Tag: West 124th Street
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Waiting to Open
A photograph from October 1977 recently came on Ebay. The scene is a corner of Lenox Avenue and 124th Street, where a line of men awaits entry into a liquor store. Here is the back of the print. The location is now the home of Harlem Shake. Note how the liquors sign on the corner…
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A Wooden Harlem House
Ephemeral New York had a great article about a small, two-story wooden home on West 124th Street, here in Harlem. Today the location is the back of Whole Foods (essentially their loading dock) : But in the 19th century (and into the early 20th century) a small wooden home with a charming Victorian porch held…
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Cigarette Smoking
How Calculated: Estimated number of adults in an area who report current, active smoking, divided by all adults in the area; expressed as percent.Source: New York City Community Health Survey (CHS) As Seen on West 124th Street
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Protest Tomorrow @2:00 PM
Join tomorrow’s March on Gracie Mansion. We are marching for housing for the homeless because we are disgusted at the ineffectiveness and the cost of New York’s current shelter system. Every day the residents of Harlem see shelter residents discharged onto our streets without adequate support. As a result, our streets and our parks have…
