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Now that Harlem has improved, The Real Deal reported the city is seeking proposals for a gas stationon a site it once owned yet was all too quick to give away in the neighborhood’s down years three decades ago. But the entrepreneur who took over the property filed a suit in Manhattan Supreme Court to block the Economic Development Corp’s plans, the New York Post reported.

“They didn’t want it when it was in such terrible disarray over there, and now that things are good, they want to take it and do something different with it,” Carmie Elmore, who owns the BP station at the site told the Post. “I understand what they want, but I know it’s not right, and I know it’s not fair, and that’s why we’re fighting it.”

Elmore and business partners took over the site, at 2040 Frederick Douglass Boulevard, in 1981. Fifteen years later they purchased it for $1 million under an agreement that gave the city the right to repurchase the land. But the Post said that provision expired in 2008. Is this a segment for Shame on you?

The city’s Law Department is reviewing the suit and said only that it “strongly disputes” Elmore’s claims. One of the few remaining gas stations in the city, the business employes 21 people. [Post] — Adam Fusfeld

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August 10, 2012 By administrator

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Harlem Is Hot!!

August 3, 2012 By administrator

August 2012

Currently some of the best properties are available for sale in Harlem, from totally gut renovated turn-key income producing property’s to High end luxury high rises. We have you covered..

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Sylvia Woods Passes at 86 Famed Harlem Restaurant Owner

July 20, 2012 By administrator

New York’s “Queen of Soul Food,” Sylvia Woods, owner of Sylvia’s restaurant in Harlem, has died at the age of 86, theNew York Daily News and other news media report.

Politicians sang praises of the restaurant owner whose collard greens and fried chicken helped bring tourists to Harlem and fed the likes of Bill Clinton, according to the News.

The News hailed Woods, who died in Mount Vernon, N.Y., as an “ambitious and charismatic beautician from South Carolina” who, in 1962, bought the 35-seat luncheonette where she had worked as a waitress. She built up the restaurant to become a New York City landmark that was a regular stop of tour buses and drew long lines of hungry crowds.

The Twitterverse crackled with words of condolence after Woods’ death.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg tweeted, “NYC will never forget the Queen of Soul Food.”

U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, a Democrat and longtime congressman from Harlem, tweeted “RIP” to “my friend and founder of world famous Sylvia’s soul food.”

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Mount Morris June 2012 Brownstone Tour

June 12, 2012 By administrator

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June 6, 2012 By administrator

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Mount Morris Townhouse Tour June 10th

June 1, 2012 By administrator

MMPCIA announces its 23rd Annual Neighborhood House Tour on Sunday, June 10, 2012!

For more than 22 years the community of Mount Morris Park has been opening our doors and inviting New Yorkers from across the island and tourists from around the world into our homes.

Over those two decades, we’ve seen us change from a struggling but determined group of residents to a beautiful and thriving community.

One thing that’s remained constant, however, is the character of our neighborhood. That’s what we showcase each year in our house tour and what we’ve chosen to particularly celebrate this year.

This is my favorite time of the year.. Mount Morris is one of the most unique communities in Manhattan and Property owners open their doors to show you how they live.. Don’t miss the Kareem Abdul Jabbar property that recently sold on Marcus Garvey Park.. That renovation was prime..

I hope to see you there..

Coming soon.. Crystal’s Harlem HOT SPOTS>>

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Shine or Rain—Everything Begins at the Tour Start:

The Pelham Fritz Community Center, 18 Mount Morris Park West (aka Fifth Avenue) and West 122 Street. Here you can buy tickets, get your walking tour guidebook, pick up tickets reserved in advance at Will Call, check out the souvenirs and meet the Walking Tour Guides.

How to get here: Subways: A, B, C, D, 2, 3, and 4, 5, & 6 to 125th Street.Buses: M1, M7 and M102. Driving: Enter your start point below.

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MMPCIA announces its 23rd Annual Neighborhood House Tour on Sunday, June 10, 2012!

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