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City Living: West Harlem
Twenty-five years ago, no one was rushing to settle down in West Harlem.
"My neighbors and friends who lived here in the '70s and '80s said it was pretty bad," explained resident James Pelfrey. "These days people aren't afraid to walk to the store or take their kids to school."
Though Nieuw Haarlem was settled by the Dutch in the 17th century, it wasn't until the 1880s that the area...
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