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ISBN10: 145164616X, ISBN13: 9781451646160, [publisher: Atria Books 3/1/2014] Softcover Meet Me at the Theresa: The Story of Harlem's Most Famous Hotel 0.8 [Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2014]
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ISBN10: 145164616X, ISBN13: 9781451646160, [publisher: Atria Books] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - A "brassy yet deeply respectful book" (Publishers Weekly), this is a lively social history based on first-hand accounts of the legendary Hotel Theresaone of the New York landmarks that established Harlem as a mecca of black culture.In mid-twentieth century America, Harlem was the cultural capital of African America, and the Theresa was the place for black people to see and be seen. The hotel was known to have the hottest nightlife in the world and to be the only grand hotel in Manhattan that welcomed nonwhites. The thirteen-story building still stands on the historic corner of Seventh Avenue (or Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard) and 125th Street, but few of the legions that pass it day after day know that, as Sondra Wilson writes, "For thirty years life in and outside the hotel was an exhilarating social experience that has yet to be duplicated." The Theresa was situated among a cluster of famous nightspots of the day. Locals and out-of-towners could stroll from the hotel to take in jam sessions at Mintons Playhouse, see floorshows at the Baby Grand, admire chorus girls at Club Baron, do the jitterbug at the Savoy Ballroom, and watch showbiz heavyweights at the Apollo Theater. Black Americas biggest and brightestJosephine Baker, Dorothy Dandridge, Duke Ellington, Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, and so many ...
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