East Harlem
East Harlem has always been home to the city’s newest wave of immigrants. In its current incarnation it is also known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio, and is one of the city’s most richly Hispanic communities.
In Other Neighborhoods
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What’s In Makeup?
Whale intestines, crushed beetles and fish scales among other things.
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Food For Thought (Video)
NYC Chinese get their food from Chinese exports, but those products are getting recalled at a large number
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Images of Hurricane Gustav
What a killer storm left behind. Edited by Koryn Kennedy. (Sound not of Hurricane Gustav)
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“Green” Taxi Delay?
An ambitious plan to that would make city cabs “green” is in jeopardy as cabbies fear the hybrids can’t hack the around-the-clock demands of a city cab.
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Local Eyesore to be Demolished
But Harlem neighbors fear dilapidated bus depot may survive as economy takes a nose dive.
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During A Rough Economy, Soup Kitchens Feed the Working Poor
Salvation Army volunteers feed hungry working people, not just the homeless.
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Freegans: Fighting Capitalism by Dumpster Diving for Edible Trash (with video)
Take a dumpster diving tour with reporter Elizabeth Giegerich.