☞ REMEMBER: One Block in Harlem at 120th

The BBC Radio has a wonderful documentary on One Block in Harlem that explores the rise, fall and return of Harlem with a focus on the Mount Morris Park Historic District.  More specifically, the house at the far right of the the above photo, No. 3 West 120th Street is discussed since it was the home of Richard Rodgers when the neighborhood was upper middle class and Jewish. There's a great brownstone commentary by current Harlem resident and historian Michael Henry Adams along with an interview by a gentleman that lives in the building today.  One also gets a glimpse of how Malcolm X influenced Harlem and the eventual flight of the black middle class to the suburbs when the bad decades came about.  It's 23 minutes long, but the narration by Michael Goldfarb is a fascinating look back at were Harlem has been and were it is going: LINK.  For those wondering about shell at No. 5 West 120th Street and its history, check out our past post: LINK