Galicia Gone? | Manhattan Times Story by Gregg McQueen and Desiree Johnson The restaurant was founded three decades ago. After a shutdown of Coogan’s Restaurant was averted, uptown residents are turning their attention to help out another longtime Washington Heights…
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“Handshake” deal reached to keep Coogan’s open | Manhattan Times It won’t be last call after all. A handshake agreement has been reached between Coogan’s Restaurant and its landlord, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, to keep the iconic Washington Heights pub…
The Uptown Tweet of the Week: #SaveCoogans Congratulations to @CoogansNYC @nyphospital on reaching an agreement tonight to #SaveCoogans #HandShake in #WashingtonHeights. #Coogans embodies the spirit of #NYC #NY13 @galeabrewer @Vegalteno @Lin_Manuel @jimdwyernyt pic.twitter.com/KpGQQM8zog — Adriano Espaillat (@RepEspaillat) January 13, 2018…
Amazing Things Have Happened Here: The Shared Mission of a Bar and a Hospital By Robert Snyder Photos: Cristóbal Vivar | Manhattan Times New York-Presbyterian may be world-renowned as a hospital, research center and medical school, but its neighbors in…
Community members, landlord respond to Coogan’s shutdown By Gregg McQueen “We became a safe haven,” says Coogan’s co-owner Peter Walsh. After news broke that Coogan’s, an iconic Washington Heights restaurant and pub for more than 30 years, would shut down…
Teen Idol Frankie Lymon’s Tragic Rise and Fall Tells the Truth About 1950s America | Smithsonian The mirage of the singer’s soaring success echoes the mirage of post-war tranquility at home By Jeff MacGregor Photo: Johnson Publishing Company That voice!…
#InstagramUptown: Tunnel Vision A post shared by Steve Cancel (@smbnyc) on Jan 12, 2018 at 4:21am PST //platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js Related: The Light At The End of the Tunnel We invite you to subscribe to the weekly Uptown Love newsletter, like our…
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Celebrating with Los Magos and Miranda | Manhattan Times Story by Desiree Johnson Photos by Cristóbal Vivar There’d be time enough for policy and politics. First, storytime. Families braved the blistering cold and filed into the Julia de Burgos Latino…
Uptown Talk: Latinos Out Loud – Snow Ballin’ on the Bang Wagon On the latest episode of the Latinos Out Loud podcast, the crew shares their bomb cyclone stories, discuss how the NY Times snubbed icon Rita Moreno and they…
Closing time at Coogan’s | Manhattan Times By Gregg McQueen “We became a safe haven,” says Coogan’s co-owner Peter Walsh. It’s the very last call. The institution will be closing its doors for good this spring. Coogan’s Restaurant, a popular…
Toaster caused 7-alarm fire that injured 17 in Manhattan building | ABC News Heavy smoke and flames could be seen at 775 Riverside Drive from across the Hudson River in New Jersey. (Photo/Richie Nussbaum) WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, Manhattan (WABC) — 17…
#InstagramUptown: Issa Bomb Cyclone A post shared by Kamel B (@kmelb7) on Jan 4, 2018 at 6:57am PST //platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js We invite you to subscribe to the weekly Uptown Love newsletter, like our Facebook page and follow us on Twitter &…
Spread Love: Dead of Winter 2018 Right in the nick of time comes the Up Theater Company’s Dead of Winter play series. So fight the primordial urge to hibernate and get out in the cold for some smoking hot theater.…
Sylvia’s isn’t the only Harlem spot to score great comfort food | NY Daily News By Rachel Warton Sylvia’s Restaurant, just one of Harlem’s great eateries, boasts mouthwatering ribs and fried chicken. (Marcus Santos/Marcus Santos) Harlem has long been one…