Tag: Edgecombe Avenue
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555 Edgecombe Ave.
This photo from the 1930s looks at the Harlem River Houses (newly built and highly desirable housing) from above and takes in Sugar Hill off in the distance. The Harlem River Houses are considered a prime example of social housing, produced by the government to provide indoor plumbing, heating, cooking, and outdoor space to low-income…
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409 and 555
The Maysles Cinema has a showcase of Harlem-centric films on right now, streaming for free. The film, In The Face of What We Remember: Oral Histories of 409 and 555 Edgecombe Avenue, had personal reminiscences of the activists, musicians, doctors, lawyers, and leaders who lived in the two storied buildings on Edgecombe Avenue. To watch…
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Metropolitan Church 2.0
The Metropolitan Church (126/Madison) and the parish house were knocked down last year. The church sold part of its parcel of lots to a developer (the larger parcel along East 126th Street and facing Madison Avenue at the corner) but retained 3 lots midblock along Madison (where there had been a vacant lot, and the…
