May 28Uptown links: Gov. Cuomo goes to Washington to push for the Second Avenue Subway in Harlem, and more• Governor Andrew Cuomo traveled to the White House yesterday to ask for help with three major New York infrastructure projects. One is to extend the Second ...
May 16Amazon has been "kicking the tires" at the Harlem Fairway (now on Instacart under a new name)The Fairway in Harlem is still awaiting its fate, and Amazon is reportedly interested again. Employees at the 125th Street store have been saying the locatio...
Apr 30Uptown links: Paris Blues owner Samuel Hargress Jr. gets an obit in the Times, and more• Paris Blues owner Samuel Hargress Jr., who recently died of the coronavirus, received a loving obituary in New York's paper of record. The article also say...
Apr 24Uptown links: Coogan's in Washington Heights is closing for good, and more• Beloved Irish bar Coogan's in Washington Heights is closing for good. As the Times reported this week, "Even empty, rent-free, the place was costing more t...
Apr 2Uptown links: Apollo Theater's Amateur Night auditions move online, and more• Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Apollo Theater is now inviting artists to audition for the 2020-21 Amateur Night season online. Singers, dancers, come...
Mar 26Uptown links: ShopRite operator buys Harlem Fairway parking lot, and more• Village Super Market, the operator of ShopRite, won yesterday's auction for four Fairway locations (including the Upper West Side, Upper East Side, and Kip...
Mar 23Here's what became of Madam C. J. Walker's grand Harlem mansionMadam C. J. Walker, the entrepreneur who launched a hair care business that made her America's first black female millionaire–the subject of "Self Made," a n...
Mar 12Uptown links: Lululemon is coming to Morningside Heights, and more• Lululemon and its famous yoga pants are coming to 2935 Broadway between 114th and 115th Streets in Morningside Heights (right next to Sweetgreen). Accordin...
Mar 9This magnificent neo-Gothic Harlem church is now rubblePlans for its demolition were widely covered in the news in recent years, and now the reality is here for all to see: The neo-Gothic building that housed the...
Mar 5Uptown links: co-living comes to Strivers' Row, and more• Ever dreamed of living on historic Strivers' Row? Here's your chance: co-living startup Common just opened its third Harlem location at 267 W 139th Street....
Feb 27Uptown links: Justice Thurgood Marshall's former home is for sale, a new Harlem speakeasy, and more• For $550,000, you can own the two-bedroom co-op at 409 Edgecombe Avenue that once belonged to late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. [NY Post] • Roo...
Feb 21Uptown links: two new bike lanes are coming to Harlem and Washington Heights this year, and more• Two new bike lanes are coming to Upper Manhattan. One on Fifth Avenue will connect the ten blocks between Marcus Garvey Park and Central Park, while the ot...
Feb 13Uptown links: 'Godfather of Harlem' renewed for Season 2, and more• "Godfather of Harlem," the Epix series about Harlem crime boss Bumpy Johnson who returns to the neighborhood in the early 1960s, has been renewed for Seaso...
Feb 6Uptown links: the latest on the plans to rezone Lenox Terrace, and more• A developer's contested plan to rezone Lenox Terrace cleared another hurdle when the city's Planning Commission voted in favor of the changes. The 1950s ap...
Feb 3DIY walking tour: historic Harlem homesHarlem is like a living museum of 20th-century black history, where a walk down almost any block reveals a plaque, mural, statue or street name honoring a ce...
Jan 21The 10 most Instagrammable signs in HarlemHarlem's signs, whether they're neon, flashing with bright bulbs, painted by hand or issued by the city, are a part of what make the neighborhood such a spec...
Jan 9Uptown links, celeb edition: Cardi B invites Vogue into her grandmother's home in Washington HeightsIn this special edition of Uptown Links, a look at what some of your favorite local celebs have been up to recently: • Cardi B welcomed Vogue to the hood for...
Dec 28, 2019The top posts of 2019A massive thank you for supporting The Curious Uptowner on its various platforms–here on the blog as well as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter–and being such g...
Dec 9, 2019Columbia replacing shuttered McDonald's on 125th Street with 34-story residential towerIn a surprise announcement this September, Columbia signaled it would be demolishing the old McDonald's on West 125th Street. The university had quietly purc...
Nov 22, 2019The most beautiful streets in Harlem and beyondIt's the last weekend before the holidays–and all the attendant craziness–kick into high gear. Why not spend it taking a stroll through the neighborhood and ...
