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As summer ends and Northern Manhattanites and Bronxites return to the mundane post-summer realities of work and school, they are finding their communities awash in campaign spirit.
As part of a deal with the city to enlarge its athletic facilities on W. 218thStreet, Columbia University has said it will increase public access to the waterfront. The orange box in the photo roughly represents what was originally proposed; the blue box sketches out about 11,000 square feet of additional access that the university proposed on Sep. 1.
As part of the expansion of its athletic facilities around Baker Field along W. 218th Street, Columbia University is exploring a new deal with the city to provide greater access to the dock it uses for its crew team. The public would also be able to use the dock for launching non-motorized watercraft when it is not in use by the university.
According to Jason Minter, owner of Indian Road Café, he encountered a “distraught” female jogger on the morning of Tue., Aug. 31 who said she had been attacked in a remote section of Inwood Hill Park.
The woman, who appeared to be in her 20s according to Minter, said a man with a ponytail and cargo pants chased and grabbed her on a trail near the underpass of the Henry Hudson Bridge around 7:40 a.m. but she managed to fight him off.
Minter added that 911 was called and police arrived within a few minutes and searched the park.
With trains thundering overhead, officials held a press conference Thu., Sep. 2 at the dilapidated Dyckman Street 1-train station to announce what amounts to a $60 million complete renovation of the 104-year-old station and an additional $33 million for five stations further north on the line.
Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance announced Sep. 1 the indictment and arraignment of Rafael Masso, 28, for defrauding three Dominican immigrants by impersonating a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent and purporting to provide legal services to immigrants in 2008.
The District 6 Community Education Council has parent vacancies on its board and seeks applications. For more information call the Community Board 12 office: 212-568-8500.
contributed by Mary Ellen Sanger
Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. ~ William Wordsworth
Ice cream and sex, dancing and dinosaurs – writing workshops in the aging community are like writing workshops anywhere, they explore any topic the writer holds in her heart, and breathes onto paper. When presented with a prompt to write, safe and secure time and space – and most importantly a supportive community of writers and listeners, something magical happens. Memories explode onto the page.
New York Restoration Project’s annual Harlem River Festival takes place this Sun., Sep. 12 from noon to 5 p.m. at Swindler Cove Park, at the far east end of Dyckman Street where it intersects with Harlem River Drive.
“You don’t see Ben & Jerry’s shutting down in the winter,” said Eric Heredia, barista at the Indian Road Café.
What do you get when you fill a room with perfect strangers of myriad backgrounds, ethnicities, and experiences, and ask everyone to delve into an issue as poignant as immigration?
When it comes to this $1,695,000 apartment, calling it ‘eccentric’ may be an understatement.
August 30 – September 4
Uptown folks had someone local to root for as the U.S. Open got underway last week. Even though 20-year-old Irina Falconi was eliminated in the first round, she represented her neighborhood well. Ms. Falconi learned to play tennis on the public courts in Inwood Hill Park at the tender age of four. Her hard work and determination has paid off as Irina was named the Campbell/Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Player of the Year and was the top seed in May’s N.C.A.A. championships.
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