Tag: Harlem Children's Zone
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Harlem Flats (Back Lot Laundry)
In 2011 The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens (outside LA) acquired the “Harlem Flats (Back Lot Laundry),” an important early painting made in 1907 by Ernest Lawson, one of a group of Ashcan school artists called The Eight. “Harlem Flats” was purchased for The Huntington by Kelvin Davis. Notice that the boys are…
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Photos from Above
The 125th Street BID shared some great photos of Harlem from high vantage points. This one is looking south on Lenox from 125th Street: And below is a view 180 degrees different – North on Lenox: To learn more about the 125th Street BID, see: Dapper Dan The impact of Dapper Dan on Hip Hop…
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Sims
Walking along 5th Avenue a while ago (notice the bare branches) I wanted to photograph the plywood shroud over the Dr. Sims sculpture location. You may recall that the sculpture celebrated a doctor who experimented on unanesthetized enslaved women, and after years of activism from many East Harlem women, the sculpture was removed and a…
