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1 day ago · A map of Upper Manhattan, with Greater Harlem highlighted.Harlem proper is the neighborhood in the center. Harlem is located in Upper Manhattan.The three neighborhoods comprising the greater Harlem area—West, Central, and East Harlem—stretch from the Harlem River and East River to the east, to the Hudson River to the west; and between 155th Street in the north, where it meets Washington ...
4 days ago · From major periods like the Harlem Renaissance to the neighborhood’s significance during the Civil Rights Movement, Harlem offers years of rich history and plenty of interesting sites to visit.
1 day ago · The Dingles: Pioneers of the Harlem Renaissance. In 1920, the Dingle family acquired 245 West 138th Street, ushering in a new era for both the house and the neighborhood. The Dingles, a Black family from Savannah, Georgia, represented the vanguard of Harlem’s transformation into the cultural and intellectual center of Black America.
Feb 6, 2023 · All throughout the city there are historic sites where influential Black figures lived and practiced their craft, from the Lewis Latimer House in Flushing to the Claude McKay Residence in Harlem.
4 days ago · Classical Theatre of Harlem stalwarts Carson Elrod and Allen Gilmore are great, but the scene is stolen by León Tak’s hilariously awkward Thisbe. That play within a play is community theater at ...
4 days ago · The Harriet Tubman Memorial in Harlem depicts the abolitionist as the powerful engine of the underground railroad, a work by Alison Saars.
2 days ago · One such phenomenon was the Harlem Renaissance, a period of 10-15 years early in the twentieth century when an extraordinary gropu of people came together in uptown Manhattan to celebrate (and embody) the awakening of a new American black consciousness.”
