Harlem Bespoke: Below is another great archival Harlem Bespoke article from 2013 which correlates the importance of the Montefiore name in West Harlem. Uptown was considered the countryside in the 1800s and a lot asylums and orphanages were located within the neighborhoods of upper Manhattan. The link in the article has been updated to reveal the current condition of the Gotham Theatre which now stands on the site. Archival photo courtesy the Museum of the City of New York
The block just north of Montefiore Park at 138th Street and Broadway used to have a set elegant retirement homes built on the site in 1889. This land belonged to the Sir Moses Haim Montefiore who was an Italian Jewish philanthropist who lived in Britain but donated money all over the world to help his people live better lives. A theater would take over this corner within three decades but the area just west of the City College Campus is still known as Montefiore Square. Check out our past post to see what the block looks like now:
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