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UPTOWN ARTIST – MATTHEW GALLAWAY

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) What are some of the things you love about living Uptown? I love the geography: the hills, the river, and the big sky; I love the architecture, which is ornate but often dilapidated in a…

UPTOWN ARTIST – DJ BOY

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) What makes Uptown so special? I believe that growing up where I did, Inwood, made me the man I am today. Sounds like a college entrance essay intro I know, but I don’t know how…

UPTOWN ARTIST – PAUL LOMAX

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) What made you want to live in this area? When I first moved to NYC I lived in Astoria, Queens. Then a few friends told me about the “Heights,” so I visited once, then twice…

ART IS NOT A CRIME…

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) When I was a kid growing up in Washington Heights, NYC in the mid to late 80’s, Graffiti was all the rage. The first thing Graffiti writers would say to one another when they met…

UC DEBUTS CARTOON STRIP – THE LAST STOP

BY Ed Ubiera Check out the first installment of the thought-provoking cartoon strip, The Last Stop, by local artist extraordinaire, Ed Ubiera entitled “Objects Collide In The Dark”. The Last Stop refers to the last stop on the A…

SUBWAY MAP + SHARPIE = ART

BY Led Black The City Room section of the New York Times recently ran a profile on Inwood street artist, Enrico Miguel Thomas. You can usually find Enrico at 72nd street and Broadway, hard at work capturing the hustle…