New York’s first two cases of coronavirus have been confirmed. A 39-year-old Manhattan woman became the first person in the state to test positive for the virus, city officials announced on Sunday. On Tuesday morning, officials confirmed a male…
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Photography by @johnguira Uptown had a visit from royalty last week. Queen Lauryn Hill came Uptown on Saturday, February 22nd to the United Palace to celebrate the 90th Anniversary of that venerable institution. Ms. Hill rocked the filled to…
View this post on Instagram Quisqueya 🇩🇴 Heights Stand Up Pics: @dotshotit www.UptownCollective.com A post shared by Uptown Collective (@uptowncollectiv) on Feb 22, 2020 at 6:04pm PST On February 16, 2020 the Dominican government made the fateful decision to…
By Christy Piña and Debralee Santos View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bronx Free Press (@bxfreepress) on Feb 19, 2020 at 7:57am PST Light up the Heights. One thousand women plan to illuminate Mitchel Square with…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cole Thompson (@inwood_cole) on Feb 14, 2020 at 5:58am PST You can respect the presidency or you can respect this President. You can’t do both. This may well…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Manhattan Times (@manhattantimes) on Jan 11, 2019 at 8:19am PST Grab your popcorn. Now everyone will get to be in the room where it happens. The groundbreaking Broadway musical Hamilton…
By Gregg McQueen It’s a size up for these stacks. The new Macomb’s Bridge library is a big deal – literally – for Harlem residents. Once the smallest branch in the New York Public Library (NYPL) system at only…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Latinos Out Loud Podcast™️ (@wearelatinosoutloud) on Feb 20, 2020 at 11:35am PST On this latest episode of Latinos Out Loud, the group talk about what they did on Valentine’s Day…
In 2002, fresh off a Three-Peat, one of the most clutch players in NBA history, Kobe Bryant, came to Rucker Park in Harlem for a little bit of that Uptown Love. Kobe will be missed but his example, his…
By Gregg McQueen It was the uprising after Christmas. A group of enslaved African men rebelled against their masters on December 26, 1521 at a sugar plantation located in what is today San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic. The African Blacks…