ARCHITECTURE: NEW GLASS REPLACES NEST CLUB

Another historic Harlem building has been torn down and replaced by a new glass structure.  We walked by 169 West 133rd Street this past weekend and notice a condo-like new construction on the spot that The Nest club was located at.  This African-American owned speakeasy just east of ACP/7th Avenue launched all of the smaller, integrated clubs on the block known as Jungle Alley during the Prohibition Era and celebrities such as Mae West used to drop by to check out the scene (which apparently included one of the owners).  DOB paperwork has it that this is a new community space but we personally would have thought it best to building up on the old structure so that the future generations could have had at least a glimpse of this street's great past while participating in planned local activities.