Harlem River

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Harlem River

A channel in New York City separating the northern end of Manhattan Island from the Bronx. With Spuyten Duyvil Creek it connects the Hudson and East Rivers.

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Harlem River - a channel separating Manhattan from the Bronx

Greater New York, New York, New York City - the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center

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I have formed the belief that the man who applauds that air with special violence and ostensible sectional loyalty is invariably a native of either Secaucus, N.J., or the district between Murray Hill Lyceum and the Harlem River, this city.

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The Madison Avenue Bridge, built in 1920, is a swing bridge that spans the Harlem River to connect the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx.

Skanska's US division signs USD36m contract to rehabilitate electrical and mechanical systems of the Madison Avenue Bridge in New York City

The company paid $165 million for the shovel-ready site along the Harlem River waterfront in Mott Haven that was assembled by the Chetrit Group Somerset Partners.

Brookfield closes on $165M Bronx buy

Finally, Tutor Perini was the low bidder for the Rehabilitation of the Broadway Bridge over the Harlem River in New York City with a bid of approximately $93M.

Tutor Perini announces 3 low bids for civil projects totaling $1B

He built the Harlem River Drive and the West Side Highway."

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(Yankee Stadium, located right across the Harlem River, opened in 1923.) The Giants won the 1921 Series, five games to three in what was a best-of-nine Fall Classic.

Past perfect: passing the torch for the Summer Game--no, not the Summer Games in Rio

When the body of an Asian man is seen embedded in the debris and ice of the Harlem River, he is called from his Chinatown precinct to take control of the case, which turns out to be one of murder.

Death Money

The follow-up album, Harlem River Blues, took him up another notch and the record attracted widespread critical acclaim and his best commercial success up to that point.

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Private efforts and New Deal programs such as the Harlem River Houses were never enough to ameliorate the squalid living conditions and attendant health problems of Harlem as a whole.

Building a Healthy Black Harlem: Health Politics in Harlem, New York, from the Jazz Age to the Great Depression

One carriage smashed into the bank of the Harlem River in New York's Bronx borough.