Tag: West 116th Street
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Lenox and 116th Street
A few images from the intersection of Lenox and 116th Street. The first (above) shows the south facing view today. Below shows the same view from 1901 and the construction of what is now the 2/3 subway line: Looking northward, today’s view shows a building the is now a charter school on the north-west corner:…
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Undertaker on 116th Street
In this image from 1914, a Hungarian undertaker served Harlem’s Hungarian community with funeral services. Winter & Reich (located at 30 West 116th Street) was a team of Hungarian undertakers who like most of their competitors offered the full package for funerals: a chapel, a notary, automobile or coach services, connections to cemeteries citywide, and…
