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Fidel Castro In The Harlem

Posted on July 2, 2011 by | Leave a comment

In this 1960 photo (above) shows former Egyptian leader Gamahl Abdel Nasser and Cuban President Fidel Castro, center outside the Hotel Theresa in the Harlem.

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Mr. Wilson: 25 Years At The Hotel Theresa

Posted on March 2, 2011 by | 3 Comments

Mr. Cedric “Mr.” Wilson, worked at the Hotel Theresa for 25 years as the building Manager. Harlem World Magazine spoke to Mr. Wilson a few months after his retirement about working at the historical location. Continue reading →

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Albert Maysles, Moving Up In The World (update)

Posted on February 12, 2011 by | 4 Comments

Documentary filmmaker, Albert Maysles, has met the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Eleanor Roosevelt, Fidel Castro and Haile Selassie.  Now he’s meeting some of the residents of Harlem.  He moved from the Dakota to Central Harlem because “I felt it was time to move up in the world.” Continue reading →

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This Day In Harlem History

Posted on September 21, 2008 by | Leave a comment

In 1960, Cuban leader Fidel Castro, in New York to visit the United Nations, angrily checked out of the Shelburne Hotel in a dispute with the management; Castro accepted an invitation to stay at the Hotel Theresa in Harlem.

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