Got To Be There Jul 2, 2009
All along 125th Street, vendors selling Michael Jackson T-shirts, DVDs, CDs, badges, photos and posters were doing brisk business ... Outside, thousands waited patiently in a queue which snaked all the way up from 125th Street to 132nd Street. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Apollo Theater Memorial Jul 1, 2009
Admirers wrote messages on a wall of remembrance outside the 125th street theater. "God bless and be with you M. Jackson," wrote one fan. (Fox News)
Fans gather for Apollo Theater's Jackson memorial Jul 1, 2009
Outside the theater, fans could write messages on a wall outside on 125th Street in the center of Harlem. The Apollo also played a role in remembrances for James Brown after his death in 2006, hosting a public viewing of the "Godfather of Soul" for thousands of fans. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
JACKSON CELEBRATION: Rev. Sharpton Grinding Woman At Apollo... Jul 1, 2009
Thousands lined up along West 125th Street with many adorned in large black sunglasses and fedora hats, while dressed in multicolored sequined vests or Jackson's trademark sparkling white glove. Tuesday's memorial,which beganat 2 p.m., featured a eulogy by the Rev. Al Sharpton. (The Drudge Report)
NYC's Apollo Theater honors Michael Jackson Jul 1, 2009
Fans can write messages on a wall on 125th Street, Harlem's Main Street. Jackson's father, Joe, says plans for his son's funeral are awaiting the results of a second autopsy. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Apollo Theater Jackson Tribute Jul 1, 2009
Fans have been writing their thoughts about Jackson's life and sudden death outside on a wall on 125th Street. On Wednesday, July 1st, Apollo's weekly Amateur Night will be dedicated to the "King of Pop," who won Amateur Night with the Jackson 5 in 1969. (New York Post -- News)
Apollo Theater Jackson Tribute Pr... Jun 30, 2009
Fans will be invited to record their thoughts about Jackson's life and sudden death outside on a wall on 125th Street. On Wednesday, July 1st, Apollo's weekly Amateur Night will be dedicated to the "King of Pop," who won Amateur Night with the Jackson 5 in 1969. (New York Post -- News)
Tributes to Jackson pop up all over NYC Jun 26, 2009
By Jerry Shriver and Olivia Barker, USA TODAY NEW YORK Starting about 6 p.m., a crowd began gathering under the blinking white lights of the Apollo Theater marquee on 125th Street in New York's Harlem neighborhood. The marquee read: "In Memory of Michael Jackson, A True Apollo Legend, 1958-2009". (USA Today -- Life)
Weekend Hot Picks In Entertainment Apr 3, 2009
Viewing is free at 125th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard. For more information, go to 100hoursofastronomy. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Gospel in New York City Mar 19, 2009
Harlem venues: The on W. 125th Street has a Gospel Show and Buffet Brunch Saturday and Sunday at noon and 2:30 p.m. Guests are always welcome at the but get there early since the pews fill up quickly to hear this pure gospel treat. The copyright of the article Gospel in New York City in is owned by. (Suite101.com)
Harlem Rezoning Plan Gets Scrutinized Mar 30, 2008
Many longtime residents fear a rezoned 125th Street will price them out of their homes and erode even more of their community ... Proponents said the changes will revive a cultural identity that had been threatened by unregulated development on 125th Street, a lively thoroughfare where remnants of the neighborhood's legendary past sit side-by-side with newly arrived banks and chain stores ... The largest arts groups in the 125th Street corridor have supported it. (WNBC.com, NY)
Some Oppose Harlem Redevelopment Plan Mar 15, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) -- Harlem's heart still beats strong on 125th Street, a lively thoroughfare where remnants of the neighborhood's legendary past sit side-by-side with newly arrived banks and chain stores ... But many longtime residents fear a rezoned 125th Street will price them out of their homes and erode even more of their community ... "It will be a disaster," said Sikhulu Shange, the owner of a 125th Street record store for more than three decades. (Rocky Mountain News)
Harlem faces a new executioner Mar 8, 2008
The Apollo, a Harlem landmark, central to the place that 125th Street has in black American culture, fostered the careers of Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Stevie Wonder - but it has always been a tough room ... While tourism may prove to be the Apollo's saviour, the future of the community that fostered the theatre is much less certain now that New York's planning department has proposed sweeping zoning changes for 125th Street. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Veteran performers share talents with theater ministry Feb 11, 2008
Business projects include Harlem Park, a 600,000-square-foot office tower on the corner of Park Avenue and 125th Street. The tower, which will also offer retail space on the lower levels, is scheduled to be completed in 2009. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Battle for voters reveals fissures in Clintons' Harlem link Feb 5, 2008
When the former president was looking for a foundation office, he chose a nondescript office building here on 125th Street, across from a soul-food joint and not far from the fabled Apollo Theater. It symbolizes the Clintons' longtime connection to the greater black community -- its causes, its leaders, its everyday people. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Manhattan Network Building Harlem Media Center Feb 3, 2008
MNN s community media center may have a new network Harlem neighbor a few years down the road: , in a development with Vornado Realty Trust, is looking to build a 21-story building on 125th Street as a home to its , which is slated to throw out its first pitch early in 2009. There are no comments posted for this article. (Multichannel News)
Black lawmakers deeply divided... Jan 18, 2008
And, yes, we also know about the Clintons symbolic and rarely used Harlem office space on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (125th Street). When you operate and think from the paradigm of someone believing they are entitled, delusion usually follows. (The Drudge Report)
Apollo Theater renovation enters 'final phase' Jan 17, 2008
The Apollo Theater on 125th Street in Harlem. (Photo/Handout). (Newsday -- New York City)
In Harlem, N.Y., Clinton faces test of support Jan 16, 2008
Harlem residents are used to seeing Bill Clinton on the street since he opened his office on 125th Street, and many have heard one or both Clintons speak to black churches and community groups over the years. Quantano recalled a 1992 campaign event at which Bill Clinton had his staff take plates of food to onlookers across the street. (Boston Globe)
Is technology killing movies? Jan 12, 2008
Were the film set in contemporary times, Crowe could simply log on to his laptop and Google Hughes or, better still, read a few dozen blogs discussing his quarry's latest depredations, some referring to him as "The Godfather of 125th Street". This would make his sleuthing job a lot easier but it wouldn't make much of a film. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The real Harlem Dec 28, 2007
On 125th Street near Fifth Avenue, bulldozers clear a vacant lot for an upscale hotel ... Double-decker sightseeing buses cross 125th Street every few minutes ... Here are some answers, along with ideas for where to go when you exit the subway at 125th Street. (CNN -- Travel)
Food fightHillary Clinton woos diners as rivals eat away at her lead Dec 9, 2007
In New York's Harlem district, 125th street is such a place. Howard Cash likes Hillary - but prefers Barack Obama. (BBC News -- Americas)
Obama takes campaign to Harlem Dec 1, 2007
The event, held in what is perhaps Harlems most famous landmark, was symbolic not only because of the site but also because it took place in Mrs. Clintons backyard and at a theater only a few blocks west on 125th Street from the offices of former President Bill Clinton. The political division in Harlem is apparent even among the Apollo Theaters board of directors. (MSNBC -- Politics)
TV comedy writer for Sid Caesar, others Nov 27, 2007
As a comedy writer, Tolkin "often fooled with American cliches such as, 'She married a station beneath her: She got off at 125th Street, and he got off at 116th,' " Brooks said. He said Tolkin "absolutely had a brush-stroke of genius.". (Los Angeles Times)
'American Gangster' Bootleggers Adding An Ironic Twist To Frank Lucas Flick Nov 1, 2007
"Gangster," however, seems to be blazing a new territory that has brazen bootleggers offering DVDs to people who wouldn't normally wander into L.A.'s Chinatown or New York's 125th Street. MTV News has also received reports of "Gangster" bootlegs in such states as Virginia and Atlanta, with the Los Angeles market becoming so flooded that one seller told us he's giving them away free with the purchase of another DVD.. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment Present the World Premiere of American Gangster Oct 11, 2007
WHERE: Apollo Theater 253 West 125th Street New York City, NY WHEN: Friday, October 19, 2007 5:30 PM Press Call Time 6:30 PM Celebrity Arrivals 7:30 PM Screening Begins. AMERICAN GANGSTER arrives in theaters nationwide on Friday, November 2, 2007. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Contingency Plan, Fare Changes Sep 5, 2007
The MTA will be providing additional service on the M60 and Q33 bus routes to/from LGA. The M60 transports riders between LGA and Manhattan, running along 125th Street and making connections with the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, A, B, C, and D subway lines, as well as Metro-North Railroad. The Q33 connects LGA with the 74th St. Broadway Station in Jackson Heights, Queens, where connections to the 7, E, F, R, V, and G subway lines is available. (WNBC.com, NY)
Meraki's Guerilla Wi-Fi to Put a Billion More People Online Aug 17, 2007
Harlem's first Starbucks, heralded as a sign of urban renewal when it opened in 1999, sits at the intersection of 125th Street and Lenox Avenue, just down the street from the historic Apollo Theater. One recent weekday morning, customers of every imaginable race and socioeconomic stratum pour through the coffee chain's doors, where a massive portrait of its most famous investor, basketball great Magic Johnson, graces one of its walls. (Scientific American)
NYC drummers face 'new Harlemites' Aug 12, 2007
The influx of outsiders intensified after the arrival six years ago of Harlem's most famous commercial tenant, former President Clinton, whose 125th Street office is a short walk from Marcus Garvey Park. He said then that he hoped his presence would encourage others to move to the neighborhood. (USA Today)
Harlem Gets an Office Tower Jul 19, 2007
The tower replaces a parking lot located at Park Avenue and 125th Street, a gritty corner that has yet to be significantly impacted by gentrification ... Harlem Park joins other recently announced projects including a 230,000-square-foot mixed-use building at the corner of Lenox Avenue and West 125th Street, and an $80-million tower on Fifth Avenue at 110th Street that will contain the Museum for African Art as well as luxury condominiums ... Rejuvenation at the Park Avenue and 125th Street site... (BusinessWeek)
KISS-AND-TELL PENTHOUSE Jul 18, 2007
This rendering shows Harlem Park, a 21-story office tower at 125th Street and Park Avenue, designed by Swanke Hayden Connell, architects for Vornado Realty Trust. Swanke Hayden. (New York Post -- Business)
Grandfather finds calling collecting menus Jul 17, 2007
By the end of the day, blisters covered his toes and he limped into a Rite Aid on 125th Street to buy a box of Band-Aids. "I leaned against the wall, took off my socks, popped the blisters and taped up my toes," Rayas said. (Newsday -- New York City)
15 years after riot, future of LA's 'black village' uncertain Apr 29, 2007
"You don't see a lot of effort in redevelopment of these hubs, so why are we targeted?"Similar gentrification has changed black cultural centers across the country, including New York's 125th Street, where chain stores and fast food restaurants now crowd black cultural relics like the Apollo Theater and the Lenox Lounge jazz club. A wave of Afro-centric merchants, drawn by cheap rents and attractive homes built in the 1930s, flooded the Leimert neighborhood in the early 1990s. (Fresno Bee -- State)
What's Up This Weekend Apr 14, 2007
WHAT'S UP By JACQUELINE BURT WANG - Entertainment - New York Post Online Edition. SIMPLY SYMPHONIC: Showtime at the Apollo goes classical with a concert by the Harlem Symphony Orchestra. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
2nd Ave. digging gets underway Apr 13, 2007
The overall project is expected to cost $17 billion and extend from 125th Street to Hanover Square in lower Manhattan. Though this first leg has funding secured, finding the rest of the money may be difficult, said Gene Russianoff of the Straphangers Campaign. (Newsday -- New York City)
FrontPageMag.com: The Nine Lives of Al Sharpton Apr 13, 2007
All of this occurred under the watchful, approving eye of Sharpton, who provided some additional sound bites for the media: We will not stand by and allow them to move this brother so some white interloper can expand his business on 125th StreetThere is a systematic and methodical strategy to eliminate our people from doing business on 125th Street. O]ne of our brothers. (Newsmax)
N. Miami museum joins building boom with $18M expansion Apr 5, 2007
He said the museum will expand north onto the outdoor plaza, slightly reducing the brick-paved courtyard but giving a greater presence along North Miami's main downtown thoroughfare, Northeast 125th Street. The expansion, Gwathney said, will ``recast the whole image of the downtown center of North Miami. (The Miami Herald)
Obama challenges Clinton's strategy Mar 14, 2007
Bill Clinton (described by one ally as "the 600-pound gorilla of 125th Street") is the former first lady's greatest asset in attracting African-Americans. And high-profile black supporters, including friend of Bill and former National Urban League president Vernon Jordan and Democratic National Committee Black Caucus vice chairman Joel Ferguson, have been trying to stop would-be defectors to Obama. (Newsday)
Toxic Site Eyed For Housing Feb 16, 2007
She pointed to a low income housing development near the corner of Jamaica Avenue and 125th Street that initially met with apprehension before its units became much sought after. Reed said that if Jamaica Avenue Reclamation receives the support of the Department of Environmental Conservation and the Richmond Hill community, ground could be broken by 2008. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
The Obama revolution Feb 4, 2007
When the Clintons left the White House in 2000 Bill Clinton set up his office on 125th Street in Harlem, New York, near to such landmarks as the Apollo Theatre and the Reverend Al Sharpton's offices and not far from the Riverside Church where Dr Martin Luther King condemned the war in Vietnam. The Clintons' choice reflected the ties that they had built with black Democrats during their time in both the White House and in Arkansas. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Got The Boot Jan 22, 2007
"The big, heavy look is out of fashion," said Jerry Key, manager of Dr. Jays on 125th Street. "Today, the lighter the shoe looks, the better.". (New York Post -- Business)
- The 25 best gigs of all time Jan 21, 2007
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Harlem street to honor James Brown? Jan 7, 2007
To the south, 125th Street is named for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The block of 125th Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues, which runs in front of the Apollo Theater, is named "Nat King Cole Way" for that African-American music legend. Other streets in Harlem named to honor famous African-Americans include Malcolm X Boulevard, Frederick Douglass Boulevard and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard. (Newsday -- New York City)
Tentative List Of Ghana 50th Independence Day (Golden Jubilee) Celebrations Jan 2, 2007
Parade Route: Seventh Avenue from 145th to 125th Street. Saturday July 7, 2006 (Unconfirmed). (Ghana Web, Ghana)
