Category Archives: Architecture

The Metropolitan Baptist Tabernacle, 1920′s

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The History Continues

The Metropolitan Baptist Tabernacle on West 128th Street and 7th Avenue (aka Adam Clayton Powell Blvd.,), 1920′s. Continue reading

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Full House At Harlem Panel on ‘Changing Architecture’

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Scott Metzner, principal of Janus Property headlined ‘Changing Architecture’ panel series on Monday, April 22 at the Malt House in the Factory District. Continue reading

New Brownstones on 133rd Street in Harlem, 1870′s

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New brownstones pictured here recently completed on 133rd Street in central Harlem between the 1870′s to the 1880′s. Continue reading

248-254 West 116th Street in Harlem, 1950′s

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A street view taken looking north at 248-254 West 116th Street, between St. Nicholas and Frederick Douglass Avenues in the 1950′s. Continue reading

116th Street At Eight Avenue in Harlem, 1900

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Looking West towards Columbia across 116th Street towards Eight Avenue (aka St. Nicholas Avenue) around the early 1900′s in West Harlem. Continue reading

Madison Square And 96th Street 1894

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Harlem’s Farmland

The photograph is looking north on Madison Square (before being renamed Madison Avenue) at 96th Street with farmland on either side in south East Harlem, NY in 1894. Continue reading

Adolphe Openhym House, 352 Riverside Drive 1901

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A Slice of Paris in Harlem

In 1875, two years after his Central Park was completed, Frederick Law Olmsted designed Riverside Park high above the Hudson River. Continue reading

Harlem School of the Arts: The Next 50 Years

existinghSAfacade1The Harlem School of the Arts, the iconic arts institution, was recently renamed the Harlem School of the Arts at the Herb Alpert Center for the music legend whose foundation provided the school with over $6 million in grants. Continue reading

Roberta Washington Guest Speaker for Women’s History Month

Roberta WashingtonWomen’s History Month is an annual observance in March which honors and celebrates the lives and achievements of American women throughout the history of the United States. Continue reading

116th Street, West From Eight Avenue, NY 1880-1920′s

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A wonderful photograph looking west on 116th Street looking towards Columbia, in the Morningside Heights area of West Harlem, NY. Continue reading