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Harlem River’s Forgotten Houseboat Colonies

Boats-moored-in-Inwood-Hill-basin-1935

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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