That’s legends Milt Jackson with Jimmy Heath, Bob Cranshaw, MIke LeDonne and Kenny Washington playing in these video series we found on Youtube of a legendary Jazzmobile concert at Grant’s Tomb in West Harlem, New York on August 28th, 1995.
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Seitu’s World: 2016 Harlem Week’s Harlem Day At Grants Tomb (Photographs)
Photographs By Seitu Oronde
On Sunday, July 31, 2016, the annual Harlem Week’s event Harlem Day took place at Grants Tomb at 121st Street and Riverside Drive in West Harlem, New York. Continue Reading →
Best Places To Watch The July 4th Fireworks For Free In Harlem
Harlem’s Independence Day salute on Tuesday, July 4th Fireworks will be set off from multiple locations, meaning there will be Instagram-worthy vistas of the display from multiple spots. Continue Reading →
Harlem Luxury At The Claremont Inn, NY 1804-1950’s
The outdoor photographs of the historic Claremont Inn at Riverside Drive at 121st Street, in West Harlem, New York, 1804-1952, are well documented – covering the exterior decks and dinning areas not so much. Continue Reading →
Riverside Church And Grant’s Tomb, Harlem, NY, 1930 (updated)
Riverside Church and Grant’s Tomb (right) looking south on 121st Street and Riverside Drive in Harlem, New York, 1910 1930. Continue Reading →
The Claremont Hotel, Harlem, New York 1915
A spectacular night-time photograph looking south of the Claremont Hotel, located just a block north of Grant’s Tomb, was a legendary, Riverside venue (between 121st and 123rd Streets) for the well-to-do in its day in West Harlem, New York.
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Jazzmobile’s 50th Anniversary In Harlem
The Jazzmobile continues Billy Taylor’s tradition of presenting the legends , masters, rising stars and young emerging performers, this year’s Summerfest has one brilliant performance after another.
Rectors To Claremont Inn, Harlem, NY 1903-1904 (video)
The opening was filmed in front of Rector’s Lobster Palace at Broadway between 43rd & 44th Streets.This party is on their way to the Claremont Inn on Riverside Drive, Harlem, New York in 1908. Continue Reading →
Morningside Heights
Morningside Heights is a neighborhood of the Borough of Manhattan in New York City and is chiefly known as the home of institutions such as Columbia University, Teachers College, Barnard College, the Manhattan School of Music, Bank Street College of Education, “Grant’s Tomb”, the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, the Riverside Church, the Broadway Presbyterian Church, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Interchurch Center and St. Luke’s Hospital. Because of the number of educational institutions in the neighborhood, its nickname is the Academic Acropolis. Continue Reading →