By LIGAYA MISHAN The first place Juan J. Camilo, the founder of Dyckman Beer Company, attempted to make beer was in the “concise” (as he puts it) kitchen of his one-bedroom co-op in the South Bronx. “It didn’t ferment properly,” he said. His starter home-brewing kit lacked a floating hydrometer, a device that measures the […]
Jul 28, 2015 | Categories: Daily Grind, Uptown Love | Tags: Harlem, Inwood, NY Times, Uptown Collective, Uptown Eats, washington heights, Uptown Nightlife, New York, Beer, Dyckman Beer Company, Juan Camilo, Ligaya Mishan | Leave A Comment »
BY Michael J. Feeney | NEW YORK DAILY NEWS This printer has Washington Heights popping. Jerry Castanos can do it all — from model knees that help doctors prepare for surgery to perfectly scaled model buildings and bobbleheads that represent every person in the city . The 29-year-old businessman opened his store, 3D Heights, on […]
Jun 23, 2014 | Categories: Daily Grind | Tags: Inwood, NY Daily News, washington heights, Michael Feeney, 3D Heights, 3D Printing, Jerry Castanos | Leave A Comment »
Words: Led Black – Video: Nelson R. Salcedo – 2nd Camera: Art By Dj Boy – Photography: Emil Baez – Sound: Ray Rodriguez This past summer, the usual Uptown Collective crew of Art By Dj Boy, Ray Rodriguez, Emil Baez, Jon Ullman and myself embarked on a pilgrimage to the brewery where Dyckman Beer works […]
Nov 08, 2013 | Categories: Word!, Daily Grind, Uptown Art, That's What's Up, Uptown Love | Tags: Art by DJ Boy, Harlem, Inwood, Led Black, Uptown Collective, Uptown Eats, washington heights, Uptown Nightlife, New York, Emil Baez, Beer, Nelson Salcedo, Jon Ullman, Ray Rodriguez, Beer Gardens, Beer Halls, Dyckman Beer Company, Juan Camilo | 2 Comments »
BY Led Black (@Led_Black) Chances are you that you have come in contact with the Nueva York brand – on TV and computer screens, at events and on the backs of cool people in this neighborhood and beyond. Through the clever use of marketing and a shrewd placement of their apparel with the right people, […]
Oct 30, 2013 | Categories: Daily Grind, Uptown Love | Tags: Fashion, Inwood, Nueva York, Photography, Style, washington heights, Uptown Manhattan, Club Deportivo | Leave A Comment »
Words & Pics by Led Black (@Led_Black) Uptown is making moves baby. Case in point: The Flagrant Club, a skate-shop/apparel-line/boutique, which is the latest venture from longtime artist, designer and entrepreneur Azad Gonzalez. Located at 1530 Saint Nicholas Ave (btwn 186th & 187th Street), The Flagrant Club is the spot to get your new board plus […]
Oct 25, 2013 | Categories: Daily Grind, Uptown Art, Uptown Love | Tags: Hip-Hop, Inwood, Photography, skating, Twitter, Uptown Collective, washington heights, Wahi, Uptown Manhattan, Ludwin, Mira Conyo, Vine, The Flagrant Club | 1 Comment »
Dichter Pharmacy at your service Story and photos by Sherry Mazzocchi Imagine a store that sells veggie wraps with kale, pumpkin lattés and holds poetry slams. Its walls are adorned with the work of local artists. Sounds like an upscale café? Try Dichter Pharmacy. Owner Manuel Ramírez, known as Manny to most, is pushing the […]
Oct 10, 2013 | Categories: Daily Grind, Uptown Love | Leave A Comment »
By LANA BORTOLOT When Gail Victoria Braddock Quagliata noticed that the bodegas she used to pass on her daily walks seemed to be getting fewer and fewer, she got out her camera to document a disappearing landscape. She began shooting in 2009 as a fine-arts project for her master’s thesis in photography. But in December, […]
Aug 08, 2013 | Categories: Daily Grind, Flashback, Uptown Real Estate | Tags: Art, Bodegas, Dominicans, Inwood, Photography, The Wall Street Journal, washington heights, Latinos, WSJ, Gail Victoria Braddock Quagliata | Leave A Comment »
BY Lauren Glassberg INWOOD (WABC) — Inwood at the top of Manhattan where the Harlem and Hudson Rivers meet is the spot Jason Minter and Jason Berger opened Indian Road Cafe five years ago. Today, it’s really a community hub where people get their coffee and often linger. via: Neighborhood Eats: Shrimp with roasted tomatoes […]
Jul 29, 2013 | Categories: Daily Grind, Eat Up. Drink Up. | Tags: ABC News, Indian Road Cafe, Inwood, Inwood Hill Park, The Sopranos