On Monday, Oct. 29, winds from Hurricane Sandy left a crane dangling 1,000 feet above 57th Street. The next day, tourists staying at the Salisbury Hotel right below the crane found refuge at an evacuation shelter at New York City College in Hamilton Heights. Pam Mannin was vacationing from York, England. She recalled hearing the crane break. “We heard this almighty crash,” she said. “But we couldn’t see what happened until we got on

I Am SoHarlem SoHarlem is a social enterprise that partners with creative thinkers, residents, not-for-profit organizations, as well as public and private industries to provide people living in high poverty neighborhoods with cultural industry jobs and career opportunities. Founding President and CEO, Janet Rodigruez, has made it her mission to make certain that residents of Harlem are able to capitalize on any and all development opportunities,

Heading up Broadway from Columbia’s main gates, the neighborhood gets quieter. The bustling foot traffic around 116th Street dies down, and the chatter of conversation is largely replaced by the sounds of passing cars. With Hamilton Heights sloping up in the distance, one can almost imagine what this part of the city looked like before buildings were constructed, before the network of streets and sidewalks spread out across the rolling hills and