Harlem World

Harlem newsboy 1943 Photo by Gordon Parks, from the Library of Congress

• Anyone else ever notice the twins on 125th always dressed alike? I see them on the bus sometimes. Here they are wearing matching fur coats <Sekou Writes>
  
• American Youth Hostel on 104th An Affordable Place To Stay In New York <Harlem Live>
  
• Black Portraits in Bold Face; Barkley L. Hendricks at the Studio Museum
  <The Harlem Eye>
  
• South Harlem (?) in the news (again) <Harlem Condo Life>
  
• Future residents of Ellington on the Park, 130 Bradhurst Avenue, have started a Google discussion group <Ellington on the Park>
  
• Artist's views from his window capture – and help – a neighborhood
  <Manhattan Times (pdf)>

Harlem World

A Kinky Deli, photograph by CarbonNYC.

• Taxman Spares Harlem Eatery <NY Post>
• Take an artsy walk around Harlem <Time Out Ny>
• Verizon to hand out free turkeys in Washington Heights <TCMnet>
  
• Harlem Holds Dedication For Harriet Tubman Sculpture <NY1>
• Tonight and Tomorrow, Harlem Tenants Council 2nd Annual Housing Conference
  <Google Groups>
• New York Rep. Charles Rangel has hired an accountant to pore over his personal finances as he faces an ethics committee investigation. <AP>
• Reading out loud: Literary venues for Latinos bloom in the city <Daily News>
  
• Woman Takes Command of 369th "Harlem Hell Fighters" <Read Media NewsWire>
  
• A leader of the consortium selected by city officials to build a mixed-use development on East 125th Street in Harlem has been dropped from the S&P 500 because its shares are virtually worthless <NY Observer>
• CITYarts, a non-profit public art organization in New York, had a ribbon cutting ceremony yesterday to celebrate the restoration of the 36-year-old mosaic benches <UptownFlavor>
• Target Free Sundays at the Studio Museum offers free Museum admission every Sunday between 12 and 6 <Uptown Flavor>

Harlem World Short Stack

• Economic Struggles Hit West Harlem's Small Businesses; "I wish there was a bailout package for local businesses, because local businesses are what give money back to the community, Joseph said. "When we fail, it really has an impact on the community."<Columbia Spectator>
  
• Basketball takes center stage in this Harlem "dog show" <Columbia Journalist>
  
• Studio Museum in Harlem’s Schedule of Exhibits <Uptown Flavor>

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