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Most
businesses in Harlem are male dominated, but some are female
operated.
The smell of hairspray and music playing attracted me to
the large building.
Its brown and white lettering reminds me of brownstone buildings
in some neighborhoods. There were other women having their
hair done. Surprisingly, there were no men in sight. But,
I think it would be weird to see a man working in a beauty
salon. There was an upstairs part of the building that may
be used for storage of supplies or other things.
There
was an assortment of beauty supplies, oils and combs. For
every seat that was there was, there was a table with beauty
supplies near it. The work seemed hard, since you work with
your hands all day and have to make sure that you don't
decimate the client's hair in the process.
Sylvia,
owner of the Harlem Berry Beauty Salon, located on 125 th
street, was busy finishing another client's when I met her.
During our interview, I asked her how long she has been
working in Harlem and she replied "about 2 years and 2 months."
"Making the streets more attractive and modern would help
increase business on 125 th street" She also believes that
the new changes on 125 th street are great and it about
time things changed.
She
was pleasant but was preoccupied with a client. I also was
able to get a picture from her, which at first wanted to
get herself cleaned up for the picture, but later just took
the picture without it. It is great to see female business
owners achieving the dream of owning their own business
and becoming their own boss. With changes like these, women
in important business positions will be ordinary
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