Tag: Property Taxes

  • Jimi Hendrix in Harlem: September 5th, 1969

    Jimi Hendrix in Harlem: September 5th, 1969

    On September 5th, 1969 Jimi Hendrix performed at the Harlem Street Fair at the corner of 139th Street and Lenox Avenue. Only 26, Hendrix had wanted to reestablish a relationship with Black fans “my people”. He arrived characteristically late only to find that the crowd had dwindled to a few hundred Harlem residents. Harlem had been…