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…
Browsing Tag
Uptown Video
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…
View this post on Instagram Washington Heights Be Like Video: @erickestrada_ www.UptownCollective.com A post shared by Uptown Collective (@uptowncollectiv) on Jul 21, 2020 at 10:02am PDT We invite you to subscribe to the weekly Uptown Love newsletter, like our…
Each week, NoMAA’s #StayHomeOpenStudios takes you to an artist’s home for a deep dive into their process and craft. Earlier this month, NoMAA featured the homie, photographer extraordinaire and certified daredevil, Emmanuel Abreu. Check it out ASAP fam. We…
Shout out to local historian Cole Thompson for another awesome video that takes us back in time to the Uptown that once was. This one is a brief history of the Miramar Saltwater Pool, which was once located in…
Prior to 1827, the Dyckmans, and other Uptown families, made use of enslaved labor. Today the Dyckman Farmhouse has been preserved as museum on Broadway and West 204th Street in the Inwood section of northern Manhattan. The cemetery where…
To celebrate Immigrant Heritage Week 2020, the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs gave a well-deserved shout out to the beloved Buunni Coffee. We invite you to subscribe to the weekly Uptown Love newsletter, like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter & Instagram or e-mail us…
The popular BET series “Finding” has a really cool episode on Washington Heights’ own Mims, who was ubiquitous in the late 2000’s due to his megahit “This Is Why I’m Hot.” The video tells the story of the massive…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Iamcardib (@iamcardib) on Nov 19, 2019 at 5:02pm PST Queen Cardi B brought Vogue Magazine to her grandmother’s apartment in Washington Heights for an expansive, insightful and funny Q&A that…
The homie Manny Perez lit up social media this week when he posted the La Soga 2 teaser on his IG. It seems hard to believe that the first film came out in 2010. Well, we will all have…