Whats tennis like at the Armory?
From the 1950’s through the turn of this century, the Harlem Tennis Center operated as a business enterprise at the Harlem 369th Regiment Armory. No one got rich running it, but it was self-sustaining (although in times of need, members of the community who had access to additional funding did step up to give financial backing to the enterprise). The Harlem Tennis Center was, in effect, a labor of love. Its proprietors and the tennis professionals who taught there made only a modest profit. But more important, it was a way for them to grow the game of tennis in the community, making tennis accessible and affordable among people of all ages who otherwise might not have been exposed to learning tennis at all or who would not have been able to afford to continue playing the game on a regular basis. In an article published in Tennis Week magazine, one long-time player at the Harlem Tennis Center gave this description of tennis at the Harlem Armory in 2001: “…like all sports, tennis and the
From the 1950’s through the turn of this century, the Harlem Tennis Center operated as a business enterprise at the Harlem 369th Regiment Armory. No one got rich running it, but it was self-sustaining (although in times of need, members of the community who had access to additional funding did step up to give financial backing to the enterprise). The Harlem Tennis Center was, in effect, a labor of love. Its proprietors and the tennis professionals who taught there made only a modest profit. But more important, it was a way for them to grow the game of tennis in the community, making tennis accessible and affordable among people of all ages who otherwise might not have been exposed to learning tennis at all or who would not have been able to afford to continue playing the game on a regular basis. In an article published in Tennis Week magazine, one long-time player at the Harlem Tennis Center gave this description of tennis at the Harlem Armory in 2001: “…like all sports, tennis and the
