The group Harlem for Obama hosted a speech-watching party for some 200 supporters at the Tribal Spears Gallery Cafe on Frederick Douglass Blvd. between 116th and 117th Sts.

Published by New York Daily News on August 29, 2008.

New York City police are trying to determine who shot a man in East Harlem.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 28, 2008.

The New York City Planning Commission voted on Wednesday to rezone the eastern portion of 125th Street, helping to pave the way for a 1.7 million- square-foot, mixed-use complex.

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 27, 2008.

(Note: The 2008 numbers include Harlem; the 2007 data does not. Harlem rents are lower than the rest of Manhattan’s, and The Observer found that leaving in the lower rents increases the difference in ’07 and ’08 rents by approximately 3 percentage points across the board.)

Published by The New York Observer on August 26, 2008.

Two New Jersey women were hit with flying bullet fragments Sunday during an afternoon gun battle on a Harlem street, police said.

Published by New York Daily News on August 25, 2008.

The death of a Harlem woman due to testify in two criminal cases has been ruled an accident, authorities said Monday.

Published by amNY.com on August 25, 2008.

Rep. Charles Rangel warned a Harlem developer to protect low-income housing, saying "a disease of greed ... is taking over the city."

Published by New York Daily News on August 24, 2008.

The gunshots rang out on West 113th Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue in Harlem Sunday, as the women simply walked down the street.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 24, 2008.

The city is being sued by five Harlem men who were convicted of the attack as teenagers and spent years in prison before someone else confessed to the crime.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 23, 2008.

The city is being sued by five Harlem men who were convicted of the attack as teenagers and spent years in prison before someone else confessed to the crime.

Published by SI Live on August 23, 2008.

The New York City Department of City Planning is slated to vote on Wednesday on whether to rezone the eastern portion of 125th Street, which would help the pave the way for the construction of a proposed 1.7 million square foot, mixed-use complex.

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 22, 2008.

In 2005, the NYCLU counted more than 4,000 street level cameras from the West Village down to Battery Park. The group also found that the 292 cameras along 125th Street in Central Harlem recorded nearly every movement on that busy street.

Published by amNY.com on August 22, 2008.

Yesterday, the family of one of the nation's most revered composers donated $1 million to keep the music alive at Marcus Garvey Park, which abuts the home in which he grew up, at 3 W. 120th St.

Published by New York Post on August 22, 2008.

She had been burned over 60% of her body in a ferocious gas explosion that ripped through her Harlem apartment building, killing her mother.

Published by New York Daily News on August 21, 2008.

Armed with just $5 to quiet my belly's rumblings, I walked into Patsy's on Tuesday looking for a slice. Instead, I waddled out of the legendary East Harlem pizzeria dazed and overstuffed.

Published by New York Daily News on August 20, 2008.

A gas explosion tore through the family's apartment in Harlem in October, killing Duaa's mother, Alouf Hassan, 29. Duaa's 3-year-old sister Lina was blinded; Twka, 5, and Afaf, 1, were both hospitalized.

Published by New York Daily News on August 19, 2008.

Hurry to Patsy's Restaurant in East Harlem as it celebrates its 75th anniversary with 1933 prices.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 19, 2008.

LOCATION: 151 West 122nd Street, Manhattan Avenue

Published by NY1 on August 19, 2008.

Patsy's Restaurant In East Harlem Selling 12-Ounce New York Cut Steak For 90 Cents, Pizza For 60 Cents

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 19, 2008.

Hurry to Patsy's Restaurant in East Harlem as it celebrates its 75th anniversary with 1933 prices.

Published by New York Daily News on August 19, 2008.

A fire sparked by a natural gas explosion killed a woman and severely burned her four young children in Harlem last October. Now, the eldest of the kids, a 6-year-old girl, is finally getting out of the hospital.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 18, 2008.

Police have charged a Bronx man with a machete attack that killed his ex-girlfriend.Maribel Esutate, 37, was near her Harlem home on Saturday night when she was fatally attacked -- including stab wounds to the neck.Police arrested her ex-boyfriend, charging him with murder and criminal possession of a weapon.

Published by WNBC on August 18, 2008.

Maribel Esutate was near her Harlem home on Saturday night when she was fatally attacked, getting stabbed in the neck.

Published by amNY.com on August 18, 2008.

A machete-wielding man made good on a threat to get back at his ex-girlfriend when he ambushed and viciously hacked her to death in Harlem, relatives and cops said Sunday.

Published by New York Daily News on August 18, 2008.

In a sign that even New York’s healthy residential market isn’t immune from the nation’s housing woes, the owners of the rent-stabilized Riverton Houses in Harlem say they expect to default on their $225 million mortgage next month,

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 15, 2008.

In his teens, he began haunting Harlem's jazz clubs and record stores, developing a life-long passion for jazz and blues.

Published by WNBC on August 15, 2008.

A Harlem pastor and retired police officer said Thursday that he was sexually abused as a teenager by Monsignor Wallace A. Harris, the prominent and popular priest who was suspended indefinitely by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York two weeks ago on the basis of similar complaints by two other men.

Published by WNBC on August 15, 2008.

The junior welterweight contender known in his Manhattan neighborhood as "The Pride of Spanish Harlem" told a newspaper that he was not involved in a cocaine trafficking ring.

Published by WNBC on August 15, 2008.

A retired city cop bared his private pain Thursday, claiming he was molested by a popular Harlem priest who was recently bounced from the pulpit amid charges he fondled children for decades.

Published by New York Daily News on August 15, 2008.

Part V: The Harlem Honeys & Bears: New York City youth swimming demonstrations

Published by UPTOWNflavor on August 14, 2008.

If you have favorite places to go in Harlem that you want to share with your fellow uptowners, submit them to uptownflavor@gmail.com. Include a photo and a little byline and you too can be featured on the site. You don’t have to limit your list to the categories below. Tell us about your favorite Chinese restaurant, wine store, bodega, or laundromat. Tell us about your uptown flavor.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on August 14, 2008.

An outbreak of smart cars in Harlem? [NYC the Blog]

Published by New York Times on August 14, 2008.

The recent rezoning of 125th Street in Harlem encountered similar resistance, but key opponents, mainly Councilwoman Inez E. Dickens, were won over after several modifications.

Published by New York Times on August 14, 2008.

Representative Charles B. Rangel refused to discuss the scandal over his use of multiple rent-stabilized apartments in a nearby Harlem building.

Published by New York Times on August 13, 2008.

A double-exposure image juxtaposing pedestrians and a paddler on the Harlem River, both in Inwood.

Published by New York Times on August 13, 2008.

Fernanda Santos reports on Congressman Charles Rangel: “Mr. Rangel was outdoors on Lenox Avenue and West 115th Street to announce the preservation of almost 400 federally subsidized apartments in Harlem, including units in...

Published by NY1 on August 13, 2008.

A free outdoor cultural arts, entertainment, and dance festival honoring the grand village of Harlem!

Published by UPTOWNflavor on August 13, 2008.

Dance to the sounds of some of the hottest audio masters in New York, connect with others during guided tours or shop ‘til you drop in the Museum’s newly restocked store. Bring a friend and have a cocktail and conversation. But—whatever you do—don’t miss these fun and festive evenings of culture in Harlem!

Published by UPTOWNflavor on August 13, 2008.

Congressman Charles B. Rangel announced the news, but refused to discuss the scandal over his use of multiple rent-stabilized apartments in a nearby Harlem building.

Published by New York Times on August 13, 2008.

Leveraged-buyout firm Apollo Global Management said in a filing issued late Tuesday that it swung to a net loss of $96 million during the first three months of this year, compared to a $144 million profit in the year-earlier period. Revenue plunged by 88% to $15 million as the value of its investments sank.

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 13, 2008.

As arts education programs continue to lose funding in schools, Arts to Grow, a non-profit organization that offers free art classes to low-income youth, uses the arts and artistic expression as tools to empower and educate. For the last four weeks, Arts to Grow has provided free summer art classes to children at Harlem RBI, a youth development organization in East Harlem.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on August 12, 2008.

Borinquen Vive en El Barrio (Borinquen Lives in El Barrio) is a portrait of a Puerto Rican family in East Harlem forced to reexamine the past, present, and future of their home island when an unexpected visitor challenges their cultural identity.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on August 12, 2008.

All Harlem Meer Social Hour programs take place on Tuesday evenings from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm at the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, located in the northern end of Central Park on 110th Street between Lenox and Fifth Avenues.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on August 12, 2008.

For example, Wachovia just signed a lease on a space at 124th St. and Third Ave., and Consolo's working on another deal with Chase in East Harlem.

Published by New York Daily News on August 11, 2008.

The City is working to revise building height limits in the controversial 125th Street Rezoning. The proposal seeks to reduce heights permitted along the commercial corridor from the 290′ permitted in certain areas in the recent rezoning down to 195′.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on August 11, 2008.

Guy, a Harlem Writers Guild co-founder, who was born in Trinidad and immigrated to Harlem with her parents, received special recognition at the event held at the famed Minton’s Playhouse on W. 118th St.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on August 11, 2008.

"People in other parts of the city don't have specific privileges," said Michael Dansbury of Crown Heights. "Why here as opposed to elsewhere? Why here as opposed to Harlem?"

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 7, 2008.

Dubbed New York's "Academic Acropolis" because of the many schools that call the area home, Morningside Heights boasts a vibrancy and diversity infused with the spirit of higher education.

Published by amNY.com on August 7, 2008.

By Wednesday, all six teens were in Harlem, where they were lining up after getting a tip about another exclusive sneaker that Velez called “a beaut!”

Published by Brooklyn Paper on August 7, 2008.

The poll also finds 54% of New Yorkers believe the Harlem Democrat has the leadership ability needed to solve the state's budget problems.

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 7, 2008.