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2002–2008 5th Avenue Designed by Christian Brand 1868 These Italianate brownstone houses are survivors of the early development that started in Harlem beginning in the 1860s but was temporarily halted because of the Panic of 1873 and the economic depression that followed. They predate the oldest buildings in the designated Mount Morris Park Historic District and are virtually intact.
Mount Morris Park West
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Renamed in honor of Marcus Garvey in 1973, the park was built largely as a green space for Boss Tweed's Tammany Hall cronies, many of whom lived uptown by the 1860s. The land for the park had been purchased by the city in 1839, but landscaping was long delayed. Its design was eventually supervised by Ignaz A. Pilat, who would later serve as an able associate of Frederick Law Olmsted during the creation of Central Park.
Harlem Branch, NYPL
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New York Public Library, Harlem Branch. March 20, 1928. A Carnegie Library designed by the McKim, Mead & White firm, the Harlem Branch opened to the public in January 1909. It replaced an earlier Harlem Branch library which, according to the NYPL, had been in operation as early as 1826.
Mount Morris Park Watchtower
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The cast-iron frame watchtower predates the surrounding park's completion. Built in 1856 by Julius Kroehl, it occupies the highest point in the area. A watchman in the tower constantly looked out for fires and sounded the alarm by ringing an enormous bell. Samuel F. B. Morse's telegraph would eventually put such towers out of business. This tower, which ceased operations in the 1870s, is the only surviving watchtower in the city.
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Mount Morris Park Watchtower
Harlem Fire Watchtower, Mount Morris Park (Marcus Garvey Park), Madison Avenue and E. 122nd Street, New York City, undated (ca. 1890-1910).
3 West 123rd Street
Manhattan: 123rd Street - Mt. Morris Park West 3-5 West 123rd Street, west of, adjoining, and at the N.W. corner of Mt. Morris Avenue. Mt. Morris Avenue is a short avenue that extends from 120th to 124th Street, on the west side of Mt.Morris Park. About 1913.
Harlem Branch, NYPL
9 West 124th Street. N.Y. Public Library, branch.
Christ the Savior Orthodox Church
Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 120th Street Madison Avenue, east side, north from 120th Street, alongside Mt. Morris Park, showing brownstone fronts. On N.E. corner of 121st Street stands the Russian Ortodox Church of Christ the Saviour, formerly the Pilgrim Church. June 24, 1932
Mount Morris Park Watchtower
Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 123rd Street Mt. Morris Park: the old wooden fire tower oa top of Mt. Morris. July 24, 1932. P. L. Sperr. The same, from Madison Avenue at 123rd Street. July 24, 1932. P. L. Sperr. S15N ESESI 1C4AiESLA9N
Christ the Savior Orthodox Church
Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 121st Street (1) Mt. Morris Park, eastern side, view east, showing the Russian Orthodox Church of Christ the Saviour (originally the Pilgrim Congregational Church), at Madison Avenue and 121st Street, in the background. July 24, 1932. P. 1 .. Sperr. (2) The same, closer to the church. July 24, 1932. P. L. Sperr.
Christ the Savior Orthodox Church
Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 121st Street
Christ the Savior Orthodox Church
Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 121st Street (1) Mt. Morris Park, eastern side, view east, showing the Russian Orthodox Church of Christ the Saviour (originally the Pilgrim Congregational Church), at Madison Avenue and 121st Street, in the background. July 24, 1932. P. 1 .. Sperr. (2) The same, closer to the church. July 24, 1932. P. L. Sperr.
Christ the Savior Orthodox Church
Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 121st Street Mt. Morris Park, south side (120th Street) view northeast, showing the old Pilgrim Church in the background. This church was origi built for the Congregationists of Harlem, but has lost its origir congregation, and is, at the time of this picture, the Russian Qrthodox Church of Christ the Saviour. July 25, 1932. P. L. Sperr.
Mount Morris Park Watchtower
Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 123rd Street Mt. Morris Park: the old wooden fire tower oa top of Mt. Morris. July 24, 1932. P. L. Sperr. The same, from Madison Avenue at 123rd Street. July 24, 1932. P. L. Sperr. S15N ESESI 1C4AiESLA9N
2004 Fifth Avenue
Christ the Savior Orthodox Church
Harlem Slum Area, Wesley MacArdell Films. Photographs, Prints & Drawings
Mount Morris Park Watchtower
Harlem Branch, NYPL
124th Street (West) #9 - Fifth Avenue - Lenox Avenue
3 WEST 122 STREET
Bethel Gospel Assembly
Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 119th Street M Madison Ave, w.s. n. of 119th St. P.S. 120 6-15-42 P.L. Sperr Neg. No. A-480
2004 Fifth Avenue
Mount Morris Park West
East Lawn, Mount Morris Park, N.Y. City.
15 MT MORRIS PARK WEST
Harlem Presbyterian Church
Mount Morris Park West
Bell Tower, Mt. Morris Park, New York City.
Harlem Branch, NYPL
Manhattan 196, Harlem Branch Library, 9-11 W. 124th St; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
Bethel Gospel Assembly
Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 119th Street M Madison Ave, w.s. n. of 119th St. P.S. 120 6-15-42 P.L. Sperr Neg. No. A-480
Mount Morris Park West
Band Stand, Mount Morris Park, N.Y. City
Christ the Savior Orthodox Church
Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 120th Street Mt. Morris Park, eastern side, with Madison Avenue from 121st to 120th Streets in the background, showing the children's playground in the park. The Hell Gate Bridge is seen on the horizon. July 24, 1932. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, looking northeast, showing Madison Avenue from 122nd to 124th Streets, inclusive. The large building on Madison Avenue is the Hospital for Joint Diseases; it was built around 1923. The little negro with the kite reminds us that we are right on the edge of black Harlem. July 24, 1932. P. L. Sperr.
Bethel Gospel Assembly
Manhattan: Madison Avenue - 119th Street M Madison Ave, w.s. n. of 119th St. P.S. 120 6-15-42 P.L. Sperr Neg. No. A-480
15 MT MORRIS PARK WEST
Harlem Presbyterian Church
2004 Fifth Avenue
Harlem Branch, NYPL
Mount Morris Park Watchtower
Curfew Bell and Tower, Mt. Morris Park, New York.
Mount Morris Park Watchtower
15 MT MORRIS PARK WEST
Harlem Presbyterian Church
15 MT MORRIS PARK WEST
Harlem Presbyterian Church
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