The Best of the Boogie Down: Ceetay
A Touch of Japan in the Boogie Down BY Jenni Ruiza (@RuizaJenni) Nearly a decade long search of unsuccessfully trying to find quality sushi in the Bronx and I finally came across what would change your opinion of the Bronx forever (or at least it should!). Ceetay, on Alexander Avenue, is transforming the face of [...]
Notes to Self: The Lost Poems – I am the Heights
BY Frank Medina (@FRANKELITONYC) 10 4 84 A Star is born Presbyterian Hospital, ready for the impossible Dominican Mother and a Puerto Rican Dad Who made the decision at 17, few wish they had but for the love of their child, took the good with the bad
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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 [...]
Uptown Car Love: The 2013 NY Auto Show
Related: The Ford Mustang: Celebrating 50 Years of Automotive Excellence Uptown Car Love: The 2013 Ford Fusion We invite you to subscribe to the Uptown Love newsletter, like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter, or e-mail us at UptownCollective@gmail.com.
Uptown Poetry: My Dear
By Pierina Medina (@ProjectLovebot) My Dear, In a world with no discretion you can die or live and accept. While so many will cease to see this they will only live to expect with a hopelessness so perplexed, I demand their loss of regrets. So I bring some lines just to soothe your minds or [...]
The Best of the Boogie Down: The Kingsbridge National Ice Center (KNIC)
Does the Kingsbridge National Ice Center (KNIC) represent the dawn of a new era in the Bronx? BY Jenni Ruiza (@RuizaJenni) One of the biggest complaint most Bronxites express is that we’re not a tourist attraction. Yes, we have The Bronx Zoo and there’s a tour of the South Bronx – but what other things [...]
Major expansion of business improvement districts is planned for northern Manhattan | NY Daily News
By Douglas Feiden / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS A major expansion of business improvement districts — the self-taxing, public-private partnerships that provide services for retail districts across the city — is about to take place in northern Manhattan, the Daily News has learned. One new BID is being developed along a booming, 12-block stretch of [...]
The Uptown Tweet of the Week
Presenting the Uptown Tweet of the Week, our pick that represents the good, the bad, and the lovely in this week’s UC Twitterverse… Check out: I Hate My North Face: An Ode To Spring Related: July 4th in the Heights – The Recap The Uptown Tweet of the Week – Hot As Balls Summer in [...]
The Best of the Boogie Down: Event Spotlight – GooFFellas 4/20
BY Jenni Ruiza (@RuizaJenni) Think of comedy in New York City – what’s the first borough that comes to mind? Automatically, Manhattan, right? It’s the stomping grounds for the most famous comedy clubs in the city – Caroline’s, Broadway Comedy Club, Comedy Cellar, just to name a few. Comedians can more recently be found in [...]
New Music: Juan Bago & O – Dominican Problems
Related: Dominicanese 101: A Primer I Am A Dominican York Led Black: Un Pie Aqui y Uno Alla | Huffington Post The Art of the Remake: 7 Questions with Juan Bago and O Dominis in the Heights Video Premiere Party – The Recap Quisqueya – Juan Bago & O ft. Minus P, Oveous, & Elmo [...]
In protest, with love | Manhattan Times
Story and photos by Robin Elisabeth Kilmer Love and action. This past Wed., Apr. 10th was billed as a day devoted to both, as part of a nationwide wave of protest centered on immigration reform. Hundreds of thousands of immigrant rights advocates gathered in Washington D.C. and all throughout the country to call on legislators [...]
Picture of the Week
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Get Yours: Andy Mineo’s Heroes For Sale
You may or may not have heard of Andy Mineo but this man is an incredibly talented emcee and has been tearing up stages across the country. His latest opus, Heroes For Sale, drops today and is available on iTunes as well as other outlets. The icing on the cake is that Andy is a [...]
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 [...]
The Best of the Boogie Down: Artist Spotlight – Sofia Rodriguez
BY Jenni Ruiza (@RuizaJenni) It won’t be long before the name, Sofia Rodriguez, becomes one mentioned in households all over the nation. Acting since she was a small child, Rodriguez has already made waves in multiple well-known projects both on stage (Platanos and Collard Greens) and in film (BQE, The Three Way). Most recently, Rodriguez [...]
Monday Mood Music: Andy Mineo – You Will
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The Best of the Boogie Down: Artist Spotlight – Hezues R
From Violent Circumstances To A Life of Purpose BY Jenni Ruiza (@RuizaJenni) The number 22 never seemed so powerful. At 2:22 in May of 2001, Hezues R’ was 22 years old when he survived 22 gunshots with a .22 bullet left inside of his stomach. Growing up in a poverty-stricken home and neighborhood in Poughkeepsie, [...]
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