Tag Archives: Tenth Avenue

Amsterdam Avenue North From 117th Street, Harlem 1910

M3Y43172Amsterdam Avenue with Columbia University on the left looking north from 117th Street in West Harlem in 1910.
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‘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

“The Souls of Black Girls,” Film And Talk In Harlem

Dear Neighbors,

The Harlem/Washington Heights Education Film Screening & Community Discussion Series–hosted by Total Equity Now (TEN), Community League of the Heights (CLOTH), and The A.M.E. Zion Church on the Hill- Continue reading

110th Street and 10th Avenue, Elevated Railroad, 1816, Harlem

Tenth Avenue runs through the Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen neighborhoods on the west side of the borough, and then as Amsterdam Avenue, through the Upper West Side, Harlem and Washington Heights. Continue reading