Harlem Mart 125: The American Dream Full Movie

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Created over a 9 year-span, Harlem's Mart 125: the American Dream is a documentary film about the history of Mart 125 and how it correlates to the "revitalization" of 125th street, Harlem's main commercial sector. Completed in 2009, this film takes its viewers on a historical journey which depicts the economic transition of 125th street from the late 1960's to present day. Mart 125 is used as a metaphor which examines the plague of perplexities that surround this unique black community and its relationship with the plans of urban renewal from a commercial stand point. Harlem's Mart 125: the American Dream portrays a microcosmic analysis of the displacement of Black American communities today. This is a story that takes an introspective look at the changing face of the most well known African-American neighborhood and a complexity of issues that surround this community in peril!
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@queensmindamandla165 4 года назад

My grandfather worked at Freedom National Bank on 125 and I watched it change but when THEY CLOSED THE BANK I KNEW HARLEM WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME. THE CLOSING OF THE BANK BROKEN MY GRANDPA HEART HE DIED THE FOLLOWING SIX MONTHS 🙏🏽😓🌹

@StromLxrd6 2 года назад

Sorry for your loss, that's sad

@pfriday41 4 года назад

Those who know miss the real Harlem. R.I.P. 😥

@amandlaawethu1538 2 года назад

Yeah U lost Harlem. They R targeting all known blk strong holds where WS/Racism took an L.

@MariAlistineMoss 2 года назад

@@amandlaawethu1538 how can it be stopped? We keep election people who make our community vulnerable to gentrification rather than supporting those that will protect the community

@amandlaawethu1538 2 года назад

@@MariAlistineMoss the greatest problem with blk America is black America. U guys R so afraid of WS/Racism that all of U have decided 2 give N 2 gangs, LBGT, & hating blk mn & loving everything except being blk & loving each other that outsiders of all colors R taking want your ancestors died 4. How do U fix it STFUP & stick by your man, your women & honor the blood that was shed 2 get us this far. Keep outsiders out of our fukking business of (any color) listen 2 the ones that R paying the ultimate price & when it is time 2 vote ONLY vote 4 those who have the best interest of blk american (FBA) N mind. Keep it simple

@cjtrickstar6060 2 года назад

C'mon we're gonna gentrafy Harlem and make it a safe, profitable place for civil and intelligent as well as well off ppl to live. If they are white folks, sorry. Step ya game up

@amandlaawethu1538 2 года назад

@@cjtrickstar6060 U can do that no doubt about that. Can U do it without the governments help?. Oh 1 more thing what's your nationality?

@TheRealShaqMr 3 года назад

Great Movie, I use to work at Mart 125. The place I worked at was call "Born 2 Party" owned by Deborah. I moved from Harlem when I was 17 to Indiana for college. I went back in 2018, after 22 years. It has completely changed! MART 125 was closed and corporate America move into Harlem. I'm a very successful business owner, I'm thinking about buying a place in Harlem, just to be there for the summers.

@sweetgoldilocs2 2 года назад

What did born to party sell?

@marcusmenalucas7224 Год назад

Peace Bro., I Was At "CREATIVE VISIONS" With Lamar And Omar Alí Parker., The store Was owned By Count Ozzie And Princess Lanisha., Mart 125 Is HARLEM UNIVERSITY!

@marcusmenalucas7224 Год назад

All My Teachers Are Here., I Even REMEMBER People Setting UP Shop In GRANT'S TOMB THOSE WERE THE DAYZ TO BE IN HARLEM UNIVERSITY!

@reefb4364 Год назад

I never forget back in the early 2000’s one of my coworkers said she just bought a condo in Northern Manhattan in a brand new constructed building and i asked another coworker from New York - “ Where is Northern Manhattan- he said thats what there calling Harlem now that its being gentrified”. I just shook my head.

@missfrances137 5 лет назад

I grew up in Harlem and I still love HARLEM to this day.

@kmason685 4 года назад

I have such fond memories of this place. You can get a reading, a veggie pattie, African American books, natural skin care products that smelled like coffee beans, Fulani earrings, the list goes on and on. When I would come home to NY to visit, if I went no where else, I always went to the Mart......

@sweettaterpie7009 4 года назад

Do you know the name of the song/artist playing 1:14 ? Thank you!

@kristinaking4680 Год назад

High crime. O yeah that was nice place

@malcolmagee 6 лет назад

NAIL ON THE HEAD when he said "ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SAY I'M A LAZY BLACK MAN!" I live that reality RIGHT NOW! Supervisors that can't complete all full sentence or syllable of English! Yet I'm at their Mercy for evaluation & promotion! There's a PROBLEM!

@harlemboy413 5 лет назад

Stop voting Democrats problem solved

@victoranthony9037 5 лет назад

Wake up and Stop voting democrat

@KrisJanJack 5 лет назад

Exactly. 400 + Years of Forced-Free Slave-Labor! "That's" far from lazy! 'that' isn't in our DNA. Now, Retired from Slavery... that's more of saner application.

@wittyexquisite 3 года назад

@@harlemboy413 factz

@andyp1031 2 года назад

Liberal democrats are to thank for your situation!! Don’t you love your progressives now? 🤣😂

@Aries410ReikiHealer 2 года назад

To see Dr Jeffries and Ms Camille brought back so many memories. Even though I’m from the south (just lightskin) everyone mistaken me for Puertorican, I had some of the best days back then. I hung out with so many different races of ppl. Harlem, New York used to be the best city to live in. I never felt scared or worried about anything happening to me when I lived there. And I stayed out all night so many times coming home early in the am. What a time

@jayste9334 Год назад

Thats because you are Puerto Rican, JOKES, 😂..im down south, my auntie and my girl cuz both look like they could be latina..and they are on two different sides of the family.

@doom6015 2 года назад

I remember this like it was yesterday. I was with HUDC from 1988 to 1995, then HCDC for a couple of years after the Pataki wave. A project manager in the Development Dept. Worked closely with the development directors. I am grateful for my time there. Loved the Mart. This documentary is good to see. Thank you.

@MARQUEETHE1 4 года назад

I worked there for quite a while and at the time I knew it was special, but not how special. There's never ever been a place like it since in such a prime location. All black owned I worked as a nail tech through hight school was given an opportunity and experience to perfect a trade that I can still use to this day. Took me all the way to fashion week with major designer's, public ppl and even Vogue magazine. Mrs. June (R.I.P) helping ppl although we complained I learned a discipline and work ethic I still use to this day. See, young women didn't turn to stripping that was unheard of bcuz of our self pride and things we were taught by our village. Teaching entrepreneurship through action and implementation. We bought from each other, got taught by each other and lots of ppl moved on to have successful businesses. There was a black furrier, jeweler, book stores, clothing stores, vegan restaurant, soul food restaurant, a modeling company, Nail shop, Muslim run businesses where they sold books, food etc.. Ppl brought their kids to work and they were safe. The vendors were given a springboard to business building.

@sweettaterpie7009 4 года назад

Do you know the name of the song/artist playing 1:14 ? Thank you.

@Aries410ReikiHealer 2 года назад

I used to live there and used to go there because a good friend of mine worked there. Her name was Tracy. Do you remember her? She sold jelwry, made glasses, hats, she made her own clothes and I modeled for her at the Apollo across the street.

@wambuikinuthia4638 3 года назад

The mart was beautiful and harlem has changed.The black liberation bookstore was also beautiful.Shabazz resteraunt, Sherman's barbecue, Mr amiavda, Bobby's record shop, Afroarts cultural center, My mom. Twenty two west resteraunt, Irish those days the stores the vybes were different, Baskin Robbins, free cone on my birthday.😇😇😇😇😇😇🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤❤❤❤🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰💯

@bornjust2003 2 года назад

Terrance Tolbert stated at 1:03 that he doesn't see Black people supporting Black businesses and recycling Black dollars doesn't happen often in the Black community. What he doesn't understand is that over 500 venders who sold their goods 365 days of the year on 125th street, represented the greatest example of Black dollars being recirculated in the history of Harlem. And the majority of the Black owned businesses on 125th street went out of business not because of a lack of support, but escalating rent prices. All of Harlem's politicians (including the one he worked for) was and to this day are part of the problem.

@djembethompson1899 2 года назад

Facts!!!!!!!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💎💖💎😎

@lscarver5 5 лет назад

Some of these people that were making decisions about Harlem were under the impression that Harlem had no employed residents. A BIG misconception.

@Greatness5 2 года назад

As a filmmaker...let me say yalll did the damn thang with this documentary.....sadly, this should have over 50 million views!!! This should be on all streaming platforms....you brought education ,history, compassion and more importantly you covered all sides of a complex problem. Kudos to every one involved in this project...this is masterfully done...oh, and I failed to mention your graphics, timeing, interviews were incredible...I view all documentarians as sort of competitors in my brain, but in your case, there is no competition, this is masterfully done..kudos!! One more thing, as a filmmaker I look for all of the subtle aspects that would pull on the viewers heartstrings, but in your case, you pulled my heartstrings from an authentic place! That's a gift! Love your work!!!

@JM-vj7we Год назад

Yes yes yes! I remember when the 1st and only Black owned supermarket opened up on 125th Street in the mid sixties. It couldn’t survive because most white companies Would Not sell inventory to them.

@cesarcarmona7794 Год назад

Horrible place to live.

@jayste9334 Год назад

Word..they did a great job!

@amonkey97 3 месяца назад

@@cesarcarmona7794 so live somewhere else and don't come back, we don't care.

@kwesatheartist9794 6 лет назад

I love this documentary and was shocked to see this. My aunt had a bookstore inside of The Mart I recognized so many people in this documentary. It breaks my heart to see what has happened to it, I remember running up and down the mart as a kid it was truly a community. I've met a long list of celebrities in there and I believe my aunt and her bookstore helped shape my entrepreneurial mind today. Thank you for this film!

@Nessman99 7 лет назад

I miss those stores with the Black books

@infinitespirit888 2 года назад

My family used to sell as a vendor here and I have so many memories in this place… It belongs back in Harlem. Soon

@jamesearlcash1758 4 года назад

I used to hang out there back in the late 80's into the 90's with my homie K Superior aka Kay Kay, Brother Arthur 4X who used to sell bean pies in the front, Kool Moe Dee's brother who used to do security there, Dougie Fresh's brother Shaka and others. That was the place to be back then. Great times.

@Aries410ReikiHealer 2 года назад

I know KayKay and Dougie Fresh. He was mad cool. Wow, haven’t heard his name in years. I used to see Kool Moe Dee all the time on 125th street. That’s when Harlem was Harlem. 🥰

@jamesearlcash1758 2 года назад

@@Aries410ReikiHealer Harlem was my second home back then, I lived in BK but I would hang out in Harlem liked I lived uptown. Those were some good times.

@dianegreen1937 2 года назад

Loved my store in M125. I still go past there and saddened to see it still standing there rusting and falling apart! 😪

@jesusismyjoy7102 5 лет назад

I miss going to the mart 125 so sad 😞 it’s gone ...they had great food and fly clothing...miss smelling the frankincense and other ethnic aromas that used to be there... Gentrification is the death of our success !

@arnelevans4803 Год назад

Yes it is

@kristinaking4680 Год назад

gentrification is progress, development, and you prefer nothing to change

@mrlighthou5e796 2 года назад

This was an excellent documentary. Thank you for sharing.

@DeA2875 6 лет назад

Kinda f***ed up that babies can get educated better on RU-vid videos like this, then in our public schools.

@veeess977 4 года назад

Babies? I'm a whole college educated something and I come to get schooled EVERYDAY! A damn shame where we are as a country.

@ladimu1 5 лет назад

For years....we would go uptown to walk and shop. It was a great loss when the energy around the vendors and the Mart seemed to disappear.

@missfrances137 5 лет назад

Oh and I still have my kente headwrap that my late brother bought me at MART 125.

@ltod2 Год назад

Miss Blackstar Music Video use to see late DJ Kay Slay stop by and drop off his Straught Stuntin Magazines,RIP to him.Miss his Drama King Thursday radio shows on Hot 97 putting out new unsigned artists to get their shine

@jerrodlumpkin6870 5 лет назад

I remember when 125 st was live!! Bean pies, books, and clothes

@kmason685 4 года назад

Jerrod Lumpkin Natural skin care and hair products, veggie and beef patties, Jewelry........

@ski973 3 года назад

2:17 lENOX LOUNGe WAS on my my family spot... My Mother bartend there ..as I got older I workked there.. STRAIGHT HISTORY IN BOTH.. I remember the Freemason Brother I used to vist that store in the MART .. can't remember his name...ok..let me finish watching this,,, when I saw the LL I had to send SHOUT OUTS ,,, RIP ETHEL,,,SKINNY ,,VERDELL

@ski973 3 года назад

3:52 found him....this BROTHER/G\

@dbone1110 3 года назад

Awesome job, great documentary - Free the people!!!

@mrlighthou5e796 2 года назад

I remember the Mart and basically grew up there. I miss that place. So much good people came through there.

@Vashon-gz1mc 5 месяцев назад

125 has a rich and Beautiful history Thank You so much for this historical documentary !

@honeyb2453 6 лет назад

Wow, such an amazing video!! just remember when my mom would go there and shop!! In addition, it amazing that they had Asians working at the Mart 125...when blacks need a job they won't hire us!! We need to start and continue to support our black communities cause no one else will!! Stop going to the Chinese bullet proof window getting Chinese food and start by getting our own business ad support and stop going to them getting hair and products because they don't like and they are disrespectful we need to go ahead and keep the money in our community!! I like the whole Jade African Skincare....its just the owner needs to tone it down a bit about saying she African every minute we are all one stop the division its getting us nowhere...with the whole West Indian and black american and African division this is why Harlem is falling apart!! We need as a people to be proud of where we come from and stop talking about where we are from every time!! We need as a people to get things together and get well with within ourselves!! Look around again own a lot in our community from the laundromat to the hair beauty shop and the Chinese restaurant!! We need to get things together and help out each other and be better as one people together!!

@kristinaking4680 Год назад

Racist

@jeremiahwoods3060 2 года назад

I saw The Hon.Dr. 👑Kahlid Muhammad (r.i.p) in there one time eating a husky Caribbean grub!🇬🇭

@tonyatehranie3029 4 года назад

Tyler Perry purchased an old Army base in Atlanta for his studios. I wish one of us could buy Market 125, fix it up, and run it the right way for our culture. Many other wealthy African Americans could invest in residential and business real estate and rent to our middle/lower middle class as well as offer countless employment opportunities, Black small business owners, young teens, training centers, recreation, retirees-of all ages. No more gentrification! Wikipedia: “Tyler Perry Unveils Home Of New Studio In Atlanta. Filmmaker Tyler Perry now controls most of the former Army post south of downtown and is planning a studio facility on 330 acres. A civilian authority has about 145 acres for potential future development of retail, residences, office space and other uses.”

@Bigbossfilmworks Год назад

My first business opened in Mart July 15 1993. Thanks an salute to harlem. Thank to Carlos aka spanish ave an Blue at blackmans jewelry.

@JaxonSmithers Год назад

Damn, this is deep, like it!

@thehoodieking2767 4 года назад

This was very insightful I always wondered what happened to MART 125 why it's closed why it's just been sitting there for years and why nobody ever came back and tried to reopen it but now it's all clear I was only 11 when the mart first opened so naturally I had no clue what's so ever about the behind the scenes politics that were going on I definitely understand now smh

@leonardbosley7645 6 лет назад

It happens every time we Create something positive for our people. Thank You Yahweh In The Name Of Yeshua

@kenyellemckinney1104 2 года назад

THE BEST DAYS OMG I LOVE NEW YORK

@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e Год назад

I remember when a lot of the old heads I knew were up in arms about rezoning. None of us really paid attention because we were young & dumb. Focused on other things like clubbing and chasing women. Which... In our slight defense, that's what young people normally care about. There was also an element of not really understanding what our elders were talking about as well. Everything them older cats were worried about came to fruition though unfortunately. They saw this isht coming from jump. One thing you notice now is this focus on rising crime stats to their pre-pandemic levels, which were themselves historically low. Mainly because the NYPD's racist police unions had their egos bruised after the George Floyd uprisings of 2020. They tried petty work slowdowns (again) which always backfire, so next came the crime stat propaganda which local media never gives any pushback on. Meanwhile, during the Bloomberg era when there were regular shootouts in my Bronx neighborhood, I would scour all three major newspapers and the evening news with nothing to be found. Why? Because the city was busy trying to market NYC as "the safest big city in the country" as they were gentrifying this place to hell and pushing our people out. Mayor Eric Adams himself ran a campaign of fear mongering over rising crime, and then immediately walked back those statements once he took office by saying crime reporting was overexaggerated by the media even though he was instrumental in creating this climate of fear where every crime, no matter how big or small, is front page news. Something that was always a constant on the fascist shitrag _New York Post,_ but other outlets would follow suit. This focus on crime, besides historically being bigoted, goes hand in hand with gentrification though. People really need to be more cognizant of that imho.

@willyD200 2 года назад

When it comes to community and neighborhoods , change means death and destruction ! The statement from the fellow at the opening of this documentary was 100 % riht on. He nailed it with the truth .

@cesarcarmona7794 Год назад

He's nothing but a chump.

@courtneybrown2518 4 года назад

I use to work here in the nail booth and oh the memories....makes me tear up thinking about it. EVERYONE use to come to the Mart!

@hannibalebc2775 2 года назад

Hi Courtney, this is 👑June's ex husband

@Aries410ReikiHealer 2 года назад

Did you work there when Tracy had a booth there? Around 1990?

@randee4550 2 года назад

I just walked by Mart 125, and it was sad to see it, just a barren, empty space.

@jojom6657 4 года назад

Sade Taylor is very much on point, very intelligent business woman. Watching this is 2020, I would love to know where she is today. What a strong and empowering woman!

@McEL-ux1gq 11 месяцев назад

Finally ! 🙏 thank you mad respect all my projects dedicated and the

@Nessman99 7 лет назад

Soul food..that was the days!

@cableknitter7346 4 года назад

Do those store owners and developers who felt so challenged by the street vendors that they had to shunt them into some cave out of sight of their customers, believe that tourists are coming to Harlem in search of one more Starbuck's or iHop? What will Harlem be once the street-life and street market culture are stripped from us?

@erroljr.7480 10 месяцев назад

Waaay back in the 90's when I lived on West 141st street and I was doing drugs (been clean since 2007 ) and didn't have no food in the house me and my girlfriend used to go up to the Mart 125 and get a free plate of food from the Morris Jamaican restaurant. Big ups to Maurice @18:16 Yeah the Mart is the TRUTH!

@burnthesage4928 4 года назад

Can someone invest in the Mart I got my first Vanson leather jacket from Carlos back in the 90s Harlem we need to reopen the Mart 125

@lindagoldsmith5899 11 месяцев назад

I Love everything he said , because it’s true, Harlem Market 125 was a temporary bandaid

@queenbilquis8167 6 лет назад

Now that was a good time in Mart 125..i was in there twice Me & Tracy Holt /Hers & Hers in the front near Blackman Jewelry . the next shop was in the back near the nail salon..QUEEN BILQUIS SPIRITUAL WEAR..I made African Bridal Wear & Funky Wear..money was made!!...😊😎😊😎

@Aries410ReikiHealer 2 года назад

Hello honey you definitely look familiar. I used to hang out with Tracy, Cozy and Wanda. We modeled for Tracy at the Apollo. Have you seen her lately? I’d love to get in contact with all three of them again.

@jibaritobarranquitas4036 6 лет назад

I loved 125 th st in 1979 I ways always in Harlem

@davidbuls2865 6 лет назад

Went to Mart 125 years ago, and had forgotten about it until seeing this video. wow. It was a treat

@michaelbenjamin2903 2 года назад

LONG LIVE HARLEM!!!!! BIRTHPLACE SIDEINHAM!!!!

@erroljr.7480 2 года назад

I remember back in 1998-99 we used to go line up outside The Mart for that free Jamaican food. We'd get about half a dozen of trays of oxtails and whatnot!

@WABBNMedia 4 года назад

I remember shopping in Mart 125 as an early teenager.

@sterlingrozier6380 2 года назад

When I was in college back in 1979 ,I read a issues of Black Enterprise magazine, the article I read was what this video is about. Remember this was in 1979. Fast forward I met with a long time friend for a drink, I was in town for Harlem week. So week met at Harlem Famous " LENNOX LOUNGE " this was in 1989, I wanted to check out the show, and out of nowhere came in a bunch of white college kids , I said to my friend WHAT THE HELL GOING ON? I NEVER SEEN THAT MANY WHITE KIDS IN HARLEM AT 8PM. MY SAID THIS IS THE NEW HARLEM. WHAT NEXT? IN TWENTY YEARS.

@JM-vj7we Год назад

True! But why don’t Black people support their own music and business. I’ve been to Lenox Lounge in the past few years the White kids appreciate our culture that we don’t!

@sterlingrozier6380 Год назад

@@JM-vj7we I can't answer this question, but I appreciate the old Harlem, that's why it was important to me to meet there for a drink. Here's to old times.

@sterlingrozier6380 Год назад

@@JM-vj7we hey I was told that 125st looks like 42st now SMH

@pinkjt34 6 лет назад

Beatutiful. Thank you.

@jeremiahwoods3060 2 года назад

We used to call it 125 Mart I wonder if my uncle's leather shop is there ,,,,,,oh sh!t just saw my uncle selling leathers Abdella aka bro Carlos shout out from Philly to Harlem

@callmemrbombastic1903 2 года назад

Wow 😳! Really! They used black senior citizens to complain and have other black vendors removed! Wow! Talk about hurting your own cause! What did the seniors fight for, for all those years!?

@MemoGrafix 2 года назад

Those old bitches & bastards were paid to complain, they weren't Native New Yorkers. My Elders never had a problem with 125, a few worked as vendors out there in the past.

@SamMcKinley Год назад

I use to buy videos from that dude. His ad was in the back of magazines

@AS-dr2ro 5 лет назад

There’s similar place here in Scotland called The Barras it’s an old outdoor market. Was bought over from Glasgow Council to private Asian people who raised the rent and flooded the stalls with cheap rubbish pricing out the old stall holders. No whites or blacks longer work there it’s died a death and after 100’s of years, surviving world wars etc they are now considering bulldozing and building luxury apartments 😭 it’s world famous so sad to think a bit of history can be ruined like that. Government corruption and money as ruined it like it has with Harlem Mart

@robertjackson8835 2 года назад

Good documentary

@jerrodlumpkin6870 5 лет назад

Why is the documentary not on Netflix?

@MemoGrafix 2 года назад

It doesn't need to be on PredoPhile-Netflix. Not everyone has or wants Netflix. Anyone with Internet access can watch on RU-vid.

@zeeqq105 2 года назад

This is where I discovered Senegalese food! I love Senegalese food! You had black people from everywhere here and I loved it I truly miss it. I don’t even think it’s even opened since they closed it. All these many years closed. Shameful.

@kincamell2 2 года назад

Much Gratitude .

@Peacelovecafe 7 лет назад

2017 and most of those stores are gone

@charlenemassac1022 6 лет назад

Lazarus and Paramount still holding on.

@donnean11 6 лет назад

Very interesting thanks

@11duckedoff1 Год назад

This was Jeff Hamilton leathers headquarters for real!!!

@lance8027 2 года назад

its really a starbucks on that corner now

@PaysoLife Год назад

Marcus Garvey told yall many years ago stop depending and be dependent

@Mimi89_7 2 года назад

I miss the Mart 💕🙏🏾

@KSmall109CAB 7 лет назад

Powerful. When will the update be done?

@HarlemMart125 6 лет назад

I never thought about doing a follow up. The facade of the Mart is still there. Folks walk past it all the time without a care in the world. Since this film I moved to Atlanta now Miami. There's a mart 125 everywhere

@BSAQueenGoddess 6 лет назад

HarlemMart125 I know there is a Mart 125 everywhere it is the catalyst that started them just like Harriet Tubman started the underground railroads we started the Harlem Mart 125 we need 2 tell our story Blackman’s Jewelers who was the original Jacob the Jeweler for rap artist everyone came to the Mart Al the celebrities came Ruff Ryders was created in Mart 125 Ice Pick Jay worked with Blackman’s Jeweler’s a young Youth from Harlem The Legendary Blue gave him a Job & working there gave him success in the music business with Ruff Ryders he died of cancer last year along with Takima son Rodney they had the booth in the front selling flowers balloons she was in your video I live in Miami some of my family lives in Atlanta as well The Mart 125 made an influence on many celebrities and most important the people in the community after meeting with them last spring and the stories they told especially Blackman Jewelers telling how Lillian who rented the booths gave the Legendary Blue and his partner Rob who is now deceased the opportunity to start their own Jewelry business at 20 & 21 yrs old they were the ones that started the gold tooth phenomenon this is a great story to inspire our youth Blue got locked up Jay who became Ice pick Jay & Blue brothers kept the business going while he was incarcerated & he got out & pick back up with being a successful business man People came from around the World to Mart 125 and still in contact with us now on Social Media. It’s time 2 tell our story & all the artist like SWV Mary J Blige Puffy Everybody Up & Coming frequented the Mart it a great Story to tell & why is the Mart still sitting there empty bcuz were supposed to pass on our shops to our children & the Harlem politicians filled the pockets and the Mart is vacant however the Mart 125 babies my son Ras raised in the Mart from One Month Old he spoke at Jay Funeral last Spring at The Apollo theatre with Ruff Ryders Swiss Beats Alicia Keyes Everyone That Spoke at Jay Home Going That was a Celebrity said the met at Harlem Mart 125 very Historic place that when the month of Black History Harlem Mart 125 made an impact on tourist from around the world came to the Mart when Harlem was abandoned buildings crack area now look at Harlem it has been We gentrified & the Mart 125 is still vacant why? The Mart & The Apollo was renovated at the same time in 1985 Percy Sutton owned the Apollo & HUDC operated the Mart Percy Sutton Granddaughter Keisha Sutton who I saw last summer told me they was forced to sell the Apollo Your video folks in the Mart 125 was talking about Re-gentrification it happened & what happened to the Mart 125 Merchants Life After Mart 125 a lot of people got great success stories about Mart 125 none of these new mall or plaza is nothing like Mart 125 it was a Cultural Renaissance that cannot be Duplicated. I really think you should reconsider we have soooooo many articles & Photo Memorabilia I am in Miami holla @ me Sis happy2benappy dot com it has my contact info & Happy Natural Hair on IG & Happy 2BE Nappy On Facebook Mrs Ruby with the Vegetarian Food she was in your video wants to tell her story and all the merchants that has passed we want to acknowledge them with all our great creative minds we can make a Great Video that people would love my shop Creative Vision was responsible for all the cultural medallions that all the rap artist was wearing we got wrote up in Word Up Right On Essence Magazines & Other Countries Like Japan & Europe. You go on social media somebody got an Harlem Mart 125 IG FB Twitter Rep’n Harlem Mart 125 Historic Very 💯✌🏿❤️👸🏾👑🌹🌷🌻🤗😘😍💋👊🏿

@SamMcKinley Год назад

The vending; the energy!! Maybe the internet has had an impact. Everyone is high today and lives with their mother. The energy is not there

@williamwooten2677 6 лет назад

I can still taste the vegan salmon in Mart 125

@NaturalElicia 6 лет назад

William Wooten that sounds good. Never heard of vegan salmon.

@Erichazim 6 лет назад

William Wooten Don't know what that tastes like but it sounds slammin...!!!

@JumpshotsOverGunshot 4 года назад

The Mart 125 was home of the Mayor of 125th street who was . . . KK or K Superior . . . Who later became JD Walker

@ltod2 Год назад

Our fault as Black folks Mart 125 is done,it's 2023 and looking at it once was is sad and dishearting

@emmettcrowder6749 3 года назад

These old systems.. are crashing.. faster than you think... We are made of the Creators image.. so we have inside us the skill to build.. build our own.. pulll our resources.. buy LAND.. if Ray Ray good with a hammer and pookie good at laying block .. grab them up.. you got men in their late 50-60’s that worked all they lives in construction.. but you only see them as old heads and laugh.. when he has knowledgeable skills... to teach the trade..we all need to pull away and go Fubu on em ( for us by us ) we have the technology.. 3D printers.. all we gotta do is pull away from old ways.. cause P Diddy ain’t giving out no deals anymore.. ..and them churches that’s taking your money not putting it in the development of your community well that’s a issue we as a people need to highly address..call out our so called black leaders.. and start boycotting these entertainers that front like they doing something for us so that you support their music.. sport.. movies..etc..etc....last but not least.. STOP HATING on one another !!! You hating more than your oppressors over dumb sh$&. !!!

@victoriabowman3340 5 лет назад

No it is not just business it is personal some blk ppl are so slow they are moving blk ppl out and taking over not only in harlem they are doing it every where it is just not business blk ppl remember that if it's just business why can't we go set up shop in their community

@dah4696 2 года назад

Long time I found you thru your work it's herb 123 Amsterdam

@sweettaterpie7009 4 года назад

Can anybody tell me the name/artist playing at 1:14 ? PLEASE I would love to have that music. Thank you!

@gangalee 6 лет назад

man, I miss even Apollo Express....

@allahx13davinedarklorddami72 2 года назад

Aboriginal foundational America first! 💯

@acquanellaogbemudia9930 5 лет назад

Awesome Video Thanks !

@marcusmenalucas7224 Год назад

Mart 125 Is HARLEM UNIVERSITY., And The main THING I LEARNED In The Mart, Is That WHAT US JOHNNY COME-LATELY CALL HARLEM, OUR RADICAL ELDERS CALLED SENECA., SENECA, AS A RICE GROWING COMMUNITY GOES BACK TO 1624, AND UNTIL CENTRAL PARK WAS APROVED, WE COULD NOT BE REMOVED THE RICE FIELDS OF SENECA DISAPEARED AFTER 1868!

@acquanellaogbemudia9930 5 лет назад

Brother speaking tha Truth

@michaelknowles4005 Год назад

That’s was may office in the back of 124

@collinsphotography9456 2 года назад

I grew up in what was the apartment building 260 w 125th st. form 1949 til they put us out in 1975...

@jayste9334 Год назад

Powerful ✊🏾

@mokeimusic 6 лет назад

I visited New York for the first time ever last year. None of the places I had heard about were still there. The main point missing from this video is that this is not just a black thing. All of New York is changing by money. New York is so popular that everyone wants a part of it and if you are not fighting for it daily you will loose everything.

@lindah.2815 6 лет назад

It's not missing the point. This is about Harlem and Black People not about the whole of NY. I'm from Brooklyn but can identify with this point of view, because of the sameness that I see happening in my neighborhood. So while yes regentrification is happening everywhere. Every neighborhood and city have their own unique story. This is Harlem and 125th Street's unique take on a very common phenomenon. And it gives a great historical and informative take of one communities situation in a situation that is happening across the United States.

@20blockrecords54 3 года назад

Yes it is done for Harlem the culture is gone

@SamMcKinley Год назад

This is Mount Vernon of then. Now the South side of Mt Vernon needs development

@djembethompson1899 2 года назад

Thank You for this video... "The absolute truth," narrated by the jewels of this planet. It proves that the heartless do exist. 😎

@Charlesmarcel-ee4ke 2 года назад

Give it up nothing stays the same you must change with time if not you will be left behind

@joselyngomes3075 3 года назад

Miss the old harlem.this new 1 horrible 125 horrible not the same at all cant find nothing i dont even know what they turning it into cause new business open and closes they turning harlem for these white people

@hornetbrown 6 лет назад

Excellent video. I don't know if people really understand what is happening in Harlem speaks for the rest of the country. Ignore or mishandle this...so goes the rest of the country. Politics must be better managed towards the interests of the average Joe, but not at the sacrifice of smart development with a good legacy. Government has to be careful not to get in too deep with ownership and paternal actions and attachments. Incubators should be co-ops more so instead of outright over-subsidized business environments, business should do what it does as it can with as little government involvement as possible. No segment of the population anywhere can be ignored for long--there should be a fight since every citizen matters.

@ElaineSewell 6 месяцев назад

The sad part about it is, they don’t do things like this bc they hate us, but to satisfy that demonic internal energy. They’re tormented so tormented folk despise the peace of others, and they don’t even realize they’re the cause of their own misery! Accountability is a foreign concept for some people!