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Harlem Heritage Tours || Historical walking and bus tours through Harlem, New York City. Take an informative, ... Considered a stronghold of Latino pride, Spanish Harlem evolved from an immigrant enclave to a multi-cultural treasure trove of sights, sounds, tastes and cultural expressions. The heartbeat of the Nuyorican soul, Spanish Harlem is the birthplace of many of Latin music's most favored artists, such as Tito Puente, Eddie and Charlie Palmieri, Ray Barretto and the home of others from international composer Rafael Hernandez to the great Machito. Spanish Harlem; where political candidates since LaGuadia have launched their campaigns from its "lucky corner" on 116th Street. www.harlemheritage.com /salsa.shtml   (532 words)

Spanish Harlem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Spanish Harlem, also known as El Barrio or East Harlem, is a neighborhood in north-eastern part of the borough of Manhattan and one of the largest predominantly Latino communities in New York City. Spanish Harlem was one of the hardest hit areas in the 1960s and 1970s as New York City struggled with deficits, race riots, urban flight, drug abuse, crime and poverty. Spanish Harlem is home to many artists and writers, including James De La Vega, whose murals and street drawings decorate the neighborhood and Piri Thomas whose autobiography "Down These Mean Streets" became a best-seller in 1967. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spanish_Harlem   (784 words)

Harlem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In the 1920s, Harlem was the center of a flowering of African American culture that became known as the Harlem Renaissance. Though this period of Harlem's history has been romanticized, the 1920s were the time in which the neighborhood became a slum, and some of the storied traditions of the Harlem Renaissance were driven by poverty, crime, or other social ills. Residents of Harlem rioted in 1935, 1943, 1964, 1968, and 1995. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harlem   (4212 words)

Latin Beat Magazine: Spanish Harlem Orchestra Spanish Harlem rapidly became a haven for Latin musicians and entertainers who created social clubs and dance halls like The Park Plaza on 110th Street, Club Cubanacán, and Teatro Hispano on 115th Street. Spanish Harlem was home to Tito Puente, Tito Rodríguez, Machito, Greciela, Mario Bauzá, Jimmy Sabater, Joe Cuba, Mongo Santamaría and Willie Bobo, among many others throughout the years. Without a doubt, Spanish Harlem is the cradle of Latin music in New York City Latin Beat Magazine had the honor of sitting down with Oscar Hernandez of the Spanish Harlem Orchestra. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FXV/is_5_14/ai_n6157913   (1467 words)

Spanish Harlem Orchestra History   (Site not responding. Last check: ) Dedicated to preserving the vital history of classic latin dance orchestras while at the same time writing and arranging new music for the audience of today Spanish Harlem Orchestra is an act that appeals to people of every age, race and disposition. Whether it be Carnegie Hall in Manhattan or a dance hall in the South Bronx or the south of France Spanish Harlem is a treat for listeners and dancers alike. With a sound both modern and historic and a swing that could revive the dead Spanish Harlem Orchestra is the signature sound of 21st century Latin music. www.celebrityseries.org /Press_Sp_Harlem_Bio.htm   (533 words)

village voice > nyclife > Neighborhoods by Christine Lagorio Spanish Harlem, 1930: In the back room of Almacenez Hernandez, his sister's Madison Avenue Record shop, Raphael Hernandez eases a melody from the piano. Spanish Harlem, 2005: Hernandez is a legend, but his sister's shop is a housing project. Crime Statistics: Spanish Harlem is divided between the 23rd Precinct to the south and the 25th Precinct to the north. www.villagevoice.com /nyclife/0512,lagorio,62149,15.html   (852 words)

"Spanish Harlem" comes to Jamaica - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM Unflappable Spanish Town mayor, Dr Raymoth Notice, lauded the Bennetts for their persistence and expansionist mindset and called for more focus on the good things happening in the ancient capital rather than on the current turmoil. The Spanish Village complex is the outgrowth of what originated as an ice cream and snack counter and has steadily grown to encompass a plaza as well as a restaurant and conference rooms with the capacity for weddings, seminars and other events. The Spanish Harlem show is being sponsored by the RJR Communications Group, Jamaica Cable Vision and Jamaica Amalgamated Cable Service (JACS), and Bourne's Texaco. www.jamaicaobserver.com /lifestyle/html/20040902T220000-0500_65611_OBS__SPANISH_HARLEM__COMES_TO_JAMAICA.asp   (340 words)

Harlem - New York City Neighborhood - NYC Harlem's new residents are strikingly diverse: straight and gay, fl and white, Asian and European. Central Harlem stretches from Central Park North to the Harlem River and from Fifth Avenue to St. Nicholas Avenue. West Harlem, including Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill, stretches from 123rd to 155th Streets and from St. Nicholas Avenue to the Hudson River. www.newyorkmetro.com /realestate/articles/neighborhoods/harlem.htm   (710 words)

PUERTO RICO HERALD: Spanish Harlem On His Mind   (Site not responding. Last check: ) It was a magic Spanish phrase that fell easily from my father's lips, a reference to a place that curiously seemed to belong to us, even though New York didn't belong to us. The Spanish Harlem of the mind, dotted with the world's greatest cuchifrito stands (fried Caribbean snacks), stickball clubs and old-school piragueros, men who sell flavored ices from pushcarts, is threatened with extinction. The changing face of East Harlem is due not only to the real estate charge from south of 96th Street, but also to a surge of Latino immigrants. www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/2003/vol7n11/SpanishHarlem-en.shtml   (2533 words)

spanish harlem orchestra   (Site not responding. Last check: ) SPANISH HARLEM ORCHESTRA'S DEBUT UN GRAN DIA EN EL BARRIO TO Spanish Harlem Orchestra pays a long overdue homage on Un Gran Dia En El Barrio, which Ropeadope Records releases September 17. Whereas "A Great Day in Harlem" offered a succinct portrait of jazz and its stars, Spanish Harlem Orchestra’s debut presents a poignant snapshot of salsa performed by its preeminent practitioners. All of the recording’s 10 tracks are full of the vibrant ritmo de la vida (rhythm of life) that is integral to Spanish Harlem culture. www.sacksco.com /roster/harlem/harlem_rls.html   (302 words)

Spanish Harlem Orchestra | Latin Beat Magazine | Find Articles at BNET Spanish Harlem rapidly became a haven for Latin musicians and entertainers who created social clubs and dance halls like The Park Plaza on 110th Street, Club Cubanacán, and Teatro Hispano on 115th Street. Spanish Harlem was home to Tito Puente, Tito Rodríguez, Machito, Greciela, Mario Bauzá, Jimmy Sabater, Joe Cuba, Mongo Santamaría and Willie Bobo, among many others throughout the years. Without a doubt, Spanish Harlem is the cradle of Latin music in New York City Latin Beat Magazine had the honor of sitting down with Oscar Hernandez of the Spanish Harlem Orchestra. findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FXV/is_5_14/ai_n6157913   (919 words)

Latin jazz returns to Spanish Harlem -- Newsday.com It was the first warm night of the spring in Spanish Harlem, and the sounds wafting out of the FB Lounge on 106th Street were a pleasant reminder of times past. Spanish Harlem, or El Barrio, as many residents prefer, was the cradle of what has been variously called Afro-Cuban, Afro-Caribbean or Latin music. For many years the music had gone silent in Spanish Harlem, but dances at the Julia de Burgos Cultural Center, the eclectic roots and fusion music at the club Camaradas, and the Latin jazz nights at the FB Lounge have signaled a renaissance. www.newsday.com /entertainment/music/ny-fflat5652444apr20,0,6710122.story   (688 words)

Harlem Once called Spanish Harlem, this Upper East Side neighborhood in New York City is defined to the south and north by 125th and 135th Streets, and to the east and west by Lexington Avenue and Frederick Douglass Boulevard. In June 2001, the SCP-New York mapped Spanish Harlem and found that, three years after the NYCLU had been through the area, it was watched by almost twice as many cameras: there were now 67 in all, 61 installed on private buildings and 6 on city-owned traffic poles or state-owned office buildings. And yet, despite this steep increase, Harlem was relatively unsurveilled when compared to such rich neighborhoods as Greenwich Village, Midtown Manhattan and the Fashion District, where hundreds of cameras are in operation. www.notbored.org /harlem.html   (1054 words)

Relocations ::: Manhattan Map & Neighborhoods   (Site not responding. Last check: ) One of the largest of New York's neighborhoods, Harlem is the epicenter of African-American culture in America. The roaring 1920's and the Harlem Renaissance helped to define the style and grace of Harlem's middle class and wealthier families, and established the neighborhood as the foremost center of fl American life. To the south and east of Harlem, East Harlem (also known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio) is not easily distinguishable from its larger neighbor. www.sumitomo-ny.com /relocation/manhattan_map.html   (3339 words)

Spanish Harlem Orchestra - IMN World The story of the Spanish Harlem Orchestra is the story of the music of the people who nurtured the essence of urban Latino culture in this fabled bastion of urban and ethnic culture in New York City. Spanish Harlem is the birthplace for Salsa, Latin Soul, Boogaloo and countless other variants within the tropical Latin idiom. With the release of their latest CD “Across 110th Street”, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra is prepared to take their appeal and rhythmic seduction to the next level. www.imnworld.com /IMN/artist_view/54   (626 words)

Is Spanish Harlem really Spanish or mullato? - Page 2 - Stormfront White Nationalist Community   (Site not responding. Last check: ) There is nothing really Spanish there unless speaking the language gives those people a right to be classified as "Spaniards" which clearly it's not the case and this applies to anyone there whether he or she is totally Spanish-speaking White or Mestizo. East Harlem used to be predominantly Irish/Italian for more than 100 years until their surrender to the new Barbarians and,before posting anything else to dispute this fact,I suggest that those who are in doubt make a research. The so-called "Spanish Harlem" will not be Spanish unless a huricanne or something makes all mullatos and mestizos living there run away elsewhere and the area is then occuppied by Spaniard or white people of real Spanish ancestry. www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?p=2204346   (2090 words)

NPR : Next Generation Radio : NAJA '03 It was this song that made Spanish Harlem known throughout the country. She notes that Spanish Harlem has become one of the most diverse communities in upper Manhattan. These days Spanish Harlem is also home to many Dominicans, Africans, and even young white college students artists and professionals. www.npr.org /about/nextgen/nahj03/anthony_feature_script.html   (857 words)

Stern Grove Festival 2006 :: Spanish Harlem Orchestra   (Site not responding. Last check: ) The Spanish Harlem Orchestra honors the traditions of classic Latin dance music for a new generation of salsa music fans. With a sound both modern and historic, Spanish Harlem Orchestra is the signature sound of 21st century Latin music. The Spanish Harlem Orchestra released their debut album, Un Gran Dia En El Barrio, in October of 2002 to immediate acclaim. www.sterngrove.org /SpanishHarlemOrchestraBio.php   (283 words)

AARP - Segunda Juventud - Spanish Harlem The four-story mural, “The Spirit of East Harlem,” is one of several along Mural Row in Spanish Harlem. Before that, the “Spanish” in Spanish Harlem referred primarily to the large Puerto Rican community, which began gravitating to the area in the 1950s. Spanish Harlem’s cultural corridor runs along 106th Street, where Carlitos Café y Galería, just off 106th on Lexington, provides a performance space for neighborhood musicians and actors. www.aarpsegundajuventud.org /english/travel/2007-JJ/07JJ_harlem.html   (942 words)

East Harlem.com Home Page A recent poll in the East Harlem Preservation website asks its visitors if the statue of J. Marion Sims should be removed from its present location. In the great tradition of all East Harlem protests, this one was peacefull. The protestors main contentions were that the war was illegal and not justified and that our military personnel were being needlessly killed. www.east-harlem.com   (227 words)

Spanish Harlem by Ben E. King Songfacts Spanish Harlem is a section of New York City with a large Latino population. did you know that the song spanish harlem was bobby kennedy s favorite song, he talked about this the night he was shot in l.a. If I'm not mistaken, back in 1961, there were several (if not many) pop/rock stations that refused to play this record as well as display it on their weekly printed surveys....rumored to be too racially charged for the white audience. www.songfacts.com /detail.php?id=677   (553 words)

Jewish and Israel News from New York - The Jewish Week   (Site not responding. Last check: ) For the last 55 years, in his stall in East Harlem’s La Marqueta at 115th and Park, 87-year-old Bernard Lifschultz has sawed the ends off stacks of dried cod and tossed countless spiky fish tails into an orange plastic bucket beneath the counter. Harlem’s Jewish population continued to dwindle over the years, and most members of the Jewish community moved to the suburbs of Manhattan or to New Jersey. Lifschultz and Kukawka made their way to Spanish Harlem in the 1950s at a time when Hispanic immigrants began to settle El Barrio. www.thejewishweek.com /news/newscontent.php3?artid=9213   (1579 words)

SPANISH HARLEM COMES TO SAN FRANCISCO WHY DO Spanish Harlem in New York City has been one of the most culturally important places for Hispanic people since the 1940’s. Spanish Harlem is where they migrated to and where they settled. Spanish Harlem is one of the places that the center of the development of Latino culture in NY. www.salsacrazy.com /salsaroots/oscarhernandez.htm   (1388 words)

Harlem Records The Harlem Meer Performance Festival kicks off the last week of next month, and artistic director Rob Blumenthal vows to have uptown swinging for the 15th year... It was the first warm night of the spring in Spanish Harlem, and the sounds... Harlem Youth Soccer, a nonprofit club, is filling an interest for the sport in Harlem,... www.harlemrecords.com   (759 words)

Spanish Harlem Orchestra Since their arrival in 2000, Spanish Harlem Orchestra (SHO) has established itself as a standard bearer of contemporary Latin music. On Across 110th St., the Spanish Harlem Orchestra was augmented by the roaring trombones of Jimmy Bosch and Dan Reagan, singers Marco Bermudez, Willie Torres, Ray De La Paz and special guest Ruben Blades, who Hernández worked for in the 1990s as his musical director. Nine of the songs are original compositions grounded in the unique identity the band has forged based on the musical legacy of El Barrio, a pulsating Eastside community in NYC located to the south of 125th St that gave rise to Boogaloo, Latin Soul, and Salsa. www.bennettstudios.com /newspages/sho.html   (362 words)

Jazz Police - Spanish Harlem Orchestra on the Road The Spanish Harlem Orchestra, winners of the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Salsa/Merengue Album (Vocal or Instrumental) for "Across 110th Street" [Libertad Records], is continuing to tour the nation. Dedicated to preserving the vital history of classic latin dance orchestras while at the same time writing and arranging new music for the audience of today Spanish Harlem Orchestra is an act that appeals to people of every age, race and disposition. Whether it be Carnegie Hall in Manhattan or a dance hall in the South Bronx or the south of France Spanish Harlem is a treat for listeners and dancers alike. www.jazzpolice.com /content/view/5531/116   (720 words)

Harlem, Hamilton Heights, El Barrio, New York City Harlem is an area in northern Manhattan which includes Hamilton Heights and El Barrio (Spanish Harlem). In 1658, Governor Peter Stuyvesant established Harlem, naming it Nieuw Harlem after the Dutch city of Harlem. From 1920 until about 1930, Harlem was the center of an African American cultural movement known as the Harlem Renaissance. www.ny.com /sights/neighborhoods/harlem.html   (323 words)

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