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SchoolBook: Brett Kimmel: Create a 'To-Die-For' Place
NYTimes.com NY Region
Jan 30Brett Kimmel was interested in school reform and decided the best way to change schools was to become a teacher. Then he was interested in creating a place where teachers would crave to work, and he created his own school, the Washington Heights Expedi... »
In my library: Karen Russell
New York Post
Jan 29It was winter in Washington Heights, but Karen Russell channeled her “humid homeland” of Florida to write “Swamplandia,” a fantastical first novel about the alligator-wrestling Bigtree clan that was one of 2011’s major publishing debuts. Not that it’s ... »
Undercover Cop Posing as Prostitute Arrests Johns in Washington Heights
DNAinfo
Jan 26An undercover female cop helped arrest five alleged johns in Washington Heights. »
INSIDE PSAL BOYS HOOPS: WHEELS excelling first year in 'B'; Jefferson ready for St. Anthony
New York Post Sports
Jan 26Move over, George Washington. Washington Heights isn’t only about baseball anymore. Washington Heights Expeditionary Learning School (WHEELS) may be the city’s most surprising first-place team. It doesn’t start a single upperclassman and this is its fi... »
Teen busted for bringing pellet gun to school
New York Post
Jan 23A teen was busted in Washington Heights today after he brought a pellet gun to school, cops said. The 15-year-old was caught trying to bring the weapon into the High School for Media and Communication on Audubon Avenue and West 193rd Street at 9:30 a.m... »
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Take The A Train To No Parking Bar! NSFW
La Daily Musto
Jan 31Chuck AttixFor Broadway babies who've always dreamed of going "way up to Washington Heights," you should do so and make sure to stop by No Parking, the ambient gay bar at 4168 Broadway (on 177t »
An Award for Michael Benjamin
Room Eight
Jan 29Everyone once in a while, one reads something written on an issue and has to wonder out loud, who is paying this guy to be their shill? »
Popular community bookstore Word Up is here to stay
Examiner New York Edition
Jan 27For residents of Washington Heights and Inwood, the word on the street is all about Word Up, a bookstore that has found a way to unite the community."We just wanted to make books as widely... »
Serious Eats: Manolo Tapas
We Heart New York
Jan 23Hey everyone, we're also writing about New York for Serious Eats. Periodically we'll link to content here that we produced there.This week's Date Night finds us at Manolo, a winning tapas restaurant in Washington Heights [read more]. »
I Know, Right?
Overheard In New York
Jan 22Young Dominican guy, ogling cute Latina: Wow, pero mira a esa.Middle aged woman: Se ve que ella es de Santiago. Llena po' to' lo' lao.--Washington Heights Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2012-01-22 »