From Country Life To The Renaissance, The Story Of 116th Street In Harlem NY 1897
116th Street runs from Riverside Drive, overlooking the Hudson River, to the East River, through Harlem, New York.Continue reading
Polo Grounds Stadium Nears Coogans Hollow, Harlem, New York, 1953
The Polo Grounds Stadium opened in 1889 when the New York Giants moved to Coogans Hollow, a meadow below Coogans Bluff.Continue reading
Harlem’s Marcus Garvey’s SS Shadyside Sank At 157th Street, 1919-1922
The shining star of Marcus Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association UNIA movement offices located at 54-56 West 135th Street in Harlem.
Steamer “American Eagle” In The Harlem Docks, 1831-Date unknown
One of the earlier steamboats to ply the waters of the Hudson River, the “American Eagle” made her appearance in 1831.Continue reading
From Harlem To The Hudson A Historic Harlem Cherry Tree Stroll On The Riverside Walk
Cherry Walk is part of the Riverside Walk, a continuous four-mile-long path along the Hudson River from 72nd to 158th Street in Harlem, NY.Continue reading
Boy At A Well In West Harlem Shoreline, New York, May 13, 1898
Unidentified boy with water container photographed by James Reuel Smith at an old rough Well on the Hudson River shore (to the right) looking southeast from West 158th Street, in Harlem, NY, May 13, 1898.
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A Historic Harlem “Wells And Springs” On The Henry Hudson River Shore Line, 1897
A great, clear photograph by James Reuel Smith looking northwest taken of the Wells and Springs building on the shoreline of the Hudson River (with a ship passing in the distance), from the other side of the railroad tracks, between West 122nd and 123rd Streets in West Harlem, New York, on September 28, 1897.
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The Hudson River Well At 122nd Street In Harlem New York 1897-1902
It was spring time in Harlem, when photographer James Reuel Smith, took this image of the Hudson River Well, between West 122nd and West 123rd Streets, looking northeast in West Harlem, on the shore of the Hudson River in New York, 1897-1902.Continue reading
“The Man With The Sawed-Off Leg And Other Tales Of A New York City Block” In Harlem
These Harlem homes stand proudly gazing across the Hudson River at the cliffs of New Jersey. Their brows are marked by ornamental pediments. Continue reading
Fire Breaks Out At Harlem Fairway
Patch reports that a fire broke out Thursday morning at the Harlem Fairway supermarket near the Hudson River, an FDNY spokesman said.Continue reading
Well At West 140th Street, Harlem, NY, 1898 (Photograph)
A great photograph by James Reuel Smith of a long demolished Well at 619-621 West 140th Street (now 625-627), near Riverside Drive in West Harlem, NY, on May 13, 1898.Continue reading
Canal Kingsbridge Hudson And Harlem Rivers NY 1895 (Print)
We found this print on Amazon of the New Ship-Canal at Kingsbridge, Connecting the Harlem and Hudson River ( 19th Century American culture) Issued 1895, New York, by Harpers Weekly Wonderful original antique offset/photo mechanical print. Continue reading
Riverside Park View Of Navy Ships Harlem NY 1915 (Photographs)
Photographed by Walter L. Bogert on a mound at Riverside Park, with two views from the "northern extremity" of Morningside Heights from 123rd to 129th Streets in Harlem, looking across the Hudson River from behind the Pergola to the Palisades of New Jersey, on May 10, 1915.Continue reading
Harlem, NY Judge Died By Suicide In Drowning
The New York City medical examiner has concluded that a prominent judge found in the Hudson River died by suicide in a drowning.Continue reading
Rudy’s World: Harlem’s 125th Street – Our Own Champs – Elysees
By Rudy CollinsCross 110th Street - Harlem's 125th Street, Our own Champs - Elyse, stretching from the East River to the Hudson River, with Grant Houses looming in the background.
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