{"id":3403,"date":"2010-01-08T00:17:56","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T05:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=3403"},"modified":"2010-09-03T18:34:32","modified_gmt":"2010-09-03T22:34:32","slug":"my-harlem-yesterday-and-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/?p=3403","title":{"rendered":"My Harlem, Yesterday and Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By NativeNewYorker<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3409\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3409\" style=\"width: 284px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/schomburg1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3409\" title=\"schomburg\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/schomburg1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3409\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Schomburg Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As a Harlem native, I read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/01\/06\/nyregion\/06harlem.html?pagewanted=1&amp;tntemail0=y&amp;emc=tnt\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times article <\/a>yesterday about the demographic changes in Harlem with mixed feelings. \u00a0I was pleased, of course, to see a feature article about Harlem; amused by the convenient redefinition of Harlem\u2019s traditional boundaries to coincide with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/geo\/puma\/puma2000.html\" target=\"_blank\">census\u2019 PUMA<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/harlem-state-office-building.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-3406\" title=\"Harlem State Office Building\" src=\"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/harlem-state-office-building.jpg?w=100\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> (public use microdata area) divisions, and skeptical of the sometimes inconsistent statistics quoted, (especially since no source for them was identified).\u00a0 But mostly, I was perplexed and, I guess, dismayed by the simplistic characterization of the described changes as a Black-White, lose-win process.\u00a0 Harlem has been through a series of transitions which have produced its rich legacy of culture and art, epitomizing Black, urban America.\u00a0 The current transition is about increased diversity from a number of racial, ethnic and immigrant groups whose influences are making Harlem an even more interesting and stimulating place to live.\u00a0 They do not threaten Harlem\u2019s identity, they enrich it.\u00a0 What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By NativeNewYorker As a Harlem native, I read the NY Times article yesterday about the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":832535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124718155],"tags":[124718172,291464,124718158,7395518,124718164],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3403"}],"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=3403"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8432,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3403\/revisions\/8432"}],"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=3403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/harlemcondolife.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}