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...record store is failing, and Sikhulu Shange could plausibly assign blame to any number of culprits. Vendors hawk bootlegged CDs on sidewalk tables outside the Record Shack, which he has run for 36 years on Harlem's 125th Street. Websites offering pirated MP3s cut into his profits. And his landlord has been trying to evict him for more than a year. But Shange, 66, reserves his deepest anger for a new city plan that he believes will strip Harlem of its soul. "Working people are getting packaged to get dumped in the sewer," he says. "If the change takes place...
...April 30, New York's city council approved the rezoning of 125th Street, Harlem's main artery, to promote commercial and residential development. But the plan has drawn stiff resistance from community groups concerned that the historic district's unique character--and its prominence as a nexus of African-American intellectual and cultural life--is under threat...
Coincidentally, 2008 marks the 125th anniversary of the Harvard Coop, the 75th anniversary of Harvard Book Store, and the 25th anniversary of the Globe Corner Bookstore, as well as several other bookstore birthdays...
...19th term representing the district. "No one has more reach in this neck of the woods," says Kevin Wardally, the Harlem political operative spearheading the New York senator's efforts. Her husband, long popular in the district, maintains his post-presidential office a few blocks down 125th Street, Harlem's main artery. But his effect on her candidacy has come into question. To many in this community, the former president's recent jabs at Obama's record felt like sucker punches. "Bill Clinton is perceived in this community now, with all due respect, as a racist," says New York State...
...this year’s Bulldogs remind us, even if you live up to all of the expectations through the spring, summer, and early fall, without losing a game, the final judgment won’t come until Nov. 22, when Harvard and Yale meet for the 125th time.—Staff writer Jonathan Lehman can be reached at jlehman@fas.harvard.edu...