MAKE NEW YORK GRIMEY AGAIN

MAKE NEW YORK GRIMEY AGAIN

10 YEARS 2017-2027

The city changes. The history stays.
Black New York is not a footnote. It is the story. Explore the people, neighborhoods, sounds and struggles that made this city and the forces still remaking it.

  • HOW THE GRAND CONCOURSE BECAME BLACK

    The Grand Concourse, one of the Bronx’s most famous thoroughfares, has gone through a tremendous transformation in terms of class character and race in over a century. Conceived by French engineer Louis Aloys Risse in 1870, the Grand Concourse was built between the years of 1902 and 1909. It extended only as far as 161st…

  • WHITE SUPREMACIST MOB IN ROSEDALE, QUEENS, JULY 4, 1989

    Celebrated as the most diverse place in the world, the borough of Queens has a dark history under its melting pot of nationalities. On July 4th, 1989, a group of eight young Black family members decided to celebrate the holiday with fireworks on the Public School 195 playground on 253rd Street and 149th Avenue, in…

  • NEW YORK’S HORRORCORE

    Usually, when horrorcore is a topic in rap discussions, lyricists such as Brotha Lynch Hung, Geto Boys, Three 6 Mafia, and even Eminem are the subjects; and rightfully so. Defined perfectly by The Michigan Daily: Marked by harsh, aggressive beats and over-the-top depictions of taboo subjects, horrorcore is hip hop’s foray into the supernatural. Often…

  • HOW HARLEM AND BEDSTUY BECAME BLACK

    DISCRETION: This thesis research paper was done for the completion of my Bachelors of Arts in History at Mercy College 2019. For any inquiries, e-mail makenygrimeyagain@gmail.com! HARLEM & BEDFORD-STUYVESANT: HOW RACISM AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPED TWO OF NEW YORK CITY’S BLACKEST NEIGHBORHOODS Beginning in the early 20th century, New York City’s Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhoods…

  • NOSTALGIC TIMES OF NYC’S SUBWAY

      Over the decades, native New Yorkers have seen the Subway go through transformations first-hand. From train lines to train stations and the trains themselves, lets take a look at just a few of these changes:   Prior to the existence of the ridiculously extravagant market known as Fulton Center, the stop where New York…

  • (OP-ED) YES, TO MARIJUANA JUSTICE: WHY AM WILLIAMS POLICY ON CANNABIS IS A FAILURE TO HER CONSTITUENTS.

    Many people come to the topic of cannabis legalization from a range of different perspectives and positions. I approach this as a member of a community that was adversely affected during the war on drugs, during the war on cannabis, and as a rigorous academic scholar studying Public and Urban Policy, Stratification Economics and Black…

  • AMAZON FOLDS AS QUEENS APPLIES PRESSURE

    A week after 2018’s Election Day, residents of New York City were hit with the news of Long Island City as the chosen location for the new Amazon HQ2. With this unveiling, horrendous details of this deal between Andrew Cuomo and Jeff Bezos’s tax evading company began to make headlines. Not only was Amazon coming…

  • NEW YORK CITY IS THE BIGGEST SLUM LORD

    The New York City Housing Authority also known as NYCHA, had a truly eventful year in 2018 with the headlines they made over a span of months. With many of these atrocities hidden for years by the city, these public health crises were finally uncovered and brought to light. The cases that are more recent…

  • AMAZON HQ: WORKING-CLASS NYC’S “L”

    The unveiling of the proposed Amazon HQ in Long Island City was the end of the year slap in the face to working-class New Yorkers. Governor Cuomo decided to grant one of the richest men in the world and his company Amazon with a damn near 3 billion dollar tax break with state subsidized funds,…

  • LIL BOO – “OH LORD” (VIDEO)

    If you haven’t heard of her by now, you should get to know Brooklyn’s young, beautiful lyricist, Lil Boo. Equipped with a completely polished flow that pairs well with witty lyrical content, Lil Boo can hang with and out-rap women and men alike. In “Oh Lord,” Lil Boo shows us a gritty side and delivers…