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Day 3

So I left my hotel room to go to Harlem, since it was Sunday and I deeply craved some soul food. I took the following pictures en route to Harlem, don't expect any shots from the seedy subway

Immigrants-The backbone of NYC

This guy looked like he woke up on the wrong side of the bed

Patterns




A little bit of grit


Roosevelt Island gondola/tram

Some lovely avenue, I almost got ran over here

In the garage about to enter my car, excuse the people in the foreground

My car, not bad eh?

So I finally got to Harlem, and before I could say Missisippi, I was met by this advert

Now, some shots of Harlem....I thought it would look a whole lot worse.




I went to Sylvia's Soul Food, for well.....Soul Food

Afterwards, I walked around the corner to see "New Harlem", it was quite the experience seeing new buildings in an atmosphere that was reminiscent of the 1970s (Black power mumbo-jumbo/keep US hands off Zimbabwe/etc)

Man, I missed out on the shot of the pimp standing in front of the Starbucks decked out in a Mink fur coat


The Apollo

Some mean African guys who didn't want their picture taken. i call them the "African-American Librarians"


After seeing Harlem, I headed to Washington Heights, the heart of NYC's large Dominican community




After I took this shot, the 2 guys in the jeep sped down and gave me dirty looks while eating a submarine sandwich and yapping on their cell phone

2 of the rather "interesting" vehicles I encountered:


Dominican-owned businesses

Typical 'Heights street

the ever-breathtaking view

181st Street, one of the more popular throughfares in W.H


Street vendors sold everything on this street, from knock-off Chanel perfume to greasy Dominican street food

The bank of the Dominican Republic even made an appearance!

Saw this chilling poster at the subway station:


Then I went to Greenwhich Village (by NYU) and later Soho, the trendy shopping mecca.




Ouch.

Modern?

Not

These buildings remind me of neopolitan-flavored ice cream

Ahh, Soho


The crowds were insane to say it was about to rain

That one famous DKNY mural

The gyros were amazing!