Pedicabs aren’t just for tourists anymore: Beginning next month, people in Harlem can come on and take a free ride.
Amir Chizic, owner of BicyTaxi NYC, is sending 10 pedicabs uptown to offer free trips within 20 blocks of 125th St.
By Mary Stachyra and Lois Desocio. Originally published for the New York City News Service
“Obama! Obama!”
The chants and the beat of drums overwhelmed the Harlem State Office Plaza last night on 125th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. When CNN declared at about 11 p.m. that Barack Obama had won the presidency , the crowd erupted in a glorious, pulsing frenzy.
“We makin’ history tonight,” said Sharon Farley as she danced joyfully on a bench. “No sleep for us! We’re gonna celebrate all night!”
From Times Square to Bedford-Stuyvesant, to living rooms to church basements to bars around the the city, New York marked the election of the country’s first African-American president with dancing, horn-honking, hollering and tears of joy.
But the biggest display of emotion came in Harlem, where thousands – including big name politicos like U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel and Gov. David Paterson – gathered in the plaza to watch the election returns on a loud jumbotron.
On Election night in Harlem, hundreds gathered in the plaza on 125th St. to celebrate Barack Obama’s victory.
Here, several Harlem residents explain what the election means to them personally.