150,000 human beings lost. 150,000 parents, siblings, children spouses, grandparents, best friends. 150,000 souls. đź’” — Mark D. Levine (@MarkLevineNYC) July 29, 2020 We invite you to subscribe to the weekly Uptown Love newsletter, like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter & Instagram or e-mail…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Word Up Community Bookshop (@wordupbooks) on Jul 22, 2020 at 8:29am PDT That’s right familia, Jeff Kinney is coming to Word Up for his only NYC stop! On Monday, August…
Before Dr. J became an NBA legend, before he went pro, before he even had the moniker Dr. J, Julius Irving came to Rucker Park to establish himself as one of the best players of a generation. In fact,…
The coronavirus is not going to go away without all of us doing our part. Don’t let the outdoor dining fool you. NYC is no longer the epicenter of this pandemic, but the COVID-19 has simply relocated to more…
Please do yourself a favor and press play above for a superb documentary on the 369th Infantry Regiment, which was famously known as the Harlem Hellfighters. The Harlem Hellfighters served valiantly in both World Wars but since they were…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) The year was 1965. Segregation was the established law of the land in the south. Good old American Apartheid was in full and brutal effect in Dixie. Jim Crow, the Southern system of terror designed…
Man, oh man, what a thought-provoking read. Please click below for a simply outstanding long read on the perils and possible positive outcomes that can come from a plague by the always erudite Andrew Sullivan. The essay takes a…
Shout out once again to local historian and photographer Cole Thompson for taking us on a trip on the Uptown Time Machine back to The Dyckman Oval. Once located in Inwood, the stadium hosted Negro League baseball games, boxing…
An appeals court has reinstated the city’s plan to rezone Inwood. In a unanimous 5-0 ruling issued on Thursday, a panel of New York State Appellate Court judges reversed an earlier decision by a lower court to nullify the…
A new program aims to provide housing security to tenants across the city facing hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting immediately, the Citywide Landlord-Tenant Mediation Project will serve hundreds of New Yorkers each month by addressing rent-related issues…