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Little Red Lighthouse Tour Tomorrow

Little Red Lighthouse Tour Saturday, May 14, 2011 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Go behind the scenes at the Jeffrey’s Hook Lighthouse, popularly known as the Little Red Lighthouse. This Uptown and NYC landmark was made famous by the book The…

A Trek Through the Timeless Treasure that is Inwood Hill Park

BY Lauren Dockett Photography by Briana E. Heard (@beheardphoto) I am in the realest place in Manhattan. A spot at the absolute top of the island where landscaping and development stop and in a dissonant fusion, city and wild…

UPTOWN PARKS – SEEING THE FOREST FOR THE TREES

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Beth Greenfield of the NY Times included my favorite park, Inwood Hill Park, in her Fall-Color tour of New York City Parks. Like I have said in the past, Inwood Hill Park is NYC’s best-kept…

LOOKING AHEAD: THE UC'S LIST OF THINGS TO DO

Old School NYC Opens Friday, September 17th – El Museo Del Barrio 1230 5th Ave @104 St. For the most part, I thought Latinos were relative newcomers to NYC; the Nueva York (1613-1945) exhibit at El Museo Del Barrio…

STILL SHINING – THE LITTLE RED LIGHTHOUSE

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Like many of Uptown’s residents, both past and present, the Little Red Lighthouse is actually a transplant from other shores. Sandy Hook, New Jersey to be exact. That’s right, our iconic lighthouse is actually the…