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418 East 117th Street in East Harlem 1932

Posted on February 5, 2013 by | Leave a comment

[418 East 117th Street] 1932

This little wooden framed home was one of the last hold-outs in selling of real estate property to developers at 418 East 117th Street, in East Harlem’s Mount Morris Park, Harlem,  1932.

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The Schinasi Mansion in Harlem, 1891

Posted on October 28, 2012 by | 1 Comment
America was the land of opportunity to Mussa Schinasi and his brother Solomon in 1891.  The young men hailed from Manisa in Asia Minor and conditions for the Sephardic Jews in Turkey had noticeably declined by the end of the 19th Century. Continue reading →

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