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  125th Street (Manhattan) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
125th Street is a two-way east-west street in Manhattan, considered the "Main street" of Harlem; It is also called Dr.
Many sections of the street have been gentrified and developed with such stores as Old Navy, CVS/pharmacy, and Magic Johnson Theaters.
The Metro-North Railroad Harlem-125th Street station is also at 125th Street, where it intersects Park Avenue.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/125th_Street_(Manhattan)   (151 words)

  
 Harlem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From Fifth Avenue to Eighth Avenue it is bounded on the south by Central Park at 110th Street, and by 125th Street west of Eighth Avenue where it meets Morningside Heights, a section of the Upper West Side.
The expansion was fueled primarily by an influx of fls from the West Indies and the southern U.S. states, especially Virginia, South and North Carolina, and Georgia.
The Apollo Theater opened on 125th Street on January 26, 1934, in a former burlesque house.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harlem,_Manhattan   (2949 words)

  
 Press Information | 125th Street Celebrates its Centennial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The 125th Street Library is the third NYPL Carnegie branch to celebrate its centennial.
Located on the eastern end of Harlem's busiest street, the handsome Renaissance Revival-style building was designed by the famous architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White and opened on March 7, 1904.
In 2000, the 125th Street Branch received a spruce-up that gave the branch new furniture and lighting, updated electrical and telecommunications equipment, new computers, and a new story hour area in the children's room.
www.nypl.org /press/125thstreetcentennial.cfm   (630 words)

  
 125th Street/River-to-River Study - Department of City Planning
In response to recent and anticipated development activity in Harlem, the Department of City Planning has initiated the 125th Street/River-to-River Study to generate a development framework for the entire 125th Street corridor between the Harlem and Hudson Rivers.
Because public outreach and involvement are critical to the study, a series of meetings with the Advisory Committee and the general public has begun and will continue during the course of the study.
The objective is to have a meaningful dialogue with the people who will be most affected by the changes and opportunities ahead for 125th Street, its development, transportation, culture, environment, urban design and waterfront.
www.nyc.gov /html/dcp/html/125th/index.shtml   (403 words)

  
 IRT West Side Line
The arched viaduct at 125th Street was added both as an ornamental device as well as to avoid having to reroute street railway trackage along 125th Street.
Section 13, 133rd Street portals to 182nd Street, 2.42 miles of three/two track subway and a five track underground yard between 137th Street and 145th Street; cut and cover south of 145th Street, rock tunnel northward.
The disconnection of the 42nd Street tracks from the main line, and the connection of the new 7th Avenue subway was done on the evening of August 1, 1918 (a Thursday).
www.nycsubway.org /irt/westside/irt-westside-125.html   (1334 words)

  
 MTA Capital Construction - Second Avenue Subway Planning Study   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Phase 2: 125th Street to 105th Street; subway service from 125th Street to West Midtown Manhattan and Brooklyn via the Broadway Line.
Phase 3: 62nd Street to Houston Street, including the 63rd Street tunnel connection to Queens for non-passenger services; subway service from 125th Street to West Midtown Manhattan and Brooklyn via the Broadway Line and from 125th Street to Houston Street.
Phase 4: Houston Street to Hanover Square; subway service from 96th Street to West Midtown Manhattan and Brooklyn via the Broadway Line and from 125th Street to Hanover Square in Lower Manhattan.
www.mta.nyc.ny.us /capconstr/sas/sas_alignment.htm   (256 words)

  
 How to get to my place
Get out at 125th Street and from there it is only one block to my house.
The 125th Street station though is still very safe at day and night.
Parking on the street in front of the apartment is possible, although it is very difficult to find a spot.
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 London theatre tickets for the musical 125th Street on stage at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London's West End - ticket ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
From the creators of the hit musical Buddy the new musical 125th Street has a dynamic musical story built around powerful characters and a spectacular plot, that calls for full on audience involvement...
What happens over the ensuing two hours is captured in 125th Street, a new musical that makes electric entertainment out of the sixties' clash of cultures, generations and ideologies.
Rob Bettinson and Alan Janes's 125th Street wants us to believe that we're in 1969 in the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, where such artists as James Brown and Marvin Gaye got their first breaks as winners of its famous Amateur Night...
www.albemarle-london.com /125street.html   (1059 words)

  
 125th Street (Manhattan) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
125th Street is a two-way east-west street in (One of the five boroughs of New York City) Manhattan, considered the " (Street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town) Main street" of (A district of Manhattan; now largely a Black ghetto) Harlem.
It runs from an interchange with the (additional info and facts about Henry Hudson Parkway) Henry Hudson Parkway east through Harlem to an interchange with F.D.R. Drive, where it becomes the Manhattan leg of the (additional info and facts about Triborough Bridge) Triborough Bridge.
The (additional info and facts about Metro-North Railroad) Metro-North Railroad (additional info and facts about Harlem-125th Street) Harlem-125th Street station is also at 125th Street, where it intersects (A fashionable residential street in New York City) Park Avenue.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/1/12/125th_street_(manhattan)1.htm   (184 words)

  
 Tuck-It-Away Self-Storage - New York - New Jersey - Bronx
Take the #1 subway to 125th Street and make a left at 125th Street and walk towards the river/West Side Highway.
We are located on the Uptown side of 125th Street.
Take the #17 bus to 133rd Street and walk ½ block to 132nd Street between St. Ann and Cypress at Triboro Bridge.
www.tuckitaway.com /locations.html   (401 words)

  
 Printer Friendly Version - Missing the old
125th Street
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In one store on 125th St., you can spend $700 on a jacket made in Italy or $2,000 on what looks like an orange version of the running suits that Al Sharpton used to wear when he was in his James Brown phase.
For all the razzle-dazzle about boom times, and the excitement that Bill Clinton has an office on the street, there is a reality of not-so-rosy times for longtime businesses being priced out of the new marketplace.
But he's interested in more than 125th St. The councilman plans to launch a study early in the new year to help lay the foundation for devising "a more holistic approach" to economic development uptown rather than the piecemeal methods in place now.
www.nydailynews.com /news/col/v-pfriendly/story/265428p-227331c.html   (529 words)

  
 SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On 125th Street
Speaking in the shadow of the iconic 125th Street venue - the site of a sparring match tomorrow between Ferrer and Conservative Party challenger Tom Ognibene, but not the mayor himself - voters said focus should be on how a politician works for a community once he's in office and not on orchestrated photo-ops.
A 15,000-square-foot Chelsea chapel was renovated, and ground was broken on a 29,000-square-foot complex in Harlem on 125th Street.
She lives on Tieman Place, a street that feels far removed from the bustle of campus, but that is in fact only half a block from the 125th Street train station.
news.surfwax.com /dramatheatre/files/125th_Street_Show.html   (3309 words)

  
 Directions to JTS
This street is very busy and has many traffic lights; please allow half an hour for this.
At 116th street, exit the subway and walk uptown (north) on Broadway to 122nd street.
In New York taxis are hailed from the side of the street.
www.columbia.edu /cu/jcfpa/directions.html   (536 words)

  
 NCCP | Directions to NCCP
Go east on 125th Street about 6 blocks (.55 miles) and pass our building (on your left, number 215) to Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
Make a left into 126th Street; go about a half block to the indoor Impark parking garage on the left.
Turn left into 125th street for a few blocks and pass our building (on your left, number 215) and then left again at Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
www.nccp.org /about_directions.html   (366 words)

  
 The Allegory of Easter, Christmas & "The Son"
The 125th Street portion of the document emphasized the street's economic state of decline, implying, obviously, the need for HUDC's development plans that were spelled out in more detail.
HUDC felt the garage would become the "carrot" that would attract private developers to 125th Street, and that it would be the "foundation" of the proposed hotel/convention/entertainment complex.
The garage was also expected to tremendously benefit existing 125th Street stores by enabling shoppers to shop in a more relaxed manner and to buy more than they would if they had to ride the subway.
www.naturalusa.com /ads/TreeofLifeArticles/125.html   (4003 words)

  
 Directions to the City College Campus
IND "A" or "D" express, or the "B" or "C" local to 145th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, walk west one block to 145th Street and Convent Avenue, then south to 138th Street.
IRT #4 or #5 express or #6 local to 125th Street and Lexington Avenue, change there for the M-100 or M-101 bus to Amsterdam Avenue and 138th Street, walk east one block to Convent Avenue.
Metro North to 125th Street and Park Avenue, change there for the M-100 or M-101 bus to Amsterdam Avenue and 138th Street, walk east one block to Convent Avenue.
www.ccny.cuny.edu /library/Hours/Directions.htm   (389 words)

  
 Directions to Project Enterprise Brooklyn Office   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Drive west on 125th Street until you pass Lenox Ave.
The Studio Museum is on the left (south) side of the street.
There is metered street parking on 125th and 126th Streets.
www.projectenterprise.org /company/contact_pf_brooklyn.htm   (176 words)

  
 The Big Apple: Harlem's Main Street, or the Buckle of Harlem's Black Belt (125th Street)
Staff in a McDonald’s on 125th Street in New York City, Harlem’s Main Street, have been uniformed in African Kente cloth designs by Carol Reilly.
His Lafayette had name and muscle — but the Apollo was on 125th, which by now had become Harlem’s Main Street.
Whichever way you travel, 125th Street is the hub, the “buckle of Harlem’s fl belt”;...
www.barrypopik.com /article/1137/harlems-main-street-or-the-buckle-of-harlems-black-belt-125th-street   (492 words)

  
 Traveling to Columbia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Other on-street parking--on Riverside Drive, Claremont Avenue, and crosstown streets in the Columbia neighborhood--is subject to Manhattan's "alternate side of the street parking rules," under which spaces must be vacated for stipulated three-hour intervals for street cleaning before they may be reoccupied legally.
The two parking garages closest to Morningside campus are on West 122nd Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue and on West 120th Street, near the Riverside Church.
From West 125th Street, turn left under the Riverside Drive viaduct and proceed to Broadway, then turn right (south) and drive to West 116th Street.
www.gs.columbia.edu /bulletin_courses/traveling_cu.html   (390 words)

  
 Helene Fuld College of Nursing of North General Hospital   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Get off at 125th Street (and Lenox Ave.) and walk 2 blocks east to Madison Avenue, then five blocks south to the college on 120th Street.
Get off at 125th Street (and Lexington Avenue) and walk 2 blocks west to Madison Avenue, and five blocks south to the college on 120th Street.
Go west on 125th Street to Park Avenue (elevated overhead) and enter the parking lot of North General Hospital located between 121st and 122nd Streets.
www.helenefuld.edu /contact.html   (405 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
His schedule is not public, according to an office spokesman, and a security guard at the building said building employees had been told to refuse interviews.
The rent at 125th Street, where he houses a staff of about 15, has been reported to be about $200,000 a year.
Some people in Harlem cite the former president as a convenient example of the gentrification of the area and the increasingly corporate face of 125th Street in particular, however.
www.jrn.columbia.edu /studentwork/cns/2003-05-23/syndication/Gershon-ClintonInHarlem.txt   (904 words)

  
 Miracle On 125th Street Tickets, Buy, Schedule, 2005, Sale, Cheap Miracle On 125th Street Tickets
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www.findticketz.com /event/Miracle_On_125th_Street.htm   (292 words)

  
 Story Title   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
This was done in spite of the fact that the city denied the group a permit to march.
Protesters were moderately successful in temporarily closing down stores while they marched on 125th Street.
Regina Smith, age 47, participated in a march from 125th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard.
www.harlemlive.org /community/events/mwm   (633 words)

  
 www.mocanomi.org
Turn right on 125th Street and continue east until NE 7th Avenue.
Miami-Dade Transit Buses #16, #10, and G stop at the corner of NE 125th Street and NE 8th Avenue.
Buses #75, #9 stop on the corner of NE 125th Street and NE 6th Avenue.
www.mocanomi.org /contact.htm   (126 words)

  
 PES Location   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Interchurch Center building is located on the southwest corner of 120th Street and Claremont Avenue.
Exit subway station and proceed north to 120th Street and Broadway.
The garage entrance is located on 120th Street between Riverside Drive and Claremont Avenue.
www.proexam.org /html/pes_location.html   (369 words)

  
 Harlem, Hamilton Heights, El Barrio, New York City
The East Harlem/El Barrio community is bounded by First Avenue to Fifth Avenue and from East 96th Street to East 125th Street; the population is primarily Puerto Rican and African-American.
Sugar Hill extends from Edgecomb Avenue to Amsterdam Avenue, and from 145 Street to 155 Street.
Hamilton Grange 503 W. 145th Street (near Amsterdam Ave): this former country home of Alexander Hamilton is now a landmarked branch of the New York Public Library.
www.ny.com /sights/neighborhoods/harlem.html   (323 words)

  
 144 West 125th Street
His most notable work during this period was the Harlem Document, a moving series of portraits as well as scenes of street and home life in Harlem from 1932-1940.
Street in 1968, The Studio Museum has earned recognition for its catalytic role in promoting the works of artists of African descent.
Street, between Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard and Lenox Avenue.
www.studiomuseum.org /pr/asiskind_pr.html   (1015 words)

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