Harlem+Bespoke Archives - Harlem World Magazine

The Goat House, ‘Maltilda The Goat’ And ‘A Harlem Goat’ Poem, 1898

The archival photo above from Harlem+Bespoke was taken in 1898 shows one of the last country houses that still remained in the Morningside Heights area on the northeast corner at West 120th Street and Amsterdam Avenue when signs of rural life still remained in Harlem. Continue reading

Reveal Of A Possible Sephora Boutique In Harlem

Last week, applications were filed for a beautiful four-story, 18,987-square-foot commercial building at the old Lenox Lounge location at 286 Lenox Avenue, located between West 124th and 125th streets in Harlem, New York. Continue reading

Construction Wraps On Retail Complex In Harlem

In July of 2015, YIMBY brought you a construction update on the the six-story, 202,361-square-foot commercial-retail project being built at 100 West 125th Street, located on the corner of Malcolm X Boulevard (Aka Lenox Avenue), in Harlem.Continue reading

Foundation Work Underway On Mixed-Use Building In Harlem

In June of 2015, YIMBY reported on applications for a seven-story, 36-unit mixed-use building at 306 West 142nd Street, in northern Harlem. Continue reading

Columbia University’s Three-Story Academic Conference Center

Back in October of 2014, YIMBY reported that construction was wrapping up on Columbia University’s nine-story, 450,000-square-foot Jerome L. Greene Science Center at 3229 Broadway, between West 129th and 130th Streets, in the Manhattanville section of Harlem.Continue reading

Rhum Boogie Club, Harlem, 1943 (video)

A Gordon Parks photo from 1943 shows an establishment called Rhum Boogie somewhere in Central Harlem but not much has been written about this actual establishment. Continue reading