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Aired: May 4, 2012 | Comment
Crime an Issue in Morningside and Riverside Parks

Reporter: Ines Novacic
Producer: Annie Claire Bergeron-Oliver
In this week’s Morningside Report, a check on Upper West Side parks. Morningside and Riverside parks are supposed to be safe, but as Ines Novacic reports, you shouldn’t get lost in your headphones.

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Aired: April 20, 2012 | Comment
Columbia Journalism School Celebrates its Centennial

Reporter: Jackie Kostek
Producer: Allison Gaito
 
It’s been a long time coming, but Joseph Pulitzer is finally getting his due. Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism is kicking off its Centennial Celebration with a tribute to its founder. Jacke Kostek has more in our Morningside report.

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Aired: April 13, 2012 | Comment
Motorcycle Riders Stir Concern Among Morningside Residents

Reporter: Linda Ong
Producer: Céleste Owen-Jones
 
Motorcycle gangs have been using the streets of Manhattan, displaying their risky tricks for many years. But for some Morningside residents their roaring engines and high speeds have become intolerable. Linda Ong has the story in our Morningside Report.

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Aired: April 6, 2012 | Comment
Urban Farms Sprout in Morningside Heights

Reporter: Nathan Vickers
Producer: Jaslee Carayol
 
New York City may not seem like the ideal location for farming, but urban gardening flourishes on the city’s rooftops, parks and rare open spaces. In this week’s Morningside Report, Nathan Vickers tells us about a farm just down the street from Columbia University.

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Aired: March 30, 2012 | One Comment
Nursing Home Plans a Controversial Move

Reporter: Anam Siddiq
Producer: Leisha Majtan
 
A Morningside Heights nursing home and rehab center is one step closer to picking up and moving south. But as Anam Siddiq reports in this week’s Morningside Report, its future neighbors are not excited about their arrival.

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Aired: March 23, 2012 | Comment
Hungarian Pastry Shop Shut Down for Health Violations

Reporter: Lars Vercelli
Producer: Jackie Kostek
 
In mid-March in Morningside Heights, health code violations forced a 52-year-old favorite community shop to close its doors. The Hungarian Pastry Shop has now reopened. Lars Vercelli asks whether business be the same.

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Aired: March 9, 2012 | Comment
Cathedral Plans to Develop Its Property Commercially

Reporter: Xian Bu
Producer: Sergey Gordeev
 
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine is one of the most visited landmarks in New York City and the fourth largest cathedral in the world. Two weeks ago it announced plans to commercially develop part of its property. Xian Bu finds out why the cathedral decided to do it — and why the community is outraged.

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Aired: March 2, 2012 | Comment
Morningside Heights Grows into Harlem

Reporter: Erin Cauchi
Producer: Olivia Smith
 
For a long time, the area north of the Upper West Side was considered Harlem. Today, we have Morningside Heights. But Erin Cauchi reports that the area could have another new name soon.

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Aired: February 24, 2012 | One Comment
Retail Re-Zoning Proposal Pits Neighbor Against Neighbor

Reporter: Laura J. Keller
Producer: Xian Bu
 
The Upper West Side has welcomed small businesses for years. Business groups and residents both want to keep it that way. But as Laura Keller finds in our Morningside Report, they’re at odds over whether a city zoning proposal does it best.

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Aired: February 17, 2012 | Comment
Historic Performing Arts School Hangs on by a Thread

Reporter: Morgan Radford
Producer: Allison Gaito
 
In the last 10 years more than one hundred of New York City’s worst performing schools have closed. Morgan Radford has more on one Morningside Heights school that is hanging on by a thread.

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