Tag: Church
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Memorial Walk
The East Harlem Committee For Good Government and Progressives Educating New Yorkers, Inc. are currently preparing a memorial booklet to commemorate the lives of our beloved community members who lost their lives to suicide. To make this initiative a success, they are seeking sponsors interested in supporting this meaningful cause. If you would like to…
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Lost Church – Part 2
A month or two ago I’d mentioned that The Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital, just east of Marcus Garvey Park (between 122nd and 121st Streets and Madison and Park Avenues) replaced a Harlem church (outlined in green below) The fuzzy photo (below) showed the rock rubble in Marcus Garvey park before the depression era work…
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Lost Church
The Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital, just east of Marcus Garvey Park (between 122nd and 121st Streets and Madison and Park Avenues) replaced a Harlem church (outlined in green below) The photo (below) shows the rock rubble in Marcus Garvey park before the depression era work to revitalize the park, with the church in the…
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Vote Today!
Make sure to head to the polls today to vote for Governor and State Assembly (among others). Church > Synagogue > Shake Shack On the north-west corner of 5th and 125th Street, the lot occupied by Shake Shack and the check cashing business was, at one point the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church of Harlem. In…
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Harlem Tax Protest
Oversaturation Tax ProtestJoin us on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 6:00pm for a 1-hour information session. Hello Harlem NeighborsHarlem has over 20% of NYC drug treatment and homeless shelters, the majority of which are concentrated within .4 miles on 125th street. This hyper-concentration of social services is having a deleterious effect on all who live, work, worship, and…
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HNBA January Meeting Recording
If you were unable to make it to HNBA’s January meeting with State Senator Cordell Cleare (and others and would like to view it, here’s the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/pHa5qDCRO2TANbU_yqvA-RPsczKjR-DTZuvvbY7EfG3tH2wq7GbgBNuB66e6kLdA.CVn7Pl3HIQCW71S9 Passcode: *@4qwTyR Van Der Zee A while ago I came across a great black and white image from James Van Der Zee, the celebrated photographer of the…
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Anchor and…?
Walking on West 129th Street I noticed a gorgeous Art Nouveaux crest, hiding under layers and layers of paint. The crest is located on what is now a church. I think there is an anchor and a compass. I can also make out the letters “B” and “W”, and the date 1891. A View of…
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Negro Church Seeks Madison Avenue Home
Exactly 100 years ago today, this article came out in the New York Times: The “alarm in neighborhood” and “real estate men fear”, of course, is code for white residents. Later in the article, the process of what will later be termed ‘white flight’ is described as contributing to the decline in the white church’s…
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WTF Should I Do?
Living in a blue corner of a reliably blue state can be frustrating when looking at the electoral college system which rewards states that seem to have more cows than people. DemCast is a great outlet for the “WTF can I do?” question that bedevils many of us who would like to engage in this…
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Behind The Collier Brother’s Home
You may recognize this vacant lot, church, and new rental building on W. 127, just behind the Collier Brother’s Park: The church ‘grew’. The two brownstones to the right were knocked down and the decades-old vacant lot is where the new rental is located. The Victorian framed home to the left in the photo below…
