Nationalities and traditions vary in the Harlem community known as Little Senegal, but one thing West Africans in this neighborhood share is the French language.
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Harlem schools helps immigrant families preserve their heritage
Posted on 26 October 2017.
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Identity politics and the hotly contested race for Chinatown’s vote in District One
Posted on 25 October 2017.
A little-known election rule has allowed Christopher Marte, 28, to fight on as a third-party candidate for Lower Manhattan’s District One City Council seat, and he has set his campaigning sights on Margaret Chin’s electoral base in Chinatown.
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Manhattan’s Tenement Museum remembers Chinatown’s Garment Factory Past
Posted on 23 October 2017.
For the first time, an exhibit at the Tenement Museum, Under One Roof, will show visitors scenes from the lives of Chinese workers, illuminating a history that many current residents of Manhattan’s Chinatown still remember.
Posted in Arts and Culture, Chinese, Education, Featured, Manhattan, News0 Comments
Bay Watch: A city beach for Washington Heights?
Posted on 19 October 2016.
In the ultimate urban landscape that is New York City, you might not expect to find beaches. But they are there, on the waterfront borders of every city borough – except Manhattan.
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In New York’s Senegalese community, savings plans are DIY
Posted on 18 October 2016.
When Aissatou Ndao moved to the U.S. from Senegal in 1986, she struggled to make ends meet. Then she joined a tontine, a savings plan popular in many immigrant communities.
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One City, Many Cultures
Posted on 27 December 2015.
Global City NYC reporters explore religious, culinary and cultural traditions in the city’s ethnic neighborhoods. We learn flamenco, watch Chinatown’s chess wars, uncover the secrets of homemade phyllo — and more.
Posted in Arts and Culture, Boroughs, Business, Chinese, Communities, Featured, Greek, Manhattan, Queens0 Comments
Spanish Restaurant Mogul Bids Farewell to 14th Street
Posted on 11 December 2015.
One of New York City’s oldest restaurants, La Nacional, closes next month — then reopens in the spring under the new, nonprofit management of the Spanish Benevolent Society.
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As city rents rise, artists flock to affordable neighborhoods for work space
Posted on 14 November 2015.
For years, creative professionals have been pushed out of Manhattan by gentrification. Now, one artist and entrepreneur is providing cheaper studios in East Harlem to keep the community of Latino artists there alive and encourage the public to discover and appreciate the area’s unique art.
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Bangladeshis split on the lines of free speech
Posted on 07 November 2015.
Despite the continuous spate of blogger killings in Bangladesh, free speech activists in New York find themselves battling an apathetic ethnic media
Posted in Bangladeshi, Bronx, Brooklyn, Crime, Featured, Issues, Manhattan, News, Queens, Religion0 Comments
New hat business continues trend of community representation
Posted on 01 November 2015.
Young Dominicans in Upper Manhattan are making and buying hats that show “uptown pride.”
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