Feiden / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS The children of upper Manhattan are about to deliver a heartfelt message to Mayor Bloomberg: Put away your budget axe and spare our beloved after-school programs. “This program is awesome!” wrote 10-year-old Solianny Perez, a fifth-grader from Washington Heights, in a letter to City Hall. “Please, please [...]
The 2012 Uptown Arts Stroll Calendar of Events
Uptown Arts Stroll Kick-Off Celebration Opening Thursday, May 31, 6-8:30pm Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) is pleased to announce the arrival of the 2012 Uptown Arts Stroll – Northern Manhattan’s annual art festival. For the month of June, our many artists will saturate uptown’s businesses and institutions, open spaces, parks and other venues with their [...]
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