Tag: Mount Morris Park

  • Mount Morris Park From The Air

    Mount Morris Park From The Air

    An amazing aerial photo of Mount Morris Park. 1937. A View of the “Curfew Bell and Tower”

  • Langston Hughes and Brian Benjamin

    Langston Hughes and Brian Benjamin

    I was struck by where former Lt. Governor Brian Benjamin chose to announce he was withdrawing his name from the ballot in the upcoming election. He made the announcement through a video he posted on Twitter near the spot where Arnold Newman photographed Langston Hughes in 1960. This location (overlooking 5th Avenue) was also featured…

  • Delilah of Harlem

    Delilah of Harlem

    The earliest novel that takes place in Harlem (that I know of) is from 1893, and was written by Richard Henry Savage. It’s fairly forgettable Victorian melodrama, but offers a glimpse into posh society in and around Mount Morris Park, in the new and stately brownstones that were purchased by New York City’s upper class.…

  • HNBA March Meeting, Tomorrow at 7 PM

    Join HNBA in order to get the meeting’s Zoom link: https://hnba.nyc/join-hnba/ 7:00 – kristinforharlem@gmail.com – Join to learn how Kristin Jordan – a candidate for City Council district 9 – will address the burden that our part of the district bears with 2 sanitation garages, the M35 Bus, numerous homeless shelters, and the Lee Building’s…