On June 21, 1990, Nelson Mandela joined ABC anchor Ted Koppel at City College in Harlem on 135th Street, for a historic town meeting before an over-capacity audience at Aaron Davis Hall. Continue Reading →
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Concert “Composers From Centroamérica” At City College’s Aaron Davis Hall In Harlem
The Association of Dominican Classical Artists presents “Composers from Centroamérica,” at City College’s Aaron Davis Hall, in the Marian Anderson Theater in Harlem, New York. Continue Reading →
“Turn The World Around” Returns To City College In Harlem
Audiences will have another chance to celebrate the life of the trailblazing entertainer and activist Harry Belafonte with artists who knew him well. Continue Reading →
MTA Suspension Unauthorized Person On The Tracks In Harlem
Due to an unauthorized person on the tracks, 1 train service is suspended between Van Cortlandt Park-242nd Street and 137-City College in both directions. Continue Reading →
Harlem School On Lockdown, One Person Arrested
One person was arrested at a Harlem school Thursday after the campus was placed on lockdown, an NYPD spokesman said to our source. Continue Reading →
Historic City College Building Sits Empty With No Signs Of Life In Harlem
NY Post reports that a historic City College building once slated to house a center dedicated to a US congressman and then a secretary of state is an empty shell with no sign of life. Continue Reading →
Sign Up For Open Data Week 2018
Last year the Mayer de Blasio administration presented Open Data Week for the first time in collaboration with BetaNYC and the broader civic tech community. Continue Reading →
Harlem’s Colonel Hubert Fauntleroy Julian, “The Black Eagle Of Harlem” (video)
Hubert Julian was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, in 1897, the son of a cocoa plantation manager. He migrated to Canada in 1914, where he claimed to have learned to pilot an aeroplane and served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Continue Reading →
Harlem Based City College Appoints New President
The City University of New York Board of Trustees approved the appointment of a new president of The City College of New York, which had been without a permanent leader since former president Lisa S. Coico resigned amid scandal in 2016. Continue Reading →