The days of darkest despair following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. pitted the American ghetto against itself. Inner city neighborhoods in over 50 cities burned to the ground, as rioters sought to avenge the death of the century’s most powerful black American leader. While this tragic climax of the civil rights movement in […]
Jan 19, 2009 | Categories:assassination, barack obama, central harlem, harlem, king, martin luther king jr., mayor lindsay, MLK, mlk assassination, MLK day, new york, presidential election, racial conflict, racism | Leave A Comment »
On a formerly downtrodden stretch of East 103rd Street next to 2nd Avenue, the Arcs construction crew hastily finished sidewalk digging for fiber optic cables and hauling off chunks of concrete. An irate blond driver of a shiny Lexus SUV several vehicles into the queue yelled, “Come on, man. Let us through.” The motorist’s view […]
Oct 13, 2008 | Categories:charter school, east harlem, east harlem school, el barrio, exodus house, gentrification, harlem, ivan hageman, spanish harlem | Leave A Comment »
View Larger Map This map shows the location of public housing projects and murders in 2008 within Manhattan Community District 11, which encompasses NYPD precincts 23 (East Harlem South) and 25 (East Harlem North). The 23rd Precinct went from 31 murders in 1990 to 2 thus far in 2008. There are 23,028 public housing units […]
Oct 09, 2008 | Categories:east harlem, el barrio, harlem, homicide, killing, map, murder, new york, NYCHA, public housing, section 8, spanish harlem | Leave A Comment »
On day two of a likely month-long murder trial, a confident key witness testified that he saw the defendant pull the trigger just before nightfall on April 6, 2006. As part of a bargain with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, Harlem resident Eric Calvin offered his account Monday in exchange for exoneration from a string […]
Oct 01, 2008 | Categories:angel dust, central harlem, crime, drug dealers, harlem, king towers, murder, nyc, PCP, public housing, sherm | Leave A Comment »
Claudio Caponigro is one of the last relics of a bygone era. Yet, almost 60 years of snipping the locks of East Harlem residents might come to an end. Maybe tomorrow, maybe next week, maybe next year. But, the mercurial steward of erstwhile Italian Harlem’s East 116th Street hub is still anchored firmly at Claudio’s […]
Sep 10, 2008 | Categories:barbershop, claudio, harlem, italian, italian harlem, new york, new york city, nyc, old world | Leave A Comment »
Sep 08, 2008 | Categories:america, barack, barack obama, black president, harlem, new york, obama, president, t-shirts, USA | Leave A Comment »