Lloyd Williams, president of the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce, discusses Harlem Week and other neighborhood highlights.
Lloyd Williams , the President and CEO of GHCC, at the NYC and Company’s 20th Annual Visionaries and Voices Gala on Dec. 6.As president of the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce who is wrapping up another successful Harlem Week event on Friday, he knows a lot about the deep history and current events that make Harlem such a popular destination among New Yorkers and visitors alike.
“Harlem is one of the largest, most popular of all the tourist and visitor destinations in NYC,” Williams explained. “It stands among the top four destinations for visitors from around the nation and around the world when they come to New York.”l on 125th Street to the world-famous Apollo Theater that opened in 1914, there is a lot to see and do here.
“If you look up the history of Harlem, it was a home for the Irish, it was a home for the Germans, it was a home for the Jews, it was a home for the Greeks and others,” Williams said.
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