A sign from the late 1960’s addressing ‘dope gangsters’:
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is a part of a collection of signs on East Harlem’s Upper Park Avenue Baptist Church.
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The brownstone details next to the church may look familiar, they are part of the Corn Exchange building – 85 East 125th Street. Below is the former location of the Upper Park Avenue Baptist Church:
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To read the obituary of the pastor who ran this 125th Street church, see:
Looking Back at HNBA.nyc in 2022
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