The New York Restoration Project was started 15 years ago by actress
Bette Midler (above) to look after forgotten parks in New York City.
by Laura Gabby
In 1995, world famous entertainer Bette Midler drove down the West Side Highway with her daughter Sophie in tow. The shores of the Hudson River were blanketed in garbage. Car parts, tires, furniture, littered the forest floor.
NMIC Executive Director Barbara Lowry, who has been with the organization for 30 years, and her staff.
Thirty years ago the future of Northern Manhattan was grim. Like the city as a whole, the community was reeling from a fiscal crisis. Residents left; drugs stayed. Newly arriving immigrants were being taken advantage of by landlords. Building conditions deteriorated. Where the city couldn’t help, charitable organizations tried to fill in the gaps.
A boy kicks a soccer ball through the accumulation of pigeon droppings under Amtrak's Dyckman Street overpass. PHOTO: David Sykes/Cynthia Carrion
New York City sidewalks are dirty, for sure, but one pigeon poop plastered stretch of Dyckman Street is out of hand. (follow the link for a short slide show)
Police are asking for help identifying a man who robbed and stabbed one woman in the chest in an Upper West Side subway station and robbed two women on the A-train and one on the 2-train during three different incidents between Aug. 7 and Sept. 12.
W. 212th Street. A loose ring of drug and gun traffickers worked on W. 212-215th Street between Broadway and 10th Avenue. All six have pleaded guilty and are expected to be sentenced to 10-plus years behind bars.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., has announced the guilty pleas of the final three members of a W. 212th Street gun and drug trafficking ring.
Guillermo Linares at his victory party at Arka
Lounge on Broadway and W. 193rd Street.
by Juliana Schatz
The mood was jubilant and appreciative at Arka Lounge Tue., Sep. 14 when Guillermo Linares and his supporters gathered to celebrate his win in the five-way race for the 72nd Assembly seat.
On Sun., Sep. 26, the annual Brides March will start at 8
a.m. at Fort Washington Heights Presbyterian Church at 21 Wadsworth Ave. at W. 174th Street.
A bride’s march is supposed to be a step into a new, better life. Gladys Ricart was supposed to march down the isle on Sep. 26, 1999 but was gunned down by a jealous ex-boyfriend on her wedding day.
The Morris-Jumel Mansion, Manhattan’s oldest house and George Washington’s headquarters during the Revolutionary War battle of Harlem Heights, has once again received accreditation from the American Association of Museums. Accreditation is the most prestigious designation awarded to a museum. AAM accreditation brings national recognition to a museum for its commitment to excellence, accountability, high professional standards and continued institutional improvement.
Columbia Social opened in the location of Plum Pomidor on Aug. 5.
The new menu features burgers, salads and a variety of tapas. PHOTO: Mike Fitelson
When Emmanuel Xenopoulos and his son Evan bought Plum Pomidor in January, they knew they wanted to keep the neighborhood hangout feel that brought the after work crowds to the popular night spot. But they also wanted to put their own spin on the restaurant.
863 Riverside
Drive is tucked away on a quiet stretch of the meandering road.
Often parts of Northern Manhattan don’t feel like New York City, or even the metropolitan area. A short stretch of Riverside Drive, the meandering view-packed street that harkens back to men in hats and women wearing pearls out for a Sunday drive, feels like it could be tucked away in a much smaller city.
Little Red Lighthouse, children’s theater and harvest readings
by Tammy McKillip
Summer may be over, but there are still plenty of outdoor opportunities for Inwood and Washington Heights families this weekend. Make the most of the mild weather while you can!
The 40 Oz Bounce Gone Loko event, which took place Sat., Sep. 11 underneath the looming presence of the GWB, was in one word, epic. Every 40 Oz Bounce function seems to be bigger than the last and this one had a decidedly Warriors kind of feel to it, with 40 Oz Van and his cohorts playing the role of Cyrus, rounding up folks from all over the city and beyond for a little shindig. In total, there was easily a thousand plus people who answered the call to be a part of something historic. Check out the site for pictures and video of the festivities.
