Harlem’s Mixed Feelings About Starbucks

Over the last decade, Starbucks coffee shops have found their place in the heart of Harlem amid bodegas, street vendors blaring soul music, and hair salons offering braiding and weaves.
Harlem’s Mixed Feelings About Starbucks
People walk by Starbucks on the corner of Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard and 125th Street on Oct. 4. Starbucks announced that this location will share profits with a community organization. Ivan Pentchoukov/The Epoch Times
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People walk by Starbucks on the corner of Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard and 125th Street on Oct. 4. Starbucks announced that this location will share profits with a community organization. (Ivan Pentchoukov/The Epoch Times)
Ivan Pentchoukov
Ivan Pentchoukov
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Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.
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