A movie I hope to see on a DVD.
Saturday, May 4, 2024
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Will This Building Provide Affordable Housing In Harlem?
This building at the corner of Lenox Avenue and 116th Street in Harlem has been empty of tenants for years. Recently, scaffolding has been erected around it. So maybe (I hope) it will soon be turned into affordable housing, especially for longtime Harlem residents. We'll see. The one thing Harlem doesn't need is another luxury apartment building charging sky-high rents.
Labels:
Affordable Rents,
Harlem,
Housing,
New York City,
Real Estate
Monday, April 8, 2024
James Baldwin's Centennial Year
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
A Masked Giraffe On Manhattan's Upper West Side
This masked giraffe (not a real one, obviously) was seen outside a liquor store on Columbus Avenue in Manhattan during the COVID-19 pandemic. Was it a subtle reminder to patrons to wear a mask before entering the store? Recently the giraffe was seen without the mask.
Labels:
Animals,
Manhattan,
Masks,
New York City,
Upper West Side
Friday, March 22, 2024
The Dave Brubeck Quartet's Classic "Time Out" LP
Time Out, recorded in 1959 by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, is one of my favorite jazz albums. ("Take Five," the hit jazz tune, is on the album.) I have both the long-play vinyl record and the CD.
Brubeck in the CD's liner notes said that "[c]reating a 'hit' out of the odd-meter experiments of Time Out was the farthest from any of our minds...when [we] went into the studio to record."
I love the above photo. It appears in the reissued CD's booklet. Paul Desmond, the alto saxophone player as well as the composer of "Take Five," did his own thing by wearing a suit and tie and didn't try to copy what his bandmates wore. He was cool and confident.
Labels:
Dave Brubeck,
Jazz,
Music,
Musicians,
Paul Desmond,
Sound Recordings
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Philip Payton, The Father Of Black Harlem
Philip Payton, The Father of Black Harlem is a book on my to-read list. It's a biography, by the scholar Kevin McGruder, of the African-American real estate mogul Philip Payton, who played an important role in establishing Harlem as the capital of Black America. Any study of Harlem history must include his name. As a native son of Harlem, I am interested in his story.
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