Posts published in “New York City”

Big City: A Brooklyn Charter School Looks Past ‘No Excuses’ The Ascend Public Charter Schools network tries doing away with unforgiving disciplinary codes. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

Album: Vestiges of Old Harlem David Vades Joseph, who grew up in Harlem, photographs the neighborhood as he knew it. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

New York City to Get Less Federal Aid for Housing The city says it may face a shortfall of over $58 million by year’s end to programs that house low-income residents. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

Hungry City: Butterfunk Kitchen Is Driven by Soul Food and Built on Memories Deviled eggs, deep-fried corn on the cob and scrapple honor the chef’s roots at this restaurant in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

Reductress Takes Its Satirical Voice Beyond the Internet After four years online, the women’s humor magazine is hosting a live comedy series, as well as selling merchandise and a mock self-help book. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

A New York Art Scene Anxiously Waits for Decision on N.E.A.’s Fate The National Endowment for the Arts gave $14.5 million to 419 organizations in New York City in the last fiscal year. The federal program could be cut under…

DNAinfo Buys Gothamist, With Plans to Merge Local Websites Gothamist will serve as the official blog for DNAinfo, covering lighter fare while serving as a launchpad for news written by DNAinfo’s network of neighborhood reporters. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

Cuomo Pledges .4 Billion to Fight Poor Health and Poverty in Brooklyn The plan, called Vital Brooklyn, would bring health and wellness resources into communities like East New York, Brownsville, Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

Bookshelf: New York’s Archbishops: How They Shaped the City and the Church “Sons of Saint Patrick” by George J. Marlin and Brad Miner chronicles the tenures of these 10 Roman Catholic leaders, from John Hughes to Timothy Dolan. {$excerpt:n} Source:…

New York Today: New York Today: A Bookbinder’s Craft Thursday: A craftsman’s workshop, the “Fearless Girl,” and the death of Notorious B.I.G. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

Binding a Book, the Old-Fashioned Way On the Lower East Side of Manhattan, single volumes are trimmed and glued by hand as they have been in this tiny workshop for the last 50 years. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

The Hunt: A Letter From the Heart Clinches a Park Slope Deal This couple found the outdoor space they craved in a one-bedroom co-op that has a roof deck and a solarium. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times

Some Credit for Henry Hudson, Found in a 280-Year-Old Map A map from about 1740, believed to be the first to credit Hudson with navigating the river named for him, will be on display in New York this weekend. {$excerpt:n}…

Trauma, Then Triumph: The New York Times College Scholarship Winners Ten high school students, many of whom spent years in shelters or lost their parents, are ready to take on the next big challenge: college. {$excerpt:n} Source: New York Times