A guide to Harlem, New York City

By Lance Richardson
Updated July 11 2016 - 3:13pm, first published 2:27pm
The overpriced and underwhelming Red Rooster Harlem.
The overpriced and underwhelming Red Rooster Harlem.
Teens in Harlem. Photo: iStock
Teens in Harlem. Photo: iStock

Though New York is a city addicted to change, Harlem has changed more than most neighbourhoods. Famed globally as the capital of "Black America", this area of northern Manhattan has seen entire demographic shifts, urban decay, urban renewal, and even its own artistic Renaissance in the 1930s. Harlem is, some people like to say, "a state of mind" - confident, brash, fragile, insecure. In other words, a complicated soul.

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