Tag Archives: Broadway

Subway (Elevated) And Riverside Viaduct, Crossing Manhattan St., At 125th St., New York

Posted on May 16, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Subway Elevated And Riverside Viaduct Crossing Manhattan St. At 125th St. New York

When building the subway through Manhattan Valley, IRT engineers chose to keep the subway level, and so allowed it to breach the surface and travel on a striking arch bridge above West 125th Street and Broadway in 1905. Continue reading →

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‘Looking Up Broadway, From 144th St. New York’, Postcard

Posted on May 15, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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A hand colored postcard of Central Harlem “Looking Up Broadway, from 144th St., New York,” 1900′s. Continue reading →

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116th Street At Broadway Subway Station In Harlem, 1910 (update)

Posted on May 14, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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The first subway station on “The hill” looking north at Broadway and 116th Street is best seen in this photograph taken from an apartment unit in Morningside Heights area of Harlem in 1906. Continue reading →

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Broadway, North Of 145th Street Harlem, 1910

Posted on May 4, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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An old photo from 1910 shows a very busy intersection of Hamilton Heights that apparently was often congested with pedestrians.   Continue reading →

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HSA Alumnus N’Kenge, Star of Broadway’s Motown the Musical

Posted on March 4, 2013 by | 1 Comment

N'Kenge head shotHailed by VARIETY as “a sensational powerhouse singer,” N’Kenge has been taking the music world by storm. Continue reading →

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Harlem Brownstones, 247 West 101st Street, 1944

Posted on February 25, 2013 by | Leave a comment

247 West 101st Street (Broadway - West End Avenue) (May 28 1944)

An incredible photograph of brownstones at 247 West 101st Street (between Broadway and West End Avenue) was built in 1902. Continue reading →

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Broadway and West 104th Street, West Harlem, 1902

Posted on January 30, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Broadway-and-West-104th-Street-nycThis wonderful black and white photograph, was taken in 1902, on a busy day looking south on Broadway and 104th Street in West Harlem.   Continue reading →

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Broadway and West 115th St., Harlem 1937

Posted on January 28, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Broadway-and-W-115th-Street-nyc-0075The view north along the Broadway center mall in 1937, you can see the main gates of Columbia University on the right and Barnard College and Riverside Church on the left.   Continue reading →

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Harlem River’s Forgotten Houseboat Colonies

Posted on January 24, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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During the 1920’s and 30’s an intrepid group of amphibious New Yorker’s thumbed their noses at urban living, and high city rents, and took to dwelling in houseboat colonies along the perimeter of the Island of Manhattan. Continue reading →

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Institute of Musical Art in Harlem, 1910

Posted on January 12, 2013 by | 1 Comment

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Institute of Musical Art, a richly styled Edwardian building from 1910 (pictured above), a sleek 1930′s Art Deco addition (pictured below) by the architects of the Empire State Building Claremont Avenue on  Broadway at 122nd Street (Seminary Row) in the Morningside Heights neighborhood. Continue reading →

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