The first time Angie Hancock visited Harlem was in the summer of 1997, while working as an auditor for Sara Lee Corp. Something about those Harlem streets seized her as she waited outside for a table at Harlem's famous Sylvia's Restaurant. "Harlem is the Black capital of the world, the birthplace of the Black cultural Renaissance," says Hancock. She is the founder and president of Experience: Harlem, a multimedia marketing company that brings together businesses and Harlem residents. MORE

The 2018-2019 Essential Harlem, Washington Heights & Inwood Guides are here!  Snag your copy before their gone from NiLu or local news racks. Special thanks to our partners: Image: Harlem Stage WaterWorks artist in residence, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah. Photo credit: Delphine Diallo. Art Direction: Kiel Adrian Scott.

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As gentrification continues to spread throughout New York City with its effects shuttering small businesses that once thrived, Black-owned businesses in Harlem in particular are increasingly on the decline. In fact, recent stats indicate that between 2007 and 2012, Black-owned businesses plummeted by 30 percent. MORE

The other week I received a random email from Kennedy at AskaNewYorker. While I’d never heard of the site before, I was curious to see what they are all about. The site is basically an expanded version of what we do in our “What’s Up” section here on U.F. AskaNewYorker also features various New York “experts” (an oxymoron since all New Yorkers are experts) who freely share what they know about New York (as most New Yorkers are apt to do). MORE

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