Harlem
Harlem is located from 110th Street to 155th Street, from the East River to Manhattan and St. Nicholas Avenues. Harlem is enjoying a new renaissance it has become one of the most up and coming areas. There has been an explosion of new housing development. Many investors and young professionals has plunged to the area. Some of the notable developments have been Lenox Terrace, Windows, the PS 90, Harlem Sol and so on.
Harlem residents enjoy new range of shopping options, as 125th Street, once known for its independent bazaars that offered anything and everything for sale, is now also home to uptown sites for chains such as Disney, HandM, and Old Navy. There’s easy access to retail from such beautiful architectural enclaves as Harlem’s “Striver’s Row,” which features townhouses — many with multiple fireplaces and to-die-for molding — designed by the famous firm of McKim, Mead and White.
Harlem is where the former U.S. President Bill Clinton enjoys working. For play, Marcus Garvey Park offers twenty acres at Madison Avenue situated between 120th and 124th Street, of playgrounds, a swimming pool, play stages, and concerts in the park’s amphitheater, home to the city’s Charlie Parker Jazz Festival every summer. You can catch the next star at amateur night at Harlem’s landmark Apollo Theather, an institution which launched the careers of Ella Fitzgerald, James Brown, and Lauryn Hill.
