New York (ville)/Manhattan/Harlem

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La partie de New York appelé Harlem regroupe les quartiers de Manhattan au nord de la 96e rue, et rejoint le nord de Manhattan appelé Washington Heights.

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Le village originel de Harlem a été fondé en 1658 par le gouverneur Peter Stuyvesant et l'a appelé Nieuw Haarlem d'après la ville néerlandaise de Haarlem. Il avait alors baptisé la ville de New York: New Holland, appelant ainsi un de leur quartier Harlem, endroit où se regroupaient les colons Haarlemois.

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• The Apollo Theater http://www.apollotheater.com/index.asp 253 West 125th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. and Frederick Douglass Blvd. By subway take the A, B, C, D, 2 or 3 train to 125th Street.

• James Bailey House 10 St. Nicholas Place at W. 150th. Street. A major mansion owned by circus entrepreneur Anthony Bailey - joined with showman Phineas T. Barnum in 1881 to form the Barnum & Bailey circus. Now Known to the children of Harlem as the Beauty and the Beast house.

• Grant's Tomb General Grant National Memorial. General Grant _and_ his wife are buried there! http://www.nps.gov/gegr/ Riverside Drive and 122nd Street

• Riverside Church just South from Grant's Tomb http://www.theriversidechurchny.org/

• Audubon Ballroom NE corner of Broadway @ 165th Street, where Malcolm X was assassinated.

• Strivers Row Million dollar+ homes in an unlikely neighborhood. http://www.harlemlive.org/community/harlemNtrans/striversrow/strivers-4.html

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• Harlem Revival http://www.harlemrevival.com/ : Cuisine moderne de haut niveau.

Américain

• Augies' 2751 Broadway, NY, NY 212-864-9834
• Dia Restaurant - 1920 7th Avenue, New York, NY 212-665-2653

Antillais

• A & D Restaurant 360 Lenox Avenue (corner 120th), New York 212-987-0912
• Blue Lagoon513 West 145th Street
• Caribbean Cafe2310 1st Avenue (bet. 118 & 119), New York 212-426-2252
• Extremes Restaurants & Bakery182 Lenox Avenue, 10026 212-828-4487
• Sister's Cuisine 30 East 124th Street 212-410-3000

Français

• Au Petit Beurre 2737 Broadway, NY, 10025 212-663-7010

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• Bonita's, 527 Malcolm X Blvd., 212-283-8205.
• Doral Lounge, Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd. (at 145th Street), 212-283-8318.
• Lenox Lounge, 288 Malcolm X Blvd., 212-427-0253.
• Lickety Split, 2361 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd., 212-283-9093.
• Londel's, 2620 Frederick Douglass Blvd., 212-234-6114.
• Mr B's Cocktail Lounge, 2297 7th Avenue, 212-283-8061.
• P. J.'s, Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd., 212-283-5812.
• Rebar, 127th 8th Ave, 212-627-1680.
• St. Nick's Pub, 773 St. Nicholas Avenue.
• The Cotton Club, 666 West 125th Street, 212-663-7980.