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A Harlem site attracts Eagle

Thursday, February 28, 2013

By LOIS WEISS
Last Updated: 12:13 AM, February 28, 2013
Posted: 11:24 PM, February 26, 2013

American Eagle has landed in Harlem.

The teen-apparel retailer has just leased an 8,500-square-foot nest on the ground floor of the retail project where Burlington Coat Factory and Whole Foods will also open.

American Eagle will also have a mezzanine level in the building being developed by retail maestro Jeff Sutton, at 100 W. 125th St. on the southwest corner of Lenox Avenue.

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It’s a Worldwide Dance Craze, but It’s Not the Real Harlem Shake

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Photo Caption: Joseph "No Bones" Collins danced what is known as the original "Harlem Shake" at a teenage dance night at the Union Settlement Association Community Center in Harlem.

By KIA GREGORY
Published: February 28, 2013

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On 125th Street, a changing facade

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Business developers say the changes to 125th Street have been for the better.

By Emma Cheng
Spectator Staff Writer
Published February 27, 2013

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The nation's leading Afro-Caribbean cultural center will begin construction in early 2014 on new $5.5 million home in a converted landmark firehouse on 125th St. in East Harlem

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Caribbean Cultural Center-African Diaspora Institute will open in four-story, red-brick and stone structure at 120 E. 125th St.

By Douglas Feiden / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 8:08 PM

The nation's leading Afro-Caribbean cultural center will begin construction in early 2014 on an eye-catching new $5.5 million home in a converted landmark firehouse on 125th St. in East Harlem.

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Urban League Empowerment Center will bring first civil rights museum to 125th St. as part of $225 million mega-development

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Plans call for a 400,000-square-foot complex that will include both affordable and market-rate housing, sprawling retail spaces and a new national headquarters for the National Urban League

By Douglas Feiden / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 2:58 PM

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After 200 years, 125th still Harlem’s ‘main street’

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

By François Charlottin
Columbia Daily Spectator
Published February 26, 2013

This article is the first in a two-part series exploring the past, present, and future of 125th Street, Harlem's main street. Read part two here.

When 125th Street was signed into existence 200 years ago by surveyor John Randel Jr., Harlem was a nondescript village in the countryside, a day’s trip north of New York City. The street was intended to be the village’s major thoroughfare.

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Yatenga owners confirm opening of another restaurant in Harlem, Silvana to serve Israeli food

Monday, February 25, 2013

The owners of Yatenga French Bistro at 2269 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd and Shrine Bar located next door will be expanding their presence in Harlem.
Sivan Baron Ouedraogo tells HarlemGal Inc that they will be opening a new restaurant in Harlem at 300 West 116th Street, right across the street from Harlem Tavern. The new dining establishment will be called Silvana and hopes to open this April.

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Metro-North station could be coming to West 125th Street in 2019

Monday, February 25, 2013

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is planning an additional Metro-North line connecting Penn Station in Midtown with the Hudson branch of the Metro-North, which services Westchester County, and would include a station at West 125th Street.

By Sophie Gamez
Spectator Staff Writer
Published February 22, 2013

Morningside Heights could be getting a Metro-North railway station just a few blocks away—but it wouldn't open for at least six and a half years.

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Losers on Harlem’s 125th Street development bid say decision ‘doesn’t make sense’

Monday, February 25, 2013

February 25, 2013 10:00AM

A consortium of developers, community groups and businesses that lost a bid to develop a massive project on Harlem’s 125th Street is crying foul, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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Losing Bidder Cries Foul in Harlem

Sunday, February 24, 2013

By PETER GRANT

New York state and city officials announced late last week what may be the biggest new development in Harlem in years: A building of more than 400,000 square feet on 125th Street that will include new offices for the National Urban League, a civil rights museum, housing, retail and other uses.

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