BESPOKE: STREET SIGN FOR DORRANCE BROOKS SQUARE

Harlem Bespoke:  Uptown's newest historic district was dedicated this time last year but an official street sign for Dorrance Brooks Square at St. Nicholas by 136th Street did not go up until now.  This brownstone neighborhood across the street from St. Nicholas Park is the first historic district to be directly named after an African-American New Yorker and now the public will be aware of this part of Central Harlem's history.

The timing was also very important here since developers were planning to demolish one of the churches on the block and a sidewalk shed had already been set up over a year ago in preparation.  That sidewalk shed has since been taken down and the church can be seen as it stands today in the above photo.  As mentioned in past posts, this is sort of the way to go about preventing condo towers taking over neighborhoods with a lot of architectural history and increased activism as of late has been working to getting some of these much needed landmark designations in place.  More on Dorrance Brooks Square can be found in our past post: LINK

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