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Harlem - Wallace Flores

Uptown Poetry: Do You Ever Cry For No Reason?

BY Frank Medina (@FRANKELITONYC) Photography by Wallace Flores (@opus1ny) Do you ever cry for no reason? The only time I have cried.. is for no reason or maybe tears… are from the pain deep within… that precedes them alone…

UC Holiday Bash @ La Marina

The UC Holiday Bash @ La Marina – The Recap

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) The UC Holiday Bash at La Marina was a rousing success. First of all, much love goes out to the good folks at La Marina (348 Dyckman) for allowing us the use of their absolutely…

Washington Heights - Observe The Heights

Picture of the Week

Photography by Art By Dj Boy (@ArtByDjBoy) Check out: http://observetheheights.com/ Click here to see the entire Picture of the Week series. Related: Daily Grind: Jason Minter & Indian Road Café July 4th in the Heights – The Recap #InstagramUptown:…

The Clock is Ticking… Support Word Up Books

A Note From Word Up Books. One week till our Indiegogo campaign ends! Thank you to everyone who has contributed! The campaign has been great so far, but we still have more to raise before we hit our goal by January…

South Beach Restaurant - Washington Heights

Open For Business: South Beach Restaurant & Lounge

BY Led Black (@Led_Black) The wait is finally over. The elegant and expansive South Beach Restaurant and Lounge (1390 Saint Nicholas Ave) is now open for business. Think of it as Washington Heights meets the Cheesecake Factory. The place…

Fort Tryon Park - Wallace Flores

Picture of the Week

Photography by Wallace Flores (@opus1ny) Click here to see the entire Picture of the Week series. Check out: The 2012 Medieval Festival In Pictures Coogan’s Run 2012 In Pictures Uptown Artist – Wallace Flores We invite you to subscribe…

It’s about Time: Nazario Brea

Video by Arlene Schulman (@ArleneSchulman) In this latest installment of the video essay series, It’s about time: Conversations with New Yorkers about time, Dominican-born television personality, producer, director, singer and songwriter Nazario Brea talks about music, how he has…

WHIN By Any Means 2

Monday Mood Music: Boston – G’d Up

Check out: Monday Mood Music: Chino Sing – Machete en mano We invite you to subscribe to the Uptown Love newsletter, like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter, or e-mail us at UptownCollective@gmail.com.…

Far Rockaway - Hurricane Sandy

The Far Rockaway Blues: Dispatches From the Frontlines Part II

By Octavio Blanco (@OctavioCNN) [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/OctavioCNN/status/274963393583120384″] I’d have been suspicious of me. Here I  was, a stranger with no identifying jacket, or armband, or hat, or badge, walking around, alone, knocking on doors asking questions with an iPhone in-hand…