We just can’t get enough of The Langston around here! Although it seems that some of the early buyers are a little unhappy with the way business was conducted, the retail end of the building is going to be generating buzz for quite a while. The NY Times has caught wind of the development…I wonder… [Read more…]
March 26, 2007 by D. Bell
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amNewYork spotlighted Africa Kine in their Small Business feature today: The most requested dish at the restaurant is the first item on the menu, Thiebu Djeun, a fish and rice dish cooked with various vegetables. On busier nights, the eatery seats some 100 diners and it’s not just Africans ordering; Mar has witnessed an increase… [Read more…]
409 Edgecombe Avenue, The House on Sugar Hill by Katherine Butler Jones. 409 Edgecombe, the 13-story home to the black elite at the height of the Harlem Renaissance was also the home of Mme. St. Clair, Queen of Policy in Harlem and nemesis of Dutch Shultz. Culture clashes emerge between African Americans, West Indians, middle… [Read more…]
Dawnay, Day, the London-based investment bank, has invested $250 million (£127 million) on homes in Harlem, New York, as a foundation to building an American arm with property worth more than £5 billion, The Times has learnt.Dawnay, Day’s investment in East Harlem represents a huge gamble on the rapid gentrification of the couple of square… [Read more…]
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March 26, 2007 by D. Bell
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