Today I was up in Italian Harlem doing some shopping at the Target (and avoiding the mess down in lower Manhattan). As I was walking back to the bus to get home, I noticed that someone had shut down one of the streets and there were all these people in yellow shirts milling around. I [...]
Archive for the ‘Harlem’ category
Stickball on Pleasant Avenue on 9/11
September 11, 2011Thomas Jefferson Park in Spanish Harlem
August 17, 2008I’ve done a fair amount of blogging about my trip through Spanish Harlem / El Barrio / East Harlem. I don’t know quite how many posts I got out of it (six?). But, I do know that I’ve written a fair amount for just a few hours of wandering. And I didn’t even talk to [...]
Rodale Pleasant Park Community Garden in Spanish Harlem
July 30, 2008I think that Pleasant Avenue in Spanish Harlem (El Barrio) (and the Pleasant Avenue area is also called “Italian Harlem”) has more community gardens per square foot than any other place I’ve ever seen. At least three. Plus at least one major park abuts it. Very impressive. This is the third of the gardens that I’ve covered. [...]
Barnard College
July 26, 2008Right smack across Broadway from Columbia University is the much smaller Barnard College. Originally a college for women, it may still be. But I know that male students from Columbia attend classes there as needed. It’s small, compared with Columbia or most any other university that’s as well known. At most, it covers about four [...]
A simple but perfect bench at Columbia University
July 25, 2008I really liked this bench. I mean, it was so simple and plain and ordinary that I might have passed right by it. And I probably have during my several visits to the campus over the past couple of years. It’s just a simple stone bench. With a good inscription and provenance. It’s hard to [...]
