Tag Archives: Italian Harlem

Italian Savings Bank, East Harlem 1923

East Harlem had about 89,000 Italian residents in the 1890′s, which made it the largest Italian neighborhood in the United States. Continue reading

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The Little Italy of East Harlem, 1890

“This (Italian) section of East Harlem was developed during the 1880s with the familiar New York brownstone residences and walk-up apartments,” states New York Then and Now. Continue reading

East Harlem, Harlem, NY

East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem and El Barrio, is a section in Harlem in the north-eastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. Continue reading