{"id":1810,"date":"2009-03-30T01:38:29","date_gmt":"2009-03-30T06:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=1810"},"modified":"2013-11-01T12:36:05","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T16:36:05","slug":"harlem%e2%80%99s-open-air-african-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=1810","title":{"rendered":"Harlem\u2019s Open-Air African Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1821\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1821\" style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1821  \" title=\"african-market-004_edited2\" alt=\"Photo by HarlemCondoLife\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/african-market-004_edited2.jpg?w=300\" width=\"432\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/african-market-004_edited2.jpg 1121w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/african-market-004_edited2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/african-market-004_edited2-1024x770.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/african-market-004_edited2-800x601.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by HarlemCondoLife<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By NativeNewYorker<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve probably noticed it when you go across 116th Street &#8211; the colorful \u00a0entrance is hard to miss.\u00a0 But if you&#8217;ve never gone inside, you are missing one of Harlem&#8217;s more unique experiences.\u00a0 Stepping through the whimsical entrance is like making a quick visit to west Africa.\u00a0\u00a0In addition to a wide selection of<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1828\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1828\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1828 \" title=\"african-market-003_edited2\" alt=\"Photo by HarlemCondoLife\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/african-market-003_edited2.jpg?w=300\" width=\"240\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/african-market-003_edited2.jpg 2272w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/african-market-003_edited2-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/african-market-003_edited2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/african-market-003_edited2-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1828\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by HarlemCondoLife<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>traditional African garb and the inevitable T-shirts,\u00a0 the merchants offer beautiful handmade jewelry, original craft items like dolls and small sculptures, and an array of natural skincare products.\u00a0 For the music lover with ecclectic tastes, you can also find CDs of contemporary African music.\u00a0 The prices are\u00a0pretty reasonable but if you don&#8217;t like the price, feel free to bargain &#8211; the merchants seem to enjoy it.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 211px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1832  \" title=\"african-market-001_edited\" alt=\"Photo by HarlemCondoLife\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/african-market-001_edited.jpg?w=293\" width=\"211\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/african-market-001_edited.jpg 1645w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/african-market-001_edited-293x300.jpg 293w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/african-market-001_edited-1000x1024.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/african-market-001_edited-781x800.jpg 781w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by HarlemCondoLife<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Malcom Shabazz ~ Harlem&#8217;s Market&#8221; is located on the southern side of West 116th\u00a0 Street between Lenox and Fifth Avenues. The market is open year round,\u00a0 9am to 5 pm,\u00a0 7 days a week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By NativeNewYorker You&#8217;ve probably noticed it when you go across 116th Street &#8211; the colorful&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":832535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2290,2020179,1098,124715474,124718155,186,39464011,124715451,3225,124715973],"tags":[13828120,77809719,23318,4196522,6501719,124718158,124715961,124715962,93470272,173973,43045509,15427,124716081,124715498],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1810"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1810"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25397,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1810\/revisions\/25397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/832535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}