Wednesday, December 10, 2014

REMEMBER: A VAUDEVILLE CORNER CIRCA 1910

                                             Archival image courtesy NY Heritage Digital Collection 

Who can guess this mystery corner in Harlem circa 1910?  The photo does not actually have a date attached to it but seeing that the theatre featured Vaudeville shows and that an African-American population had not moved in yet, we can assume this is sometimes before 1920.  This building actually still exists today and is on one of the major intersections uptown.

ANSWER: A Facebook commentator mentioned this building was demolished on the corner of Amsterdam and 145th Street which now has a community facility.  Based on the Historic Society's reference, we assumed this eventually became the old Bickford Coffee shop on the corner of 145th and Broadway: LINK

The modern photo has been added and the community center that sits on the site now can be seen looking east on 145th Street and Amsterdam
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3 comments:

  1. UnknownDecember 10, 2014 at 10:08 AM

    Looks like 145th Street and Broadway.

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  2. AnonymousDecember 10, 2014 at 6:08 PM

    I believe the site is the NE corner of Amsterdam Ave & 145th Street. If you note to the right the street is dropping down which appears to be the hill of 145th Street. and the houses have the steep entry stairs similar to the house that survives on that block.

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  3. UnknownDecember 12, 2014 at 11:04 AM

    The building going down the hill to Convent Ave are still standing.

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