Central Harlem, Lenox Avenue at 110th Street

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The plaza beside the new condominium. A group of kids were taking turns jumping on this curb and sliding down. I'm used to seeing kids practicing with their skateboards, but this is skates only.

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Central Harlem, Lenox Avenue Between 111th and 110th Streets

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Well, look at this. This was not here when I was here a little over a year ago. I fell into a conversation with a man waiting for a bus in front of the building and he told me, yeah, they started it about a year ago. He said apartments were selling for 4.5 milliion. He said if he had 4 and a half million, he would not live in this neighborhood. This is not a good neighborhood, he said. We agreed that there was an unbelievable amount of construction going up and they were selling apartments for an unbelievable amount of money, and I said people have more money than they know what to do with, and we both deplored such a state of affairs and then his bus came and we parted friends, having been in agreement on the issues.

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Central Harlem, Lenox Avenue Between 114th and 113th Streets

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Carved at the top of this building is "Westminster Hall". I don't know what it was originally, but now it houses a community services organization, called Create, providing rehab and counseling services and shelter, among other things.

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Central Harlem, Lenox Avenue Between 115th and 114th Streets

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It was a beautiful day; I had to take my jacket off and tie it around my waist, and lots of little children on the street. Parents standing in groups waiting to pick them up.

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Central Harlem, Lenox Avenue at 116th Street

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Now the real walk begins. I took the 1 train to 96th Street and then the 3 uptown to 116th Street at Lenox Avenue. We've been here before when I was walking west on 116th Street.

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Central Harlem, Lenox Avenue at 111th Street

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The 2nd Canaan Baptist Church at 10 Lenox Avenue.

In other news, the people have spoken. Three of them, anyway. All vehemently opposing Wikipedia's crazy idea that Midtown Manhattan extends to 14th Street. See comments at March 11 entry. So be it.

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Central Harlem, Lenox Avenue Between 119th and 118th Streets

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Well, after spending hours on the problem of CAN'T UPLOAD, it's finally resolved. Seems a bunch of other bloggers at Blogger had the same problem and everyone was gnashing their teeth, no way to contact tech support, of course, but every now and then, one of them would drop a message in with a suggestion and finally one worked for me. Press Ctrl-F5. Oh, the relief.

So this is last night's post and I'll put another up tonight, if all goes well.

Please enlarge this photo; it comes to life bigger. If I had a way to make you enlarge every single photo you look at on this blog, I wouldn't hesitate to use that power. It's for the greater good, after all.

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Central Harlem, Lenox Avenue Between 120th and 119th Streets

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This is atypical of this section of Lenox Avenue. Note the pale green X. (Enlarge.)

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Central Harlem, Lenox Avenue Between 123rd and 122nd Streets

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Now walking south on Lenox Avenue, co-named Malcolm X Boulevard. I'm calling it Lenox because it's an old Harlem street name, whereas 7th and 8th Avenues which were renamed, respectively, Adam Clayton, etc. and Frederick Douglass, were not names peculiar to Harlem.

Lenox Avenue is mostly residential, at least the section we walked between 125th and 116th, a broad avenue with a median divider and some handsome buildings. This block between 123rd and 122nd is featured in New York Architecture Walks, which includes a photograph of the building I'm showing you here, but they show the whole thing. The AIA (American Institute of Architects) Guide to New York City says "An intact blockfront of early brownstones. Imagine the whole neighborhood (both sides of the street) like this." Built in 1885-1886.

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