Tag: Marathon

  • Elks Lounge

    Elks Lounge

    A series of images for sale on Ebay from June 1945 and a Harlem Blues nightclub named: Elks Rendezvous. The club was located at 133 and Lenox Ave, and featured distinctive ‘target’ tables. The Smithsonian’s collection in Washington DC includes a table knocker from the Elks Rendezvous in the Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum…

  • The Harlem Casino

    The Harlem Casino

    Gambling and entertainment in Harlem’s finest casino. Built in 1889, this was the place to be seen in the late Victorian era. And this is the view, today: A fascinating transformation. Ballot Initiatives The election is coming up and we need to flip the ballot! “People hear me saying all the time: Flip the ballot.…

  • 2020 Census Data on Asian New Yorkers

    2020 Census Data on Asian New Yorkers

    A view of Zip Code 10035 from the 2020 Census. You can see that over the last 30 years, the percentage of Asian residents increased from 1% to 6%. In this map of northern Manhattan (above) you can see the grayer areas where the percentage of Asian New Yorkers went down, and the green areas,…