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La Cocina Boricua Puerto Rican Restaurant Bronx NY

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La Cocina Boricua is a unique dining experience located in the Castle Hill section of the Bronx. La Cocina Boricua is a modern and traditional restaurant, specializing in Puerto Rican Cuisine with deeply rooted traditions from our home land Puerto Rico. It was established to bring you the delicious dishes like piononos, surrullitos, chuletas can can, arroz con pollo and many others that live in all Puerto Rican kitchens. If you are looking to sit back, relax and enjoy grandmas cooking away from home, then come and experience La Cocina…

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Mambo Diablo My Journey with Tito Puente

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Mambo Diablo My Journey with Tito Puente Book Signing with Author, Joe Conzo February 14, 2011 @ 7:00 pm El Barrio/East Harlem – Harbor Conservatory and the Raices Latin Music Museum are pleased to host a book signing on February 14th a 7:00 pm celebrating the historic release of “Mambo Diablo My Journey with Tito Puente, written by Joe Conzo with David A. Perez.  The event will be held at the Harbor, the “Home of Latin Music” located at One East 104th Street and Fifth Avenue in Fifth Avenue, Third Floor…

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The Changing Face of East Harlem

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For decades East Harlem has been the center of New York’s Puerto Rican community. Over the years many Mexican and Dominican immigrants have also made East Harlem their home. Now, as the squeeze of affordable housing gets tighter and tighter in Manhattan, more middle-class professionals are moving to the neighborhood. In a tale almost as old as New York itself, the changes have long-time residents worried about the loss of community. The Times describes some of the changes happening in East Harlem today. Census Bureau data shows that East Harlem…

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