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Harlem A Contrasting Portrait of New Yorks Neighbourhood
Harlem, a New York City corner of paradoxes, houses 233000 residents mostly Negroes in 3.5 square miles. The area shows squalid streets yet pockets of wealth with Stanford White houses on 138th Street and Sugar Hill interiors. Life teems with street crime, unemployment, and single-parent homes while middle class black residents maintain upscale neighborhoods. Summer evenings bring music and crowded corners as speakers blend Black pride with anti white sentiment, and rioting memories linger from July.
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EW York
Harlem
New York City
Columbia University
City College of New York
New York
Stanford White
138Th Street
Sugar Hill
Riverton
Harlem River
Lenox Terrace