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Another First Uptown As It’s Designated First ‘Little Dominican Republic’

Patch reports that elected officials, community leaders, and activist groups gathered Friday on the Plaza de Las Americas in Washington Heights to announced the official designation of the world's first "Little Dominican Republic."Continue reading

Witness Reveals Morgan Freeman Granddaughter’s Dying Words Uptown

NY Post reports that Morgan Freeman’s dying granddaughter gasped to her killer, “Why are you doing this?” as he knifed her in the middle of a Manhattan street, a witness revealed Tuesday— adding that she and her friends were too scared to intervene.Continue reading

Uptown’s Rodriguez Statement On Court Decision Granting Stay Of Deportation To Ravi Ragbir

Uptown's NYC Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez issued the following statement on today's court decision granting a stay of deportation to Ravi Ragbir. Continue reading

“Harlem” Duke Ellington’s Masterpiece 1989 – 1993 (Video)

We love this great post by Charles Bradley II on Youtube of a rare video from music master Duke Ellington's beautifully complicated "Harlem," 1989 - 1993:Continue reading

Uptown Council Member Rosenthal Says “Enough Games” On MTA Budget Proposal

Council Member Helen Rosenthal voiced her opposition today to the MTA funding proposal included in the Governor's Executive Budget, calling it a distraction from the need for fundamental reform at the MTA. Continue reading

Hi-ARTS Community Open House Uptown 2018

H-ARTS opens its doors for its first community open house of the season in the Hi-ARTS Performance Space at Artspace PS109 in partnership with Walker International Communications Group, Inc. on Wed, January 31, 2018. Continue reading

Lena Horne Stamp Dedication Ceremony Uptown

In celebration of legendary performer and civil rights activist, Lena Horne, the United States Postal Service will honor her in its 41st stamp within the Black Heritage series. Continue reading

Fewest Annual Murders And Shooting Incidents Ever Recorded In The Modern Era From Harlem To Hollis

With the close of 2017, New York City marks three new crime reduction benchmarks: the first time the total number of index crimes has fallen below 100,000; the first time the number of shooting incidents has fallen below 800; and the first time the total number of murders has fallen below 300.Continue reading

Calling For All Immigrants And Allies To Turnout Big In NYC General Election

Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez is encouraging all Immigrants and their allies to turnout big in tomorrow's NYC General election uptown, in order to be a voice for those unable to cast a ballot.Continue reading

Two Ecuadorians Hit With Bat In Harlem

A pair of attackers derided two Ecuadorian immigrants as “f-----g Mexicans” then beat them bloody with a baseball bat in Harlem, police said Wednesday.Continue reading

Interview: Nike Sneaker “REMIX & RECONSTRUCT” With Harlem Man A$AP Nast

Clash Music's Grant Brydon and Rob Meyers reports that the Air Force 1 was never meant to last this long. Released in 1982, Nike’s first “Air” basketball shoe, was discontinued two years later. Continue reading

Long Island-Based Company Files For Development Uptown

An anonymous Long Island-based LLC has filed applications for a six-story, seven-unit residential building at 509 West 167th Street, located uptown in Washington Heights. The project will measure 8,676 square feet and rise 60 feet to its rooftop.Continue reading

Jessica O. Matthews Wants To Run Harlem’s First Billion-Dollar Startup

In September 2016, Uncharted Play, a company that makes energy-generating products, raised $7 million in a series A financing round and became the 13th company with a black female founder to raise more than $1 million in outside investment.Continue reading

‘Lina Puerta: From The Botánico Series,’ At Columbia University In Harlem

This July, the Harlem-based Colombian-American artist Lina Puerta transforms the lobby of Miller Theatre with a new installation from her Botánico Series, inspired by weeds and uncontrolled nature within urban spaces. Continue reading

The “After Death, A Psychological Coup” A Talk At The Schomburg In Harlem

Malcolm X wrote that Fidel Castro “achieved a psychological coup over the U.S. State Department when it confined him to Manhattan, never dreaming that he’d stay uptown in Harlem and make such an impression among the Negroes.”Continue reading