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Harlem River Park

East Harlem (El Barrio)

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Harlem River Park is a New York City park built in phases on 20 acres between the Harlem River and the Harlem River Drive, from 125th to 145th Streets. The park includes decorative paving, murals and an interactive children's spray shower from 132nd to 138th and an innovative reconstruction of the river's edge and artwork by local artists depicting the rich, diverse cultural heritge of Harlem and East Harlem, from 138th to 145th Streets.

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The name Harlem comes from the Dutch city of Haarlem. When New York was New Amsterdam, this section in northern Manhattan was known as Nieuw Haarlem and the eight miles of waterway that flowed along its eastern shore between became the Harlem River. Governor General Peter Stuyvesant (1592-1672) of New Amsterdam offered newcomers between 40 and 50 acres per family to settle in the sparsely populated area, and a diverse group of settlers accepted. French, Walloon, Danish, Swedish, German, and Dutch colonists established farms on the fertile soil.

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