HW Pick: Leo, A Homeless Coder Releases App

Not a Harlem story, but a  great story. Leo Grand considers himself lucky when the doorman at the luxury apartment building nearby lets him charge his Samsung Chromebook without issue. PHOTOGRAPHY Marcus Samuelsson Hosts “Community Conversation” At Harlem’s Red Rooster by Glenn Hunter.

Fairway Market Presents It’s 12 Days Of Christmas In Harlem

It’s even better than 10 pipers piping, 8 maids-a-milking, and 3 French hens. Indeed, Fairway Group Holdings Corp., the parent company of Fairway Market, presents its own version of the 12 days of Christmas, with The Fairway Holiday Bowl in Harlem. Gift Cards and other Fairway gifts will be given out as a thank you…

Happy Birthday Teyana Taylor

Harlem’s Teyana Taylor, turns 23 on Tuesday. Taylor, a recording artist and an actress, was born Dec. 10, 1990, in Harlem. In 2012, she officially signed to Kanye West’s GOOD Music label and The Island Def Jam Music Group, after previously being signed to Interscope Records and Pharrell Williams’ Star Trak Entertainment. PHOTOGRAPHY Marcus Samuelsson…

Gun Crazed Harlem Criminals Armed Robbery

12/06/2013 01:21 AM. Armed Robbery reports the NYPD with a person being robbed at gunpoint in West Harlem. Suspect fled the West 135th Street and Broadway location from victim in a vehicle. PHOTOGRAPHY Marcus Samuelsson Hosts “Community Conversation” At Harlem’s Red Rooster by Glenn Hunter.

Three Suspects In West Harlem Armed Robbery

12/05/2013 01:20 AM An armed robbery took place on Wednesday where the victim around the 1432 Amsterdam Avenue and 131st Street area spoke to the NYPD and stated that they were robbed at gunpoint by three suspects who had just fled the scene. PHOTOGRAPHY Marcus Samuelsson Hosts “Community Conversation” At Harlem’s Red Rooster by Glenn…

Greenest apartment building set for Harlem

Manhattan is set to get its first residential building that measures up to passive house standards, a set of green guidelines that aim to cut heating costs by 90% through the use of solar energy, better insulation and other measures. PHOTOGRAPHY Marcus Samuelsson Hosts “Community Conversation” At Harlem’s Red Rooster by Glenn Hunter.

Art In FLUX Pops Up at Aloft Hotel, Harlem

Art In FLUX Harlem and Aloft Hotel launch a collaboration to promote visual artists in Harlem.  On the evening of December 3, 2013 Art In FLUX presents two Harlem artists, Andre Woolery and Ruben Natal-San Miguel, in the lobby of Aloft on their dedicated art walls. PHOTOGRAPHY Marcus Samuelsson Hosts “Community Conversation” At Harlem’s Red…

Harlem Humanitarian: How To Help Typhoon Haiyan Survivors

We’ve posted a list that CNN has compiled a pretty comprehensive list of orgs on the ground and how you may make a donation or to contact them: The stories coming out of the Philippines are unimaginable. Rushing water and wind tearing children away from their parents’ arms. PHOTOGRAPHY Marcus Samuelsson Hosts “Community Conversation” At…

Madonna At The Celebrity Club In Harlem, 1983

Here is Madonna the “Material Girl” performing at the Celebrity Club with her dancers in Harlem, 1983 (we love the dancer with the flashlight on the right). PHOTOGRAPHY Marcus Samuelsson Hosts “Community Conversation” At Harlem’s Red Rooster by Glenn Hunter.

George and Ira Gershwin From Central Harlem

George and Ira Gershwin: composers, grew up in Harlem. Lived at 108 West 111th and other addresses.George wrote his first hit song, “Swanee”, at his home at 520 W. 144 Street in 1919.The pair were living at 501 Cathedral Parkway in 1924, and it was in this apartment that George wrote Rhapsody in Blue. PHOTOGRAPHY…