BY Led Black (@Led_Black) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Buddy (@uptowndolly) After 100 years, the RKO is no more. Even though it has not functioned as a movie theater for many years, this was the movie theater…
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The newly rebuilt elevators at the 181 Street station for the A train are now operating. On Monday, the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) announced that the elevators, which had been unavailable since August 2019 as part of an extensive…
By Kaity Modesto Word on the street is that the new Foot Locker community store on 181 st. is proactively engaging the Latinx community Uptown. The community Power Store is one out of three in the country and has…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Uptown sneakerheads rejoice! This is a big deal folks. Washington Heights now has a Foot Locker Power Store. Keep this in mind, there are only 3 Power stores in the entire country. The store opens…
Retail giant Target is coming to Washington Heights. The Minneapolis-based company signed a lease on April 23 to rent 23,757 square feet of space at 600 West 181st Street, according to public records. The site is a two-story commercial…
Mexican telenovela star and singer Maite Perroni came Uptown recently for a fashion shoot for the September issue of People en Español. She hit up 181st and Dyckman and showed love to her adoring fans and onlookers. Read more:…
Story by Sherry Mazzocchi It’s best to eat hearty winter pies such as pecan or apple slightly warm, topped with vanilla ice cream. Piling on scoops of chocolate just won’t work. “The favors would be busy in your mouth,”…
Story by Sherry Mazzocchi Flor de Toloache is New York City’s only all-women mariachi band. It might be its best. The seven-member group is known for spectacular harmonies and sparkling instrumentation. Their sound is grounded in traditional mariachi music,…
The Big Uptown Monthly Classic Movie Night Blazing Saddles Le Chéile (839 W. 181st St.) Monday, May 7th 8 pm Join Washington Heights filmmaker Jon Ullman as he presents some of his favorite classic movies at Le Chéile, 839…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Video & photography by Emmanuel Abreu (@EAbreuVisuals) What is Flor de Toloache? Toloache is an herb used to make people fall in love. It is also the name of, get this, are you ready? A…