Tag: 1st Avenue

  • 1st Avenue 1910 – Little Italy

    1st Avenue 1910 – Little Italy

    Back at the turn of the 20th Century, the eastern part of East Harlem was a sizable Italian enclave. This photo intrigued me with the location, 1st Avenue: In addition, one of the pushcarts – selling food, wares, clothing, etct. – had this address on it: And indeed, the photo was taken close to 1st…

  • Saved from The Ku Klux Klan

    Saved from The Ku Klux Klan

    The New York photographer, Percy Loomis Sperr, was interested in everyday people and how their lives were lived in the 1920s to the 1940s. Sperr sought to document and preserve the city as fully as possible. Born on December 27, 1899, Sperr attended Oberlin College, and by the 1920s was venturing into East Harlem to…

  • Infant Deaths

    Infant Deaths

    How Calculated:  Number of deaths occurring at less than 1 year of age in an area, divided by the number of live births among resident mothers of the area; expressed as cases per 1,000 live births. Infant deaths are restricted to those that can be linked to a birth certificate of a NYC resident mother…