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Peter Stuyvesant established Nieuw Haarlem in 1658, and it was later connected to New Amsterdam with a ten-mile road built by black slaves. During the colonial period, Harlem became a retreat for the Bleeckers, Delanceys, Beekmans and Rikers and in the 19th century a chic suburb for the well-to-do. Then, around 1880, the city extended its elevated lines to the north. Handsome neighborhoods sprang up, and by the early 1900s, Harlem bustled with urbanity. But the speculators had built too much too fast. So in 1904 a black real estate agent named Philip A. Payton rented apartments...
...Around the 21-mile mark, she caught up to me," McCarthy said. "We wanted to finish it together and that's just what we did. We basically talked to each other...
...around mile 17, Barnicle knew that "there was too little left to stop...
...while, miles maybe, Garcia thought she would never see her roommate until after the finish line. But, for some reason or other, she caught up with McCarthy. Around mile 21. Five more to go. What's up, roomie...
Then around mile 21, Dehan's sister, Deming--who admits that she didn't realize her brother was in the race--caught...