Tag Archives: Harlem Railroad

‘Tenth Avenue Cowboy’ in Harlem, 1850′s – 1940′s

Tenth Avenue has always been noted for its commercial traffic which has also been called the life line of New York. From 1850′s to the 1940′s the grade-level locomotive or railroad ran on the west side south from Chelsea and north to Amsterdam Avenue on Harlem’s cobblestone streets. Continue reading

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Harlem YMCA, 1893, Seventh Avenue And 125th Street

1893 Print Harlem YMCA Building Seventh Avenue
The original Harlem YMCA on the corner of Seventh Avenue (today it is the Adam Clayton Powell Blvd.,) and 125th Street, Harlem New York City from 1893. Continue reading