Thursday, October 13, 2011

☞ REMEMBER: 116th Street & Pleasant c. 1885

A view of looking West at 116th on the corner of Pleasant Avenue in East Harlem circa 1885 shows the small town feel of the neighborhood before larger building moved into the area.  picket fences line both sides of the street and road apparently was mostly dirt at this part of town. There are also very large trees present that virtually conceal this corridor during the warmer season.  Today this side street consists mostly of old tenement buildings standing alongside a few brownstones.

116th Street look west from Pleasant Avenue ca 1885 via the digital collection at the Museum of the City of New York
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3 comments:

  1. Sanou's mumOctober 13, 2011 at 5:28 PM

    Certainly IS pleasant.

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  2. msciaraOctober 13, 2011 at 5:43 PM

    LOVELY !!!! These vintage photos are so warm....must be those faded gray sepia tones !!

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  3. valgbOctober 14, 2011 at 5:10 PM

    I love these old photos of verdant, semi-rural Harlem too. It would be wonderful to live in an uptown neighborhood of Manhattan that looked like this today.

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