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Rainey “Skates” Cruz

STREET ACTION: BUILDING UPTOWN – THE BAGO BRUNCH

BY Rainey “Skates” Cruz Local restaurant and lounge, Altus Café (4325 Broadway), became the premiere-networking hub this past Saturday, August 21st, thanks to the likes of Juan Bago & Co. Señor Bago’s (Michael Diaz) 7th Bago Brunch, a series dedicated…

STREET ACTION: THE BEAT GOES ON UPTOWN

BY Rainey “Skates” Cruz Sometimes I worry. I worry about New York City’s art and music scene. I worry that so much time and effort goes into affording the cost of living, that our artists/musicians can no longer afford…

STREET ACTION: ART TRAVELS

BY Rainey “Skates” Cruz SOA Artist, Washington Heights native, and Uptown Collective member, M. Tony Peralta gets around. Don’t believe me? Then check out what I stumbled upon during a recent visit to Just Chill Skateshop, a new venture…

STREET ACTION: FOOD FOR THOUGHT

BY Rainey “Skates” Cruz Far Uptown, on Dyckman Street, nestled by Sherman Avenue, between the hustle and bustle of foot traffic and double-parked cars, sits a man with a stand. No, he doesn’t sell food. And no, he doesn’t…

STREET ACTION: THE RETURN OF THE PASOLA

BY Rainey “Skates” Cruz As spotted on Dyckman St., one of the Caribbean’s most recognizable (and affordable) forms of transportation, the Honda C70 “Passport” motorcycle. The C70 is a 1970-introduced, more powerful and economical version of its 1958 predecessor,…