Travel with Val: Tourism push encourages visitors to explore city’s hidden gems – YNN
By: Valarie D’Elia NEW YORK CITY — Inwood, the last stop on the A train at 207th Street, is the comely den for the Columbia Lions football stadium across from Inwood Hill Park, the unsung location of the big rock marking the spot where Manhattan was purchased for a song: $24 worth of beads. “There’s such [...]
“NY Med” Documents Real Life Drama At City’s Top Hospital | NY1
By: Stephanie Simon Staffers at a hospital in Washington Heights are the stars of a new hit television show that gives an up-close and very personal look at day-to-day life inside New York Presbyterian Medical Center. NY1′s Cheryl Wills filed the following report. In an unprecedented move, a small army of cameras recently set up shop [...]
Uptown, a Dominican Confection Makes Life Three Times Sweeter | Edible Manhattan
By Ana Sofia Pelaez | Photographs by Elizabeth Leitzell Most Latin Americans believe tres leches—a triple-whammy confection featuring heavy cream, evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk poured over a single layer of cake and topped with meringue—was invented in their mother’s kitchen. Daisy Lebron’s kids have reason to believe it’s true. As owner of Bizcocho [...]
Future Uncertain For Historic Coliseum Theater | NY1
By: Rebecca Spitz When the Coliseum Theater opened in Washington Heights in the 1920s, it was the third largest theater in the country, hosting stars like the Marx Brothers and Bob Hope before it was later converted into a movie house, but now it’s closed, leaving community members wondering about what’s next for the space. NY1’s [...]
Manhattan's Oldest Home Has Presidential Roots | NY1.com
By: Roger Clark A historical mansion in Washington Heights holds the distinction of playing host to the nation’s first president. The Morris-Jumel Mansion — the oldest house in Manhattan — was built in 1765 by British Colonel Roger Morris and his American wife and later purchased by the Jumel family in 1810. “In addition to having [...]
New Science Labs Remain Unused, Without Teachers – NY1.com
By: Lindsey Christ The city has been building brand new science labs in hundreds of schools, but NY1 has discovered that just because schools have laboratories doesn’t mean they have the budget to use them. NY1’s Education reporter Lindsey Christ filed the following report. One day last week, fifth-grade students at P.S. 366 in Washington Heights [...]
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