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Exploring 125th St. for Armory week in Harlem
As we come to the end of Black History Month and the beginning of Armory week here in Harlem, I
Flower Shops for Valentine’s Day
With a tsunami of advertising since right after Christmas, we are right down to it – the week of Valentine’s
Your Week Untapped: Best Events for January 28-February 3
Our curated list of events for this week: FPP Harlem reading series, No Longer Empty’s The Dictator Game, Grand
Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park: A Watercolor Tour
[Update 8/28/13: The Mount Morris Park Community Improvement Association and the New York City Department of Parks &
Minton’s Playhouse in Harlem to Be Resurrected
Henry Minton was a tenor saxophonist who opened Minton’s Playhouse in 1938. The house band had names like Thelonious
History of NYC Streets: St. Nicholas Avenue
Given the recent holiday season, Harlemites might have noticed the very apropos naming of one of the neighborhood’s main
Harlem’s Best Bakeries
What do you think of when you think of Harlem? Jazz…Soul Food? What about bakeries? So many, in fact,
History of NYC Streets: Strivers’ Row
Many of the gates that lead to the private alleyways behind the townhouses of Strivers’ Row still bear the original
Harlem’s Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Watercolor
Also known as The Gateway to Harlem, Frederick Douglass Boulevard has been in the news a lot lately. Over the
Harlem’s Little Africa Marketplace
On 116th Street, just east of Lenox Avenue, you will find one of my favorite markets – The Malcolm Shabazz Harlem
Harlem & All That Jazz
Harlem’s history is filled with music, dance and theatre from the days of The Savoy Ballroom and The Cotton
Hallelujah – The Gospel According to Harlem
The diversity in our great City seems to know no bounds, and nowhere is this more evident then the way