Harlem Bespoke: We walked by the corner of Fifth Avenue and 125th Street over the weekend and took the above photos of the former location of the National Black Theatre. Evidently the demolition is now complete and the next phase for the new residential building should start soon.
There was an announcement back in 2017 mentioning that the National Black Theatre building on Fifth Avenue by 125th Street would be demolished to make way for a 20-story tower and the foundation works will probably take the a big chunk of early 2022 to finish up. Some might remember that Elizabeth Dee Gallery was one of the commercial tenants on the block but
had to vacate because of the future plans for the site. Apparently this will translate into 240 apartments and a new 30,000-square-foot theater space for the cultural organization that has been around since 1968. For more on the development, check out our past post:
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I wonder what they did with the african carvings that bordered the front of the building. I did a tour when the building first opened and they said the carvings were commissioned from a group of artists in africa.
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