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The Last Call: Citywide Candidates’ Night

PRIMARY EVE Monday, September 14th - from 6 pm to 9pm St. Mark The Evangelist Church 6… Continue

Added by East Harlem Preservation on September 13, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Please keep an "Eye Out" for this young lady

MISSING GIRL Name: Tiara Cook Age: 12yrs old Ht: 5… Continue

Added by East Harlem Preservation on September 5, 2009 at 12:00am — No Comments

City Council District 8 Candidate Forum Tonight!

Heard about the City Council District 8 candidate forum tonight? Here's the Scoop: Thu… Continue

Added by East Harlem Preservation on September 3, 2009 at 3:30pm — 2 Comments

A multimedia community dedicated to the Puerto Rican Diaspora

US-PuertoRicans.org is a multimedia community dedicated to the Puerto Rican Diaspora - a place for discussion and learning, for stimulating imagination, and promoting solidarity. Today more Boricuas live in the United States than in Puerto Rico. For most of the 20th century, US Puerto Ricans were concentrated in the Northeast and Midwest but today live across the country. Changes in the Diaspora signal an opportune moment to… Continue

Added by carlos s. on August 23, 2009 at 11:46pm — No Comments

Services Arrangements for Axel Pablo Reyes

A funeral for 8-year-old Axel Pablo Reyes (who was killed in a tragic accident on 112th Street and Lexington Avenue last Thursday), will be held Tuesday, August 18th from 4 to 9 pm at RG Ortiz Funeral Home, 141 East 103rd Street (brief service at 6:30 pm). A mass servic… Continue

Added by East Harlem Preservation on August 17, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Rose Pascale (1916-2009)

ROSE PASCALE, 92 years old, East Harlem Community Leader, liaison for three… Continue

Added by East Harlem Preservation on August 17, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

A CALL TO ARTISTS AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY

If you are an artist and have work or would like to create work that speaks out against police brutality, October 22 Coalition-New York has a number of propositions for you. The October 22 Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Re… Continue

Added by carlos s. on August 16, 2009 at 3:18pm — No Comments

Free Screening of "The Garden" Tuesday, August 18th at 7:30 pm in the 103rd Street Community Garden near Park Avenue (Please Bring Your Own Lawn Chair or Blanket)

East Harlem Preservation, Inc. is partnering with The New York Restor… Continue

Added by East Harlem Preservation on August 10, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

The Homeless Creates Tent City in New York

Picture The Homeless and Allies Occupied a Vacant Lot and Builds a Tent City in East Harlem..As the foreclosure crisis festers, Bloomberg and the banks fail us. While the homeless population continues to escalate, landlords and the city continue to keep buildings empty. In fact, the total volume of potential apartments in vacant buildings and lots in Manhattan alone exceeds the number of homeless households in shelter and on the street citywide!

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Added by carlos s. on July 25, 2009 at 12:02pm — No Comments

Building A Tent City In NYC

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Added by carlos s. on July 17, 2009 at 6:08pm — 1 Comment

Spirit of East Harlem Mural Defaced; East Harlem Preservation Calls for Community Action and Cultural Educational Campaign*

During the early hours of June 13, one of El Barrio's s most famous outdoor artworks, the Spirit… Continue

Added by East Harlem Preservation on June 24, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Costco and Food Stamps: A Good Neighbor Policy

Guest Editorial by Viveca Diaz Why is Costco moving into non-middle income neighborhoods like East Harlem when they don’t accept food stamps? They want to live on the land of the people, but they don’t want people of the land who receive federal assistance to purchase food from their stores. Box-box stores built in disadvantaged communities catering only to middle-income shoppers sure sounds… Continue

Added by East Harlem Preservation on May 4, 2009 at 6:30pm — 7 Comments

Fidel Castro Slept Here (The New York Times, May 1, 2009)

Streetscapes | The Hotel Theresa Fidel Castro Slept Here By Christopher Gray The New York Times, May 3, 2009

The bright glazed whiteness of the Hotel Theresa, built at 125th Street and Seventh Avenue in 1913, symbolized the new high-rise aspirations of 20th-century Harlem. Three decades later and newly integrated, it offered hope to black New Yorkers. In 1960, the press desc

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Added by East Harlem Preservation on May 1, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Free Grass for the Working Class!

I grew up at 2030 Lexington Avenue, in a narrow, walk-up tenement owned by my grandfather. Today, when I stop by the community garden where our building once stood, I am filled with both hope and despair. I am saddened because even though the lot has been classified as a permanent “green” space, it remains undeveloped as an environmental haven because the Parks Department won’t support commun… Continue

Added by East Harlem Preservation on January 15, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Barrio Op Ed: Bargain Uptown Theatre!

The Mayor wants to cut a sweetheart deal with a multi million dollar corporation to give them a million dollar parcel of city-owned land in East Harlem for $1.00, even though that corporation can well afford to pay market rate for the property. I must admit to some astonishment over this deal. I am also very troubled by it. I am both astonished and troubled because Bloomberg, since he became Mayor, has insisted on charging poor Latino Theatre Companies market rate prices for city owned spaces i… Continue

Added by East Harlem Preservation on October 24, 2008 at 7:49pm — No Comments

A 'Hood By Any Other Name?

Rafael Merino comments on ("The South Bronx, and Proudly," by David Gonzalez of The New York Times. In a media-centric society, branding has become everything. It is scary to see how a small group of shortsighted individuals can sway the masses, or at least give it a good try.

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Added by East Harlem Preservation on October 24, 2008 at 5:00pm — No Comments

What's Up With that Old Firehouse on 104th Street?

Fire Engine Company No. 53 in East Harlem, a four-story Queen Anne and Romanesque Revival-style building that was one of 42 firehouses and related structures designed for the Fire Department by the prominent architectural firm of Napoleon LeBrun & Sons between 1… Continue

Added by East Harlem Preservation on October 23, 2008 at 11:00am — No Comments

How Was El Museo del Barrio Founded?

In June of 1969 Martin W. Frey, superintendent of School District 4, under pressure from parents and community activist to implement cultural enrichment programs for Puerto Rican children, appointed artist/educator Rafael Montañez Ortiz to create educational materials for schools in District 4 on Puerto Rican history, culture, folklore, and art.

That Summer Montañez Ortiz traveled to P.R. with M… Continue

Added by East Harlem Preservation on October 20, 2008 at 11:00am — No Comments

Who Was Pete Pascale?

Pete Pascale, 82, Civic Leader Who Loved East Harlem, Dies By Robert Mcg. Thomas Jr. The New York Times, June 20, 1997 Pete Pascale, a social worker, community center official and civic leader who loved East Harlem so much that he made it the focus of his life, his work, his dreams and his memories, died on Sunday at Lenox Hill Hospital. He was 82 and had been executive director of La Guardia… Continue

Added by East Harlem Preservation on October 15, 2008 at 11:30am — 1 Comment