The Claremont Inn, around 1804 an incredibly beautiful structure stood along the Hudson River, just north of where Grant’s Tomb now stands from right after the Revolution until 1951. Continue Reading →
The Claremont Inn, West Harlem, 1804
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The Infamous New York Female Giants Baseball Team At The Lenox Oval In Harlem, 1913
In 1913, the first game with the New York Female Giants baseball team took place on the legendary Lenox Oval, at the northwest corner of Lenox Avenue and 145th Street in Harlem, NY. Continue Reading →
Fidel Castro, Malcolm X And The Gracious Hotel Theresa In Harlem 1960 (Video)
Here are the results of a legendary meeting that way it was reported, we start with The Militant reported that: On September 19th, 1960 Fidel Castro traveled to the United States to address the United Nations, General Assembly.
The Goat House, ‘Maltilda The Goat’ And ‘A Harlem Goat’ Poem, 1898
The archival photo above from Harlem+Bespoke was taken in 1898 shows one of the last country houses that still remained in the Morningside Heights area on the northeast corner at West 120th Street and Amsterdam Avenue when signs of rural life still remained in Harlem. Continue Reading →
Harlem’s Althea Gibson First Black Woman To Win A Championship At Wimbledon
Althea Gibson
Harlem’s Eugene Jacques Bullard, The First African American Fighter Pilot
Eugene Jacques Bullard (1894-1961) was the first African American to fly a fighter plane and was known as the “black swallow of death” for his courage during missions. Continue Reading →
