Category Archives: Bed-Stuy on TV

Tompkins Houses Playground JAIL!?

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Vettievette

I turned on the evening news and hear that Tompkins Houses has made the news because of their playground structure.  Newsblog – blackandbrownnews – edited by Sharon Toomer broke the news yesterday after the above photo was submitted by photographer, Monifa Bandele.  BBN reports that they visited the playground and called the Mayor’s office.  The [...]

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2222 Stuyvesant Avenue?

Posted on March 17, 2010 by The Progressive Southside

How could a home located on a 300 block of Stuyvesant suddenly have a four digit number?  Well, the Stuyvesant Heights Landmark Senior Citizens Center (375 Stuyvesant Avenue at Decatur Street) now does.  Well, not really.  It appears to be another prop for HBO’s original drama series Boardwalk Empire.  At this point, the building has [...]

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Bed-Stuy’s Young Leaders and the People Who Inspire Them

Posted on March 8, 2010 by The Changeling

Check out the latest episode of Neighborhood Beat: Bed-Stuy! The host, Monique Greenwood, interviews young leaders who are making their mark in Bed-Stuy. The segment includes:
Mark Winston Griffith, Executive Director of the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy and a recent candidate for the 36th District City Council Seat,
Henry L. Butler, Chairperson of [...]

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“Boardwalk Empire” Back in Bed-Stuy

Posted on January 8, 2010 by The Progressive Southside

The film production of HBO’s original new series about Atlantic City in its glory days returned to Bed-Stuy this week.  They’ve taken over the Stuyvesant Heights Landmark Senior Citizens Center (375 Stuyvesant Avenue at Decatur Street).  They had a film shoot there last month but this time, the production is larger and the crews are working [...]

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Bed-Stuy Resident Featured on the Fine Living Network!

Posted on April 22, 2009 by The Changeling

[ April 25, 2009; 11:00 pm; ]
Before & After: Clive finds his own style. (Images courtesy of Fine Living Network)

Clive EJ Salmon is the producer of the Neighborhood Beat: BedStuy hosted by Monique Greenwood, but this week he’s receiving the makeover treatment from Lloyd Boston on the Fine Living Network’s show Closet Cases. Clive’s closet gets an overhaul and he [...]

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Remembering Inside Bedford-Stuyvesant

Posted on March 4, 2009 by The Changeling

The folks from WNET recently emailed me about a series they’ve produced called Broadcasting While Black. The series focuses on groundbreaking television that catered to black audiences. One of most interesting shows profiled is Inside Bedford-Stuyvesant, a show that began in 1968 and ran for two years.

In the late 60′s Bed-Stuy’s name had [...]

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Bed-Stuy Family Gets Backyard Makeover on Open House NYC

Posted on August 6, 2008 by The Changeling

Before Photos
If the news about the Greenest Block contest didn’t inspire you to beautify your home, then this certainly will. Bed-Stuy residents Simone and Tim Pratt were recently featured on Open House NYC, a show on channel 4! Some of you will remember the Pratts–their beautifully renovated brownstone was on the house tour last [...]

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