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Spanning 1419.3 acres, East Harlem stretches from First Avenue to Fifth Avenue and from East 96th Street to East 125th Street. Its population is estimated to be over 116,000 people with the majority being Puerto Ricans. East Harlem is known for its “chameleon effect”, changing from Muscoota into Dutch New Haarlem, Irish Harlem, German, Italian, Black, and Jewish Harlems to its present stage as El Barrio. Even now, it experiences change through the process of gentrification and an influx of newer immigrant groups such as the recently arriving Mexicans. The history of East Harlem is voluble, filled with expansive details surrounding the life of its inhabitants from its founding to its present. Given the limited time budget for this project, I can only offer a glimpse to East Harlem's past; however, I have provided links to more comprehensive web resources that may prove useful.
In this section of the website, I provide a brief history of each phase of East Harlem from its founding by the Dutch to its present. I will not be providing a timeline for this site; however, you can find an excellent timeline at the El Barrio website created by City College Stuents, class of 2008.
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The information contained in this site is accurate to the best of my knowledge, which was based on clumps of information from sources that are listed in the final section of this webpage and background research.
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