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La Plaza de las Americas
on W. 175th Street
between Broadway and Wadsworth
Avenue has been selected by the Department of
Transportation for its Public Plazas program.
Where is the cultural center of Washington Heights?
The economic center, W. 181st Street, might be your answer. It’s certainly well known – but it’s not a community space.
Monica Bauchwitz, a resident of 100 Overlook Terrace, regularly sees the problems caused by delivery trucks from outside her window. PHOTO: Monica Bauchwitz
Businesses need to get deliveries, but what Monica Bauchwitz sees outside her apartment at 100 Overlook Terrace is too much for her.
Straphangers trying to get north or south last weekend reported major traffic problems due to 1-train work. PHOTO: Maggie Clark
The MTA is meeting today to discuss the traffic disruptions that snarled Broadway last weekend as a result of the 1-train rehabilitation.
Adriano Espaillat, left, the Democratic nominee for
the 31st State Senate district, had breakfast Sep. 23 with his three
opponents in the race: Anna Lewis, Misotis Munoz and Mark Levine. They
discussed issues raised during the campaign and endorsed him in the race
against Green Party candidate Ann Roos in the General
Election. PHOTO: Mike Fitelson
Nine days after voters picked Assembly Member Adriano Espaillat to represent them in the State Senate seat being vacated by Eric Schneiderman he met with his three former opponents to discuss issues raised during the campaign and tap their expertise in how to solve the district’s most intractable problems.
UpTheater Company actors Matt and Tracy Higgins
pose in costumes designed by Robert Coleman.
A taffeta dress with a metallic sheen to it swishes by. Flowers line the women’s hair. Men saunter around in faux armor. Silk, sheer scarves, and ribbon laced-up bodices are a blur across the green lawns.
Scavengers of Inwood owner Lela Cooper has spent the last 14 years finding the antiques, knickknacks and just downright odd items that take up almost every horizontal space in her Indian Road store.
by Kristen Bonardi Rapp
It began, as so many addictions do, with a free taste.
“Go ahead,” said the man at the table, “try one.”
Work by Carlos Almonte, featured in the upcoming
exhibit “El Escaparate: A Storefront Art Show by Latinos Uptown.”
Picture this: the economy stalls, some shops and businesses close their doors, and stretches of the main street lie barren. Empty storefronts become commonplace.
by Ydanis Rodriguez
Last week I spent five days living off of a food stamp budget as part of a “Food Stamp Challenge,” organized to give people a brief taste of what 1.76 million New Yorkers, who rely on food stamps, experience daily.
Washington Heights’ homegrown Harvest Festival in Bennett Park returns Sat., Oct. 9 from 1 to 4 pm with pumpkin painting, a make your own scarecrow contest, a Hot Wheels race track, the ever popular pie contest and other games.
Photo courtesy of: www.patriciorobayo.com
by Rebeca C. Rivera
Oh mother!*
So fragile does my mother look
sharing her thoughts, sharing her pain
On Thu., Sep. 23 NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital celebrated the opening of the Carmen and John Thain Center for Prenatal Pediatrics at 3959 Broadway. The center will provide care for expectant mothers experiencing complications during their pregnancies. The new 10,000-square-foot center is equipped with seven ultrasound rooms, two echocardiogram rooms, exam rooms and doctors' offices to allow for procedures such as amniocentesis and laser therapy for twin-to-twin transfusion.
Sun
You fortify me
When you're out on a stroll no one can lie about you to me
Your smile is ever radiant
The Washington Heights and Inwood Youth Council engages the neighborhood’s youth to determine which issues directly affect them.
Great outdoor events this weekend so cross your fingers for no more rain
by Tammy McKillip
On Sun., Oct. 3, my family and I will be bouncing back and forth between our two favorite parks – celebrating Harvest Day with the Urban Rangers at Inwood Hill Nature Center, in Inwood Hill Park, and enjoying all of the many wonderful festivities at the 26th Annual Medieval Festival, in Fort Tryon Park.
by Debralee Santos
If your days during the first week of school felt a little like my own, and I suspect they did, I am writing to thank you.
September 20 – September 25
We began the week with the debut of a new section entitled Uptown Artist, which features neighborhood artists of various stripes and their work. Our first subject is none other than photographer Paul Lomax. Paul’s images are arresting, forcing the eyes to linger and the mind to conjure up the potential scenarios behind the pictures. The Q&A as well as Paul’s work are not to be missed.
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