#harlem river drive

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From North to South: Fergie Baby Shares Sequel Album Further Celebrating Harlem’s Essence

Fergie Baby has done it again! Harlem’s own is back with Harlem River Drive: SOUTH, the highly anticipated follow-up to Harlem River Drive: NORTH. Following the success of his early 2024 EP drop, the Harlem rapper has returned for the release of a bold and innovative sequel now available on all streaming platforms. This project amplifies Fergie Baby’s artistry. In doing so, he shares stories that…

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Willie Mays 1931-2024

Above: Willie Mays in 1956. Photo: UPI/ABC News

Willie Mays, one of the greatest ballplayers in history, died today at the age of 93. He was one of the dominant figures in the golden age of New York baseball, when the Giants, the Dodgers, and the Yankees battled for supremacy. From 1947 to the Giants' and Dodgers' final season in New York in 1957, at least one of those three teams played in 10 of 11 World Series, and won 9 of them.

His stats are astonishing. Over his 22 years in the majors, he had a .301 batting average. He had 3,293 hits, including 660 home runs. His 7,112 putouts as an outfielder rank No. 1 in major league history, and he had 657 more playing first base. He stole 338 bases at a time when base stealing was not as common as it is now. He batted in 1,909 runs. Beginning in 1957, the year the title was created, he won 12 Gold Gloves.

But more than his statistics was his infectious joy in playing. He greeted everyone with "Say hey" and became known as the Say Hey Kid.

“Willie could do everything from the day he joined the Giants,” said Leo Durocher, his manager during most of his years at the Polo Grounds. “He never had to be taught a thing. The only other player who could do it all was Joe DiMaggio.” And DiMaggio said of him, "Willie Mays is the closest to being perfect I’ve ever seen."

Above: Willie Mays slides safely into the plate in the sixth inning of a game against the Phillies at the Polo Grounds, ca. early 1950s. Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images/NBC News

Above: Willie's famous catch in the 1954 World Series at the Polo Grounds on September 29, 1954. His over-the-shoulder catch made while running is considered to be one of the greatest plays in baseball history. The score was tied at 2-2, and not only did he prevent a home run, he threw the ball in to the infield, preventing runners on base from scoring. The Giants went on to sweep the Cleveland Indians in four games.

Above: Mays plays stickball with local kids in Harlem in 1954. He lived on 155th Street while playing with the Giants. In 2017, the corner of 155th Street and Harlem River Drive was renamed Willie Mays Drive. Photo: Bettmann Archive/ABC News

Mays at home in Harlem with his landlady, Ann Goosby, in 1954. A profile of Mays published that year in LIFE pointed out that Mrs. Goosby “cooks his meals, keeps his clothes clean and generally takes care of” the young star. Photo: Alfred Eisenstaedt via Life magazine

Above: Willie Mays at the Polo Grounds in 1954. Photo: Patrick A. Burns for the NY Times via Instagram

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The Harlem River Lift Bridge - New York

The Harlem River span is a lift bridge that connects Manhattan with Randalls Island, designed by chief engineer Ammann. It carries six lanes of New York State Route 900G (NY 900G), an unsigned reference route, as well as two sidewalks, one on each side. The span connects to FDR Drive and Harlem River Drive, as well as the intersection of Second Avenue and East 125th Street, in East Harlem, Manhattan. At the time of its completion, the Harlem River lift bridge had the largest deck of any lift bridge in the world, with a surface area of 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2). To lighten the deck, it was made of asphalt paved onto steel girders, rather than of concrete.

The movable span is 310 feet (94 m) long and 92 feet (28 m) wide. The side spans between the movable span and the approach viaducts are each 195 feet (59 m) long. The total length of the bridge is 700 feet (213 m). The towers are 210 feet (64 m) above mean high water. Each of the lift towers is supported by two clusters of four columns, which supports the bridge deck. A curved truss at the top of each pair of column clusters forms an arch directly underneath the deck.

The lift span is 55 feet (17 m) above mean high water in the "closed" position, but can be raised to 135 feet (41 m). The movable section is suspended by a total of 96 wire ropes, which are wrapped around pulleys with 15-foot (4.6 m) diameters. These pulleys, in turn, are powered by four motors that can operate at 200 horsepower (149 kW). (Text from Wikipedia)

Top image taken by photographer Berenice Abbot

There have been three bridges at this site the first bridge was built 1841 the second bridge 1897 and the current bridge (in these images) was opened in 1956

[desrac]

goin down harlem river drive really pumps the fuckin blood through my veins it feel so good no matter what it could be 3am in the uber after having dinner at devins or 2pm with kimberly goin to run an errand golden hour coming into the city stuck in traffic that shit always gon go

[yimra]

I hate Harlem River drive so fucking deeply such a bullshit fucking road always traffic and the same dude standing there like it’s never an east drive thriugh it

[foster-the-world]

Court went okay

The judge said he would write a court order saying we could get a passport. Fingers crossed it helps. We may pay an expediting service to help.

I can never get over how incredibly rude the judge is to everyone on the call (except us). These people drive us crazy and I still couldn't be as rude as he is.

I keep thinking of the two Harlem (13yo and 11yo) kids who were missing for a week. One was found in the Harlem river and one in the Hudson river. The first was ruled an accidental drowning. They are still investigating the second one. I can't imagine it makes sense they ended up in two different rivers if it was accidental??? but not really sure. So heartbreaking. They were still babies.

The girls are starting swim lessons today. They are excited about it. The place is kind of difficult to get to and its way too expensive. For those reasons we are only going to do the next five weeks. I figure it will help them get practice with strokes before we have a swimming pool for 5 weeks of the summer.

[freeworldallahmbaclass]

Cleaning Riverside Drive water conservation act

Cleaning the garbage islands in River bank estimated $ 10 - $ 20 million dollar job of cleaning up Riverside drive water from that stink smell and the debris and garbage .

Bottles Straws Plastic bags Pipes Bandages Toys Pollution

And I propose The City of New York build the new ferry Riverboat for harbor crossing to New Jersey be placed on Riverside Drive it Save commuters time and money on transportation from and to New York City creation of Job opportunities , New architecture of communities in New York city restoration of environmentally depressed neighbors like the Grand Concourse neighborhood in the Bronx , New York City thus bringing more jobs to that neighborhood and creating economic vitality for all New Yorkers . New electric trains and platforms on the outside train on 149th street on Grand Concourse .

Pimp my ride TV Show Car dealership on river bank

Environmental impact report : Production and manufacturing factories on Riverbank Harlem Riverside drive bring if not millions of Jobs back to New Yorkers but definitely thousands of jobs back to the city of New York

Car museum

ESPN sports center Sports centurion museum celebrating 100 years and better of sports museum with pictures and memorabilia from baseball ⚾ 🏀 , basketball , soccer ⚽ , cricket , rugby , 🏈 football , NASCAR car racing , 🐴 Horse racing

And maybe the Olympics on Riverbank

Factory and car lot on Riverside Drive in Harlem , New York City

Factory : Products in manufacturing ( making the products ) Warehouse 1_ Post cereal Honey bunches of oats , Kelloggs corn flakes cereal Warehouse 2_ Car manufacturing Car parts Warehouse 3_ Bread factory Warehouse 4_ Electronics appliances factory Warehouse 5_ Boat 🚢 manufacturing facility Warehouse 6_ 👟 Sneaker factory Warehouse 7_ Railroad train track factory

[sunnysideriver]

バラカンさんこんばんは。 4月17日は僕の友人の誕生日です。去年もバラカンビートに彼の誕生日リクエストを送ったのですが、めでたく読んで頂くことができました！！とてもうれしかったです！！(ボビ・ハンフリーの Harlem River Drive) 一方で彼自身も番組に自分で自分の誕生日リクエストを送っていて、なんとそちらも同日の放送で採用されて二重の喜びとなりました。こんなこともあるんですねえ… 自分で自分の誕生日にリクエストを送るような寂しいやつなので、励ましの意味でもまた読んで頂ければ幸いです。リクエストは去年亡くなったファラオ・サンダースのOh Lord, Let Me Do No Wrongをお願いします。ファラオにしては珍しいレゲエ調の曲で、聞いていると春めいた気分にさせてくれます。何かと訃報の多い昨今ですが、この曲で穏やかさを届けられればと思います。 Pharoah Sanders - Oh Lord, Let Me Do No Wrong

[katyliz415]

this is your favorite playlist's favorite playlist | my personal top songs of the year

2023 playlist | 2022 playlist | 2021 playlist | 2020 playlist | 2019 playlist | 2018 playlist

full tracklist under cut

// mahalla / carolina chocolate drops // ghost of a dog / edie Brickell & new bohemians // imagining / rina sawayama feat. amaarae // the dancing plague / the forgetmenauts // down here waiting / blue october // soft shock / yeah yeah yeahs // forgiveness / paramore // teardrop / hayley williams // movin' on / birdtalker // fine on the outside / priscilla ahn // water (remix) / tyla feat. travis scott // sinner / the last dinner party // fast car / tracy chapman // texas hold 'em / beyoncé // harlem / cathedrals // what really matters / arielle silver // lay my love / brian eno + john cale // can't take my eyes off of you - (i love you baby) / ms. lauryn hill // fox hunt / sierra ferrell // pierre / ryn weaver // say it like you mean it / sleater-kinney // sweet life / frank ocean // chasing every sunrise / begonia // shady grove / laura love // colours / lewendahl // escoutas (diga diga diga) / carolina chocolate drops + luminescent orchestrii // wicked game / celine dion + chris isaak // ya ya / beyoncé // early in the morning / the barefoot movement // good luck, babe! / chappell roan // this hell - gyarupi remix / rina sawayama feat. chanmina // crude drawing of an angel / caroline polacheck // too sweet / hozier // tyrant / beyoncé + dolly parton // cherie vico / peter one // baby come down / alessandro alessandroni // i don't stand a ghost of a chance with you / billie holiday // queen / perfume genius // the chain / ingrid michaelson // how far will we take it? / orville peck + noah cyrus // gianni mou / taraf de locos // risk / gracie abrams // hot to go! / chappell roan // worth it. / raye // when she comes / peter bradley adams + mayuri vasan + ruth moody // keep on running / pelvis wrestley // let it go / selina moon // the persimmon tree / david wax museum // in the nick of time / inn echo // sometimes / muna // irish eyes / rose betts // roadside snacks / bonus points // when the morning comes / hall & oates // heels / sir babygirl // basquiat / asake // fiddle disco! / elias alexander + ramblxr // fucking wizardry / self esteem // the reapers / the decemberists // all girls go to heaven / zolita // back at your door / orville peck + debbii dawson // cottontail / nep // naked in manhattan / chappell roan // wherever i go / jacob collier + lawrence + michael mcdonald // dilbar / tech panda + kenzani + rusha & blizza // i will not go down / amythyst kiah + billy strings // mother big river / jessica pratt // honey / chance emerson // ego / halsey // training montage / the mountain goats // selfish soul / sudan archives // lemeney / sam lee + avery bright // killing time / nell mescal // apt. / rosé + bruno mars // change shapes / lauren mayberry // you light up like a child / black belt eagle scout // wax & wane / alana henderson // all i want is you / the decemberists // love and affection / joan armatrading // by your hand / los campesinos! // around your room / kississippi // ginliyosv (together) / agalisiga // time shrinks / arcy drive // running / rose betts // wreck of the edmund fitzgerald / punch brothers // waiting for you / charly bliss // bobby / camp trash // who've you been loving lately / judy blank // out of time / zedd + bea miller // knife went in - reimagined / jenny owen youngs + ruen brothers // adounia ti chidjret / tinariwen // rust. / mon rovia // moon river / frank ocean //

[camango]

MIX 20250111

久しぶりに会心の出来！！！ かなり良いミックスが出来た！！

トラックリストを残しておく。

01. Harlem River Drive - Broken Home 02. Lady Blackbird - Blackbird 03. Bruce - Rush of Love 04. Kassa Overall - I Know You See Me 05. Joe Claussell - Break Free 06. Linkwood - Dust Jacket 07. Lawrence - Highland Spores 08. Kondi Band - Don Don Mi Money 09. Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau - Marcie 10. Guru Guru - Globetrotter 11. Thirsty Moon - Big City 12. PDP III - Calendar of Days 13. Oto Hiax - Overcurve

[dangerouslyclosetothesurface]

Thursday

I'm back! Gotta update the bike blog because I hate when other blogs suddenly drop off and die. Haven't been biking much lately so nothing to report, but trying to get back on the bike now.

Things I did that I haven't posted:

August 2023 biked around Portland, ME and mid-coast Maine

March 2024 biked to Hakone in Saratoga

Adopted the Mamachari, which was found abandoned in front of the apt building. Fixed the rear flat and now it's my work bike. It has no controls for its electric assist, but it has a rear rack and a front basket, so I just use it as a very heavy (unstealable) single-speed bike when I need to transport plants and such things. It is not easy to ride any grade over 3%. On every other terrain it is fine.

Today we are back in Queens doing a casual ride. Strava here. It was very hot today.

First we went on 20th Ave towards our bagel spot, but Nate went too far and passed it and by then we were at ConEd and we were like let's keep going I don't care about bagels right now. Then my chain fell off right as we got into Astoria Park (at 20th). We biked through AP and then of course we had to ride to Socrates Sculpture Park (it was closed at that time), then doubled back to get on the Triboro Bridge entrance (rode behind a stinky schoolbus for part of that), finally got on the bridge, then crossed to Manhattan via Ward's Island Bridge, which was VERY gross and trashy :(. I would once again like to reiterate how I have previously failed to bike this bridge due to steepness, and this is very much a thing of the past. HA HA!!!!!

After that we went downtown via 2nd Ave and I hated it because too many mopeds, ebikes, potholes, they were repaving from E49th to like E42nd ugh, and too many peds not paying attention who had to be yelled at LOL. We went all the way to Katz's because Nate wanted a pastrami (at 8am). Then I got angry about being in that neighborhood (too hectic!) so we biked across Houston and went on the WSH to eat the sandwich.

Sitting and eating pickles and pastrami looking at New Jersey

Little Island aka Diva Cup Park

Then we kept biking up WSH and went past 125th! Which I've rarely done (the few times documented on this blog for sure)! And I stopped to learn about the Little Red Lighthouse. Nate missed it because he was busy climbing the steep part that comes right after that. We both had to dismount at the next steep part immediately following that.

Then we kept biking and saw that pillar thing that I used to have a photo of on this blog until TinyPic shut down:

Then we kept going until the path led us to this place, and we biked along it until it dead-ended. We also tried to go the other way but it was another dead end. We saw a groundhog! It was moseying along next to the path. I tried to take a photo but it ran away.

What seems to be the end of the WSH bike path?

We got off the WSH bike path, went on Dyckman, then Harlem River Drive (where we saw volcano-mulched trees!!!!), then stopped at Holcombe Rucker Park, and wiggled our way over to the Bronx. My chain fell off for the second time while going towards the Madison Ave Bridge.

After that, finally got back onto Randall's Island where I tried to blast up the ramp up to the bridge. Just checked my Strava and I am literally 1 second slower than my PR and I HATE it!!! wtf!!!! So close to beating it. I knew I could've kept accelerating, too. Dammit.

Then stopped at Lidl for snacks before going home. I had a Zoom interview. (It didn't go that well but who cares.)

After that, we went back outside (Strava here) to go to Kickstand Bicycles and buy pedals/get my chain and potentially chainring replaced. Riding down 2nd Ave for the second time today, yuck! Still too many mopeds. My chain fell off 11 blocks away from destination. Ben and Andrea remembered us and also said the chain would be fine if I just tensioned it by pulling the wheel back. I still bought a bunch of shit from them in case I need it in the future and because I like to patronize their shop. So now I have a spare chainring and chain. I'll bring the cog and tools I have in SF next time I'm here and make the upgrade. Oh and I also bought a front brake :( Yes I am here to admit defeat because it's supposed to rain this weekend and I am not trying to die if my skids or footbrake fails in unfamiliar territory.

Then rode back home; stopped at Athens Park, another must-visit fave.

Who knew this was an actual gift from Greece to Mayor Giuliani (I guess anyone who bothered to read the plaque. It's a good gift.)

Also couldn't resist attempting 75th St Pop but I was 2 seconds slower than my PR! Ugh I will try again.

Anyway we logged a bunch of miles today and I am not that tired but it was very hot today (which only sucks if you stop moving) and I am very sticky from being sweaty and accumulating dust.

[simonhkshin]

Driving alongside the Harlem River between Manhattan and the Bronx in Ne...

[newtownpentacle]

Fourteen Months later…

Monday – photo by Mitch Waxman A humble narrator stumbled out of HQ in Pittsburgh’s Borough of Dormont at about five in the morning, fired up the Mobile Oppression Platform, and then drove through the entire state of Pennsylvania into New Jersey, and then across the George Washington and Triborough Bridges into NYC. I timed it right, and was traveling at 50 mph on the Harlem River Drive by mid…

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Reverend Gary Davis

(AKA "Blind" Gary Davis)

Famous photo of the REV. GARY DAVIS playing a 12 string guitar, and little girl dancing.

The Reverend was an iconic guitar master with a totally singular style that incorporated blues, ragtime, marches and his own stunning gospel compositions. He was born in South Carolina and in his later years lived in Harlem in New York City.

His is a remarkable story. He made his living mostly as a street singer and storefront preacher. His first handful of recordings, in 1935, were on a National, with astounding blazing guitar playing and rough singing as Blind Gary.

By the 1950s and 1960s he also became known as a teacher, and he influenced as well as taught directly, dozens of seminal guitarists such as Stefan Grossman, Woody Mann, Roy Book Binder, Rory Block, Ernie Hawkins, Andy Cohen, David Bromberg, Bob Weir, Jorma Kaukonen and many, many more. He had a complex, driving, seemingly limitless ability, and reinvented the guitar in a profound way.

"Samson and Delilah (If I Had My Way)," "You Got to Move," "Sit Down on The Banks of The River," "Candyman," and "Cocaine Blues," are just some of the monumental pieces from his vast repertoire. An essential artist, part of the DNA of American music.

For more about the Rev, check out the documentary HARLEM STREET SINGER by Trevor Lawrence and Woody Mann, the books SAY NO TO THE DEVIL by Ian Zack, and OH, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CITY by Robert Tilling.

The photo is by Alice Ochs, taken in 1968. The little girl is Meegan Ochs, daughter of protest singer, Phil Ochs.