Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States so we would not be doing our part in honoring one of our Nation's great heroes without showing you a bit of MLK in New York City.…
Fiber artist Naomi RAG has been adorning the bleak urban landscape of East Harlem with big, bold splotches of colorful yarn bombs. Street Art NYC recently sat down with Naomi for a brief…
ANIMAL New York has been documenting a ton of great urban exploration lately. Just last week, they were able to sneak into 190 Bowery for a peek during it's renovation, and they have…
Local YouTuber ActionKid makes some great point-of-view videos of himself walking or biking through various New York City neighborhoods, streets, and attractions. In this recent upload…
The Lively Morgue is a daily photo blog from the New York Times in which an original photo from the newspaper's archives is reposted along with tidbits of information gleaned from the…
Count Basie was a famous Jazz pianist, organist, band leader and composer. Basie started playing in the 1920s, performing at all the local Harlem jazz clubs. In this vintage film from 1948,…
FarmOne is a 1,500 square foot, indoor, vertical-farm that uses hydroponics and intelligent technology to grow over 500 different types of plants, herbs, and produce for chefs in New York…
Since 1934, the Apollo Theater in Harlem ha offered some sort of an Amateur Night in which anybody off the street can come and perform on the world-famous stage, only to be judged with…
Popular roommate matching website Matchpad recently started a web series entitled Welcome to the Neighborhood in which they highlight various neighborhoods around the City in order to help…
Now in its third year, the Harlem Eat Up is an annual 4-day festival that celebrates the neighborhood's rich history of entertainment, art, music and especially food. In this video from…
