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Selling New York – Features Harlem Yet Once Again On HGTV Tonight!

Posted on February 7, 2013 by | 2 Comments

Selling New York Features Harlem Yet Once Again On HGTV Tonight!

A friend to our blog let us know that an episode of “Selling New York” will air tonight on the HGTV channel with many Harlem businesses represented.

From what I am told, you can expect to see on this particular episode the very popular 5 and Diamond Restaurant on Frederick Douglass Boulevard, Cedric French Bistro located on 119th Street, and Harlem’s famous Make my Cake on 116th Street.

Here is a clip from an episode of SELLING NEW YORK.

Already a fan of HGTV’s “Selling New York”, “House Hunters” and “House Hunters International” we are especially looking forward to seeing “our Harlem” represented on this new episode of Selling New York.  FYI, this is the third time Harlem has been represented on Selling New York.  We here at HarlemCondoLife are not at all surprised to see more attention coming to Harlem.

Make sure to tune in tonight  to “Selling New York” on HGTV at 6:30pm.

Selling New York Features Harlem Yet Once Again On HGTV Tonight!

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The Gateway Tower 90% Sold

Posted on April 11, 2012 by | Leave a comment

The Gateway Tower 90% Sold

With rooftop views of Manhattan like this it is easy to understand why the Gateway Tower is 90 percent sold. We were recently informed by a Halstead Broker that they are very pleased to announce only 10 percent of the units remain in the Gateway complex. Sales are doing very well in this slowly climbing economy. I am told that affordable housing units were sold in the Gateway as well which is a good thing for the Harlem community at large.

The Gateway also includes retail spaces. The businesses that have already opened are thriving and soon to open on the 114th Street corner (where the old Society Cafe space was) will be “Frederick Cafe Bistro” by the already very successful owners of Bier International.

Looking forward to following up on the status of Gateway after witnessing a very slow start with this development. Nice to see things moving along positively for The Gateway Tower at a successful pace.

For more information about Harlem please also see www.HarlemTrends.com.

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Gateway To Harlem on NY1 – Frederick Douglass Boulevard

Posted on February 12, 2012 by | Leave a comment
Gateway To Harlem on NY1 Frederick Douglass Boulevard

Bier International

Last week NY1 showed an entire segment on the renewed energy on Frederick Douglasss Boulevard between 110th and 124th streets.   Businesses and residents working together to make the strip a destination for all of the neighborhoods shopping needs.  They quote “What you’re now seeing is Frederick Douglass Boulevard is really becoming  sort of the Gateway to Harlem“.  A phrase we developed here at HarlemCondoLife “Your Gateway To Harlem” when we created our site.   They go on to mention some of the businesses on the Boulevard including Bier International, Harlem Flo, Harlem Vintage, MCMB Cleaners, The 5 and Diamond Restaurant, Nectar, Lido Restaurant and Bar all of which we have mentioned and reviewed here at HCL.  They also include short interview clips with owners Jai Jai Greenfield of Harlem Vintage, Louis Gagliano of Harlem Flo, Marcelo Orbe of MCMB Cleaners and Selene Martinez of 5 and Diamond.  Here is a link to the video clip    NY1 video clip.

This area continues to stay in the news and get more recognition.  Congratulations to the businesses mentioned in this report and to all of the businesses on FDB and the surrounding area.

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The invincible Harlem or Real Estate Rewind In Harlem

Posted on December 19, 2009 by | 1 Comment

By HarlemGuy 

The invincible Harlem or Real Estate Rewind In Harlem

Credit: InvincibleCities

 

Christmas and New Years are times of celebration.  They are also times for reflection.   And what better place to reflect on than our beloved Harlem.  

HarlemCondoLife’s mission has been to chronicle all that’s great about Harlem.  And we’ve uncovered an incredible and innovative way of doing so.  It’s called InvincibleCities. 

The site speaks for itself.    But in a nutshell, it uses photography and technology to chronicle changes of several urban landscapes.  One such landscape is Harlem.  

The first thing I did was check out my block to see what it looked like and compared it to what is there today.  Wow.   I’ve spent hours examining Harlem then and now through the lens of artist Camilo Jose Vergara.  My favorite so far has been examining locations that today have been transformed by new real estate projects, including Frederick Douglass Boulevard, between 110th and 125th, which many consider the “Gateway to Harlem”. 

How to use the site:

  1. Goto http://invinciblecities.camden.rutgers.edu/intro.html
  2. Click on “Harlem”.  
  3. Locate the map pane (upper left corner).  
  4. Move the bulls eye to the desired location.  
  5. Locate the photo phone (right below the map pane). 
  6. Click on each dot which represents a photo.   The photo will appear in the photo pain (to the right).   
  7. Click on the timeline below the photo to see the changes.
Having lived in Harlem for five years I have seen many changes myself.   This site makes that history available to everyone.
 
The sit is a  neat way to experience the real estate Renaissance in ways few can.

Join us in exploring the beauty, art and history that is Invincible Cities. 

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