☞ DWELL: The Eubie Blake House Sold Last July

The Eubie Blake House at 236 West 138th Street (between ACP and FDB) was under contract this time last year and we just found out what the Jazz Age legend's townhouse finally went for. Priced at $2.4 million in early 2009, the asking would quickly dip to $1.9 million when it was clear the market was weakening. The 21 foot wide, landmark 2-family home on Strivers Row would finally be sold for $1.692 million. Check out the above old New York magazine clip that we had on file which tours the house. Read more about Eubie Blake in our past post: LINK

☞ DWELL: Eubie Blake House

The Eubie Blake House is at 236 West 138th Street on Strivers Row. If you can't make it over, New York Magazine has a video clip of the house and tour of its interior. Check it out, for it also just went on sale in February. See yesterday's post on Strivers Row for the history of the neighborhood.

Though not one of the McKim, Mead and White buildings on 139th Street, the house has an interior intact with original details. The other interesting development is that its initial asking price for $2.4 million just got a 400k haircut.

☞ DWELL: Eubie Blake House in Contract

The Eubie Blake Striver's Row House, on 138th Street, has been on sale since February, and it has a contract out on it after four plus months on the market. Originally asking $2.4 million, it was almost immediately reduced to $1.9 million when signs of a weak market were clear in March. The final offer has not been revealed, so we are open to any tips that readers might have heard. See the video of the house in our previous post. LINK

☞ REMEMBER: The Harlem Hellfighters

Harlem Bespoke: The self-named Men of Bronze of the 369th Infantry Regiment during Word War I, who were more popularly known as the Harlem Hellfighters, would perform overseas for a country that was not always so welcoming. The group of men who were not even given weapons while training in the parks of Harlem and were not allowed to march in the farewell parade for the New York National Guard in 1917 still remained united in their cause to fight for the allies in the great war.

☞ REMEMBER: The Harlem Hellfighters

The self-named Men of Bronze of the 369th Infantry Regiment during Word War I, who were more popularly known as the Harlem Hellfighters, would perform overseas for a country that was not always so welcoming. The group of men who were not even given weapons while training in the parks of Harlem and were not allowed to march in the farewell parade for the New York National Guard in 1917 still remained united in their cause to fight for the allies in the great war. Even with adversity, the troop of Harlem natives would unify their regiment with the help of the many jazz musicians of the day that had enlisted. James Reese Europe (far left in center photo) would lead the Hellfighter Band with known musicians such as Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle among the troops. The 369th Unit was the first American troop to land in France and served the longest in the field. Their resilience in the battlefield gained them the name Hellfighters by the Germans and the band of musicians would introduce the sound of jazz to France and the rest of Europe. Upon their return in 1919, with there legendary feats preceding them, a victory parade up 5th Avenue to Harlem would be held to celebrate the men of the 396th. Click on photos to enlarge. The Maysles Cinema will show the documentary Men of Bronze today as per our previous post: LINK

☞ REMEMBER: THE HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS

Harlem Bespoke: The self-named Men of Bronze of the 369th Infantry Regiment during Word War I, who were more popularly known as the Harlem Hellfighters, would perform overseas for a country that was not always so welcoming. The group of men who were not even given weapons while training in the parks of Harlem and were not allowed to march in the farewell parade for the New York National Guard in 1917 still remained united in their cause to fight for the allies in the great war.

☞ DWELL: 261 West 139th Street Brownstone

The Eubie Blake house on Strivers' Row sold for under $2 million earlier this year, and buyers will have another chance at deals on the neighborhood this fall. The orange brick townhouse at 261 West 139th Street is on the north side of the famous luxury enclave built in the 19th century. This one is fully renovated in a modern but somewhat bland fashion. At the asking price of $1.675 million, it's double the cost of a townhouse on the same block (which needed work) that was sold in May at the the bottom of the market for $699K asking. Location wise, this is Central Harlem, between FDB/8th Avenue and ACP/7th Avenue, and is one of the most prestigious addresses in Harlem. Amenities in the area are still slowly coming along, but some boutiques have been opening on the avenues in the past few years. The closest subway is the B,C at St. Nicholas. Read more about Strivers' Row in our previous post: LINK

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Photo of architectural "Reed and Ribbon" detail on Harlem building.

Columbia selected over NYU as the college to go to: NY Post
Historic New York City: Ephemeral New York
Disappearing New York Culture: Lost City

Blog watch, Harlem Edition:  Curbed

Eubie Blake's Strivers' Row house for sale video: New York Magazine

Proximity to fast food a factor in student obesity: NY Times