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New York, New York, what a hellava town. Where tens of thousands of
neighborhoods , no more than a few blocks long and a couple of blocks wide are
filled with a variety of stores and shops operating in a substantially
self-sufficient way. They are like little cities within a big city. Despite
public awareness of the American traditions, multi-ethnic groups continue to
practice their own traditions and culture. It's this diversity, which makes
America's city so unique. Whether you live in the neighborhoods of Park Slope,
Jewish Lower East Side, Greenwich Village, Italian Harlem, Chinatown, El Barrio,
Little Italy, or Yorktown, life-long relationships never cease to be formed. So
powerful is this sense of neighborhood, that many families as well as their
descendants would spend their entire lives living within its confines.
New York City has always had its share of growing pains,
complete with political, social and economic upheavals
galore. What are some of the recurring issues? Crime;
accommodating masses of impoverished immigrants and
migrants; the deterioration of neighborhoods; intolerable
housing and extortionate rents; high taxes; unemployment;
political and racial riots; police brutality and political
corruption: and that's just the beginning. Yet, in spite of
all the discomforts and miseries, miraculously, most of
those who crowd the city streets of the” Big Apple” choose
to stay. New York, New York.
Chronology Of New York City's Factual
"First" 1524-1999
Researched
and compiled by Miriam B. Medina
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Harlem, was once a district of quiet farms, where lived a
few Hollanders, French Huguenots, Danes, Swedes, and
Germans. For three decades the Germans were the dominant
element, with the Irish ranking second. The immigration
waves of the 1880s and 1890s brought in Jews and Italians.
Then the African- American began to come in from downtown,
from the South, and from the West Indies. There are four
Harlems: Black, Spanish, Jewish and Italian. By the 1930s
half a million people crowded into the largest slum area in
New York.
Read neighborhood stories, know the people of Harlem,
their traditions, culture, and contributions to the history
of New York City. Visit the famous nightclubs and theaters,
where the best of entertainment was enjoyed, as well as the
Italian Feasts of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
Read a five page
essay on East Harlem by the title of
"The Ebb and Flow of East Harlem's
Ethnic Changes"
Harlem :Historic Heart of
Black New York
Italian Harlem: East Harlem
Spanish Harlem: East Harlem (El
Barrio)
The section
"Tenement Living and Pressing Social Issues of Urban
Life" gives a glimpse of how New Yorkers lived
during the 19th and 20th century amid the crime, filth and
disease. In this section is also an interesting narration,
reflecting on how a family struggles financially during the
40s and early 50s, describing in detail their daily lives in
East Harlem, New York. Modern homelessness, the Aging
Population, the struggles for Human and Gender Identity,
historical facts, Panics and much more can all be found
listed throughout the 68 Sections of the
New York
City Main Directory.
Photo Credits: Lewis W. Hine Series
The following articles pertain to Urban
life past and present.
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