We’re big fans of Ricardo Steakhouse in East Harlem. Our original review on the subject is properly amplified by the recent NYT writeup featured here.
See our review Ricardo Steak House in East Harlem.
Tag Archives: new york city
Help Save Harlem’s Historic Renaissance Ballroom from Demolition
Protesters Aim to Save Harlems Historic Renaissance Ballroom from Demolition – Video: via Protesters Aim to Save Harlems Historic Renaissance Ballroom from Demolition – NY1.
“The Ballroom was completed in 1924 as part of a larger entertainment hub that included a bustling casino and 900-seat theatre. Built and operated by black businessmen, the “Rennie” was the only upscale reception hall available to African Americans at the time. Prize fights, concerts, dance marathons, film screenings, and stage acts were held at the Renaissance, along with elegant parties and meetings of the most influential social clubs and political organizations in Harlem. The community’s elite gathered to dance the Charleston and the Black Bottom to live entertainment by the most renowned jazz musicians of the age.
“The nightspot even played host to the nation’s first all-black professional basketball team, also called the Harlem Renaissance, considered by some to be the best in the world in their day. On game nights, portable hoops were erected on the dance floor, converting the ballroom into a stadium. Following each game, almost invariably a victory for the Rens, a dance was held where players would mingle and jive with the choicest ladies of Harlem. The team barnstormed in towns across the country, playing exhibition games in which coveted matches with white teams drew the largest crowds. In their best season, the Renns set a record with 88 consecutive wins that has yet to be broken.”
-AbandonedNYC.com
Related articles
Harlem Real Estate Market Stats for Sat 3 Jan 2015
Click here for Harlem details.
Click here to view for sale, for rent and vacation rental listings in Harlem.
See below to buy your copy of essential reading or any lover of Harlem
|
Harlem is perhaps the most famous, iconic neighborhood in the United States. A bastion of freedom and the capital of Black America, Harlem's twentieth century renaissance changed our arts, culture, and politics forever. But this is only one of the many chapters in a wonderfully rich and varied history. In Harlem, historian Jonathan Gill presents the first complete chronicle of this remarkable place. From Henry Hudson's first contact with native Harlemites, through Harlem's years as a colonial outpost on the edge of the known world, Gill traces the neighborhood's story, marshaling a tremendous wealth of detail and a host of fascinating figures from George Washington to Langston Hughes. Harlem was an agricultural center under British rule and the site of a key early battle in the Revolutionary War. Later, wealthy elites including Alexander Hamilton built great estates there for entertainment and respite from the epidemics ravaging downtown. In the nineteenth century, transportation urbanized Harlem and brought waves of immigrants from Germany, Italy, Ireland, and elsewhere. Harlem's mix of cultures, extraordinary wealth and extreme poverty was electrifying and explosive. Extensively researched, impressively synthesized, eminently readable, and overflowing with captivating characters, Harlem is an ambitious, sweeping history, and an impressive achievement.
|
||||||||
Posted in Central Harlem, East Harlem, Harlem, Harlem Real Estate, HarlemCondoLife, Housing, New York City, North Harlem, Real Estate, South Harlem (SOHA), West Harlem
Tagged @HarlemHCL, Adjusted gross income, Apartment, east harlem, El Barrio, for rent, for sale, Harlem, harlem blog, Harlem Blogger, Harlem Condo Life, Harlem Real Estate Key Indicators, Harlem Real Estate Market, Harlem Real Estate Market Trends, Harlem: The Four Hundred Year History from Dutch Village to Capital of Black America, HarlemBlogger, HarlemCondoLife.com, Jonathan Gill, Morningside Heights, new york city, Real Estate, Renting, SoHa, south harlem, Upper East Side, Upper West Side, Vacation property, vacation rental, West Harlem, your gateway to harlem
Harlem Real Estate Market Key Indicators as of Sun Nov 30 2014
Prices remain stable as we move into the Holiday season. We don’t expect much real estate heat in December. But you never know which overseas investors bullish on Harlem.
Click here details.
Click here to view our for sale, for rent and vacation rental listings in Harlem.
Get your copy of a seminal book about Harlem’s history below.
|
Harlem is perhaps the most famous, iconic neighborhood in the United States. A bastion of freedom and the capital of Black America, Harlem's twentieth century renaissance changed our arts, culture, and politics forever. But this is only one of the many chapters in a wonderfully rich and varied history. In Harlem, historian Jonathan Gill presents the first complete chronicle of this remarkable place. From Henry Hudson's first contact with native Harlemites, through Harlem's years as a colonial outpost on the edge of the known world, Gill traces the neighborhood's story, marshaling a tremendous wealth of detail and a host of fascinating figures from George Washington to Langston Hughes. Harlem was an agricultural center under British rule and the site of a key early battle in the Revolutionary War. Later, wealthy elites including Alexander Hamilton built great estates there for entertainment and respite from the epidemics ravaging downtown. In the nineteenth century, transportation urbanized Harlem and brought waves of immigrants from Germany, Italy, Ireland, and elsewhere. Harlem's mix of cultures, extraordinary wealth and extreme poverty was electrifying and explosive. Extensively researched, impressively synthesized, eminently readable, and overflowing with captivating characters, Harlem is an ambitious, sweeping history, and an impressive achievement.
|
||||||||
Posted in Central Harlem, East Harlem, Harlem, Harlem Real Estate, HarlemCondoLife, Housing, New York City, North Harlem, Real Estate, South Harlem (SOHA), West Harlem
Tagged @HarlemHCL, Adjusted gross income, Apartment, east harlem, El Barrio, for rent, for sale, Harlem, harlem blog, Harlem Blogger, Harlem Condo Life, Harlem Real Estate Key Indicators, Harlem Real Estate Market, Harlem Real Estate Market Trends, Harlem: The Four Hundred Year History from Dutch Village to Capital of Black America, HarlemBlogger, HarlemCondoLife.com, Jonathan Gill, Morningside Heights, new york city, Real Estate, Renting, SoHa, south harlem, Upper East Side, Upper West Side, Vacation property, vacation rental, West Harlem, your gateway to harlem
harlemcondolife
harlemcondolife
harlemcondolife
harlemcondolife
harlemcondolife
harlemcondolife
harlemcondolife
harlemcondolife
harlemcondolife
