The Washington Heights Riots of 1992 Remembered – Part 1
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) July 1992 As soon as we stepped out of the 1 & 9 train station at 191st street, I could feel the electricity in the air. This was not unusual in the Washington Heights of that era but this was something different. It seemed to be pulsating. Magnetically, that energy seemed [...]
STREET ACTION – UPTOWN SKATE
BY Rainey “Skates” Cruz There was a time when skateboarding was synonymous with California and the West Coast. The late 60’s and early 70’s scene was full of traditional and not-so-traditional surfers that would also “street surf” on small wooden planks with clay wheels. Then came the Dogtown Z-boys, famous for catapulting skateboarding into the [...]
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