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Lenox Invitation
The Lenox Invitation also known as the Lenox Invitation Tennis Tournament was a men's invitational tennis tournament played at the Lenox Lawn Tennis Club, Harlem, New York City, United States on grass courts. The first tournament ran from 1883 until 1930 then was abolished. History The Lenox Invitation was a men's invitational tennis tournament played at the Lenox Lawn Tennis Club, Manhattan Avenue–West 120th–123rd Streets Historic District, 123rd Street, Manhattan Avenue, Harlem, New York City, United States on grass courts. The first tournament ran from 1883 until 1930 then was abolished. Finals Men's singles :''Incomplete Roll'' References {{Reflist Grass court tennis tournaments Defunct tennis tournaments in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and Central Park North on the south. The greater Harlem area encompasses several other neighborhoods and extends west and north to 155th Street, east to the East River, and south to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Central Park, and East 96th Street. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands. Harlem's history has been defined by a series of economic boom-and-bust cycles, with significant population shifts accompanying each cycle. Harlem was predominantly occupied by Jewish and Italian Americans in the late 19th century, while African-American residents began to arrive in large numbers during the Great Migration in the early 20th century. In the 1920s and 1930s, Central and West Harlem were the center of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
