Tags - culture
Corey Bearak
Jun15
Join the Club
Posted By : Corey Bearak

About a month ago in between a lovely Bar Mitzvah service for a friend's grandson in Dobbs Ferry and the evening reception in Hastings on the Hudson, Shelly and I visited with our son Jonathan and his lovely wife, Carrie at their apartment in the Greystone section of Yonkers, above five minutes from the reception.  Somehow the discussion turned to

Vik Rajan
Oct21
Gentrification: 2 steps forward, 1 step back?
Posted By : Vik Rajan

  I live in East Harlem, on E 120th Street. While still stereotypical, a sad & decidedly atypical incident took place down the block last night. It hits home on many levels.   My adopted neighborhood is teeming with possibilities & opportunities. Yet, many things still make my eyes roll: Around the Lex & 125th express line, littered piz