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Crime an Issue in Morningside and Riverside Parks

Annie Claire Bergeron-Oliver — Fri, 04 May 2012 22:07:19 +0000

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.

Columbia Journalism School Celebrates its Centennial

Allison Gaito — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:12:29 +0000

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.

Motorcycle Riders Stir Concern Among Morningside Residents

Linda Ong — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:44:35 +0000

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.

Urban Farms Sprout in Morningside Heights

jlc2222 — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:39:14 +0000

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.

Nursing Home Plans a Controversial Move

Leisha Majtan — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:51:46 +0000

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.

Hungarian Pastry Shop Shut Down for Health Violations

Lars Vercelli — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:21:36 +0000

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.

Cathedral Plans to Develop Its Property Commercially

Xian Bu — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:00:04 +0000

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.

Morningside Heights Grows into Harlem

Olivia Smith — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:28:53 +0000

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.

Retail Re-Zoning Proposal Pits Neighbor Against Neighbor

Laura Keller — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:49:47 +0000

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.

Historic Performing Arts School Hangs on by a Thread

Allison Gaito — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:51:16 +0000

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.