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Harlem Village aka Nieuw Haarlem - 2024 Janes Walk
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Welcome! This is a digital tour companion for our 2024 Jane's Walk tour on May 4th, 2024, led by Kathy Benson-Haskins, co-founder of Landmark East Harlem (landmarkeastharlem.org). For those who don’t know, Jane’s Walk is a global festival of volunteer-led walks inspired by urbanist Jane Jacobs and occurs annually during the first weekend in May. And the Municipal Art Society of NY hosts the largest of the fests right here in New York City—this year some 165 tours over the three days. This walk focuses on the original village of Nieuw Haarlem, established by the Dutch in 1658 when New York was New Amsterdam. We are currently standing two blocks south of the village center, but I wanted to start here because there are two interesting sites that I want you to see beforehand. The first is one of the three most recent buildings to be designated New York City landmarks.

Robert F. Kennedy (Triborough) Bridge, 125th Street approach
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125th Street approach to the Triborough Bridge, 1937.

331 East 116 Street
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My Archive Spring 2019 "A photo in front of our house, Fourth of July 2007. Dan Evans in Uncle Sam tails, Roxana Evans, and Mugsy the dog." —Dan Evans

Benjamin Franklin School
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Former Benjamin Franklin School 280 Pleasant Avenue Designed by Eric Kebbon 1940 This stately building was originally constructed by the NYC Board of Education after designs by Eric Kebbon, architect and superintendent of school buildings from 1938-51. The school was founded by educational theorist Leonard Covello, the nation’s first Italian-American high school principal, who believed in a community-centered approach to learning and the importance of integration and bilingual education. Covello devoted his career to improving the lives of immigrant children, and the school, which hosted a large number of Italian immigrants and subsequently Puerto Ricans, became an important touchstone for his theories. In 1945, Frank Sinatra famously visited the school after a race-related incident broke out between groups of African American and Italian-American students. To ease tensions, Sinatra, one of the country’s most famous Italian-Americans, performed the reconciliatory song Aren’t You Glad You’re You? The school closed in 1982 due to poor performance, and was transformed into the Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics, which offers a rigorous curriculum and high graduation rate.

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Public School 80

Manhattan: 120th Street (East) - 1st Avenue 415 East 120th Street, North side between 1st and Pleasant Avenues, showing P.S. 80. Board of Education, N.Y.C. CREDIT LINE IMPERATIVE. 1920.

436 East 120th Street

Manhattan: 120th Street (East) - Pleasant Avenue 436-434 East 120th Street, south side, west of Pleasant Ave. Buildings shown, are frame structures.. No. 436 having a stucco front. September 12, 1934. P. L. Sperr.

415 East 119th Street

Manhattan: 119th Street (East) - 1st Avenue 415 East 119th Street, north side, east of First Avenue. This is a two-story frame shack with a stucco front. 1932\. J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York. Negative No. 270.

2316 First Avenue

Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 119th St. First Avenue at S. E. corner of 119th Street, showing No. 2316, a frame building which will still stand in 1934. 1932\. J. Clarence Davies Collection,Museum of the City of New York. Negative No. 147.

2316 First Avenue

Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 119th St. E. First Ave.. at and adjoining the S.E. Corner of East 119th Street. Also shown is East 119th Street, south side, east from First Ave. The corner building, No. 2316 First Ave., is a frame house. May 23, 1924. P. L. Sperr.

442 East 119th Street

Manhattan: 119th Street (East) - Pleasant Avenue

2308 First Avenue

Nino Baldessarri, undertaker & embalmer, 2308 First Avenue, New York City, October 26, 1914. For Sunnyside Magazine, 'Grewsome Undertaker Establishments.'

2323 First Avenue

Manhattan: 1st Ave. - 119th St. 2323 First Avenue at S. W. corner of 119th Street, a frame house which will still stand in 1934. 1932\. J. Clarence Davies Collection,Museum of the City of New York. Negative No. 131

Robert F. Wagner/ Triborough Houses

Triborough Houses, East Harlem, New York City Housing Authority The Triborough Houses, also known as the Robert F. Wagner Houses was designed by architect Reginald E. Marsh of Starrett and Van Vleck and was a project under the New York City Housing Authority for which Poy Gum Lee was a project advisor/supervising architect. Text: Triborough Houses, New York ~ N.Y. \ New York City housing Authority \ Public Housing Administration \ Starrett and Van Vleck ~ Reginald E. Marsh, Architects

Robert F. Wagner/ Triborough Houses

Robert F. Wagner House I, East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City Housing Authority Photo of the first of the Robert F. Wagner Houses, also known as Triborough Houses, a project under the New York City Housing Authority for which Poy Gum Lee was a project advisor/supervising architect. Text: m24904 Wagner I 11-19-56

352 East 119th Street

Manhattan: 119th Street - 1st Avenue 352 East 119th Street, adjoining the S.W. corner of First Avenue. This is a three-story frame house with a stucco front. 1932\. J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York. Negative No. 288

327 East 119th Street

119th Street (East) #327, looking north

327 East 119th Street

327 East 119th St. New York City. Front or South Wall to 327 East 119th St. View From Stoop to 326 East 119th St. Looking North 11:38 AM

327 East 119th Street

327 East 119th St. New York City. From Roof of Extension to 324 East 120th St. Looking South at Rear or North Wall to 327 East 119th St. 12:21 PM

347 East 118th Street

Manhattan: 118th Street (East) - 1st Avenue 347 East 118th Street, north side, west of First Ave. May 23, 1934. P. L. Sperr.

450 East 118th Street

448 - 450 E. 118th Street, New York City, undated.

Public School 78

Manhattan: Pleasant Avenue - 119th Street (East) 362 Pleasant Avenue, east side and north east Corner East 119th Street, sowlng P.S. 78. Board of Educat'on, N.Y.C.

Palace Theatre

Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 123rd Street (East) Second Ave., east side, north from and including East 123rd Street, ahowing the Palace Theatre (motion pictures) bearing Nos. 2404-2408 and a portion of the Second Ave. Elevated Line. Also seen (right) is No. 301-305 East 123rd Street, a 1-story brick house (covered with posters) at the N.E. corner of Second Ave. May 7, 1937. P. L. Sperr.

329 Pleasant Avenue

Manhattan: Pleasant Avenue - 117th Street 329 Pleasant Avenue, west side, between 117th and 118th Streets, a two-story house with a stucco facing. 1932\. J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York. Negative No. 254.

427 East 117th Street

Manhattan: 117th Street (East) - 1st Avenue (1) 425-427 East 117th Street, north side, between First and Pleasant avenues. No. 425 is a two-story and Nos. 427 is a threestory frame house. 1932\. J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York Negative No. 249 (2) The same. May 23, 1934. P. L. Sperr.

330 Pleasant Avenue

Manhattan: Pleasant Avenue - 117th Street (1) 330 Pleasant Ave., east side, between 117th and 118th Streets. This building is an old house which has been used for a dosen or more years as a Settlement House (The Neighborhood House), of the Church Extension Committee of the Presbytery of New York and is now being given up. July 1S, 1927. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, five years later. 1932\. J. Clarenoe Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York. Negative No. 252.

330 Pleasant Avenue

Manhattan: Pleasant Avenue - 117th Street (1) 330 Pleasant Ave., east side, between 117th and 118th Streets. This building is an old house which has been used for a dosen or more years as a Settlement House (The Neighborhood House), of the Church Extension Committee of the Presbytery of New York and is now being given up. July 1S, 1927. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, five years later. 1932\. J. Clarenoe Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York. Negative No. 252.

325 East 118th Street

Manhattan: 118th Street (East) - 1st Avenue 317.333 East 118th Street, north side, between First and Second Aves, The view shows the Wood Memorial People's House, at No. 325, with the Pareonage adjoining it. July 16, 1929. P. L. Sperr.

502 East 118th Street

Manhattan: 118th Street (East) - Pleasant Avenue 502-504 East 118th Street, south side, just east of Pleasant avenue. No. 502 is a 2-1/2 story frame house. 1932\. J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York. Negative No. 250

517 East 118th Street

Manhattan: 118th Street (East) - Pleasant Avenue (1) East 118th Street, north side, east from (No. 517), but not including Pleasant Ave., to the Harlem River. Notice building on Randall's Island in the background. September 12, 1934. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, and showing a closer view of Nos. 517 to 529. July 16, 1936. P. L. Sperr.

517 East 118th Street

Manhattan: 118th Street (East) - Pleasant Avenue (1) East 118th Street, north side, east from (No. 517), but not including Pleasant Ave., to the Harlem River. Notice building on Randall's Island in the background. September 12, 1934. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, and showing a closer view of Nos. 517 to 529. July 16, 1936. P. L. Sperr.

2336 Second Avenue

Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 119th Street (1) Second Avenue east side north from 119th Street. (2) Se:ond Avenue east side from 12Oth to 1'9th Street, looking south. (3) Second Avenue east side, 120th to 121st Street. P.L.Speer. NO REPRODUTTIO . April 15, 1941.

2340 Second Avenue

Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 119th Street (1) Second Avenue east side north from 119th Street. (2) Se:ond Avenue east side from 12Oth to 1'9th Street, looking south. (3) Second Avenue east side, 120th to 121st Street. P.L.Speer. NO REPRODUTTIO . April 15, 1941.

319 East 118th Street

Harlem Slum Area, Wesley MacArdell Films. Scene of children playing on sidewalk and adults walking on a Harlem street.

2372 Second Avenue

Second Avenue El, Manhattan, at 121st Street Station, April 8, 1941. The last of the El to be demolished.

2372 Second Avenue

Second Avenue El, Manhattan, at 121st Street Station, April 8, 1941. The last of the El to be demolished.

2372 Second Avenue

Second Avenue El, Manhattan, at 121st Street Station, April 8, 1941. The last of the El to be demolished.

2372 Second Avenue

Second Avenue El, Manhattan, at 121st Street Station, April 8, 1941. The last of the El to be demolished.

2372 Second Avenue

Second Avenue El, Manhattan, at 121st Street Station, April 8, 1941. The last of the El to be demolished.

2372 Second Avenue

Second Avenue El, Manhattan, at 121st Street Station, April 8, 1941. The last of the El to be demolished.

2364 Second Avenue

Second Avenue El, Manhattan, at 121st Street Station, April 8, 1941. The last of the El to be demolished.

2364 Second Avenue

Second Avenue El, Manhattan, at 121st Street Station, April 8, 1941. The last of the El to be demolished.

2364 Second Avenue

Second Avenue El, Manhattan, at 121st Street Station, April 8, 1941. The last of the El to be demolished.

418 East 117th Street

Manhattan: 117th Street (East) - 1st Avenue 418 East 117th Street, south side, east of First Avenue. This is a 1&-story frame house. 1932\. J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York. Negative No. 255. (2) The same. May 23, 1934. P. L. Sperr.

416 East 117th Street

117th Street (East) #416

416 East 117th Street

416 East 117th Street - First Avenue

416 East 117th Street

416 East 117th Street. Tenement, interior entrance hall

418 East 117th Street

Manhattan: 117th Street (East) - 1st Avenue 418 East 117th Street, south side, east of First Avenue. This is a 1&-story frame house. 1932\. J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York. Negative No. 255. (2) The same. May 23, 1934. P. L. Sperr.

416 East 117th Street

416 East 117th Street

2322 Second Avenue

Manhattan: 2nd Avenue - 119th Street (1) Second Avenue east side north from 119th Street. (2) Se:ond Avenue east side from 12Oth to 1'9th Street, looking south. (3) Second Avenue east side, 120th to 121st Street. P.L.Speer. NO REPRODUTTIO . April 15, 1941.

2364 Second Avenue

Second Avenue El, Manhattan, at 121st Street Station, April 8, 1941. The last of the El to be demolished.

2364 Second Avenue

Second Avenue El, Manhattan, at 121st Street Station, April 8, 1941. The last of the El to be demolished.

2364 Second Avenue

Second Avenue El, Manhattan, at 121st Street Station, April 8, 1941. The last of the El to be demolished.

Public School 85

Manhattan 189, P.S. 85, 346 E. 117th St; Jerry Spearman, Photographer

Public School 85

Manhattan: 117th Street (East) - 1st Avenue 346 East 117th treet, south west corner of 1st Avenue showlng P.S. 85. Board of Education, N.YC. CEEDIT L3 IMPERATIVE. 1920.

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