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The Claremont Inn in West Harlem 1775 – 1950

Posted on April 30, 2013 by | Leave a comment

riverside park at 122nd Street

This is the ship shaped Claremont Inn at West 122nd Street and Riverside Drive in Manhattanville in West Harlem, photographed by the Wurts Brothers in the 1920′s. Continue reading →

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Harlem River’s Forgotten Houseboat Colonies

Posted on January 24, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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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Oscar-winning Harlemite Marcia Gay Harden files for divorce

Posted on February 17, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Oscar winner, Harlem resident and good person Marcia Gay Harden has filed for divorce from her husband, Thaddaeus Scheel, People reports. Continue reading →

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