Local elected officials are seeking a full investigation after reports surfaced that as many as 98 residents died of COVID-19 at Isabella Geriatric Center in Washington Heights. A NY1 report on April 30 revealed that 98 residents at the…
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Twice as terrible. A new study details stark differences in coronavirus-related hospitalization and death rates throughout New York City boroughs – with the Bronx especially ravaged. Published on Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the…
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) It does not get more Washington Heights than Coogan’s. More than just a bar, Coogan’s was a haven for this diverse, vibrant and hardworking community for over 35 years. It was an Irish bar…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ruben Dario Ramirez (@artbydario) on Apr 22, 2020 at 5:32pm PDT We invite you to subscribe to the weekly Uptown Love newsletter, like our Facebook page and follow us on…
For the first time in 17 years, the month celebration of the arts Uptown that is the Uptown Arts Stroll will be going virtual. So unlike the Puerto Rican Day Parade and Pride we will at least have the…
Do you suffer from the Trump Coronavirus Blues? Well, here comes The People’s Theatre Project (PTP) to the rescue. Starting next Thursday, April 30 at 2 pm tune in to PTP’s FB Live for the inaugural episode of ¡Uptown…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Uptown Collective (@uptowncollectiv) on Nov 4, 2018 at 7:19am PST Do you watch the daily briefings of Tyrant Trump with an odd mixture of sheer horror and fascination? It is…
By Sherry Mazzocchi Washington Heights has a new way to say thank you to the ever-so necessary first responders. A new mural at 2244 Amsterdam Avenue popped up almost overnight. Created by local artist DISTER Rondon, the bright multi-colored…
By Sherry Mazzocchi A green card was the goal. Author Melissa Rivero turned a story from her mother’s arrival in the U.S. as an undocumented immigrant into her latest novel, The Affairs of the Falcóns. As she wrote, the…
Photography by Wallace Flores…