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125th Street Harlem Trolley Cars, 1946

Posted on May 19, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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A rare color photograph of the 125th Street Harlem trolley cars going east in central Harlem in 1946. Continue reading →

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The Harlem Express Railroad, 1890′s

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The RF Forney Engine #123 New York & Harlem Railroad‘s Harlem Express in the 1890′s. The New York and Harlem Railroad (now the Metro-North Railroad Harlem Line) was one of the first railroads in the United States, and possibly also the world’s first street railway.  Continue reading →

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

Posted on December 26, 2012 by | 17 Comments

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

Posted on December 2, 2012 by | 19 Comments
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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 →

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12 West 129th Street House, Harlem

Posted on November 10, 2012 by | 1 Comment

The house at 12 West 129th Street, erected in 1863 when the village of Harlem was undergoing development as a suburban center, stands as a rare survivor of Harlem’s early history, prior to its rapid development as an urban neighborhood. Continue reading →

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Harlem Village Farmland, 1820 – 1870

Posted on October 7, 2012 by | 7 Comments

Harlem was “a synonym for elegant living through a good part of the nineteenth century.”The village remained largely farmland estates, such as [Conrad] Van Keulen’s Hook. Continue reading →

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