Manhattanville, 125th Street Between St. Nicolas and Morningside Avenues

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It's been awhile since I've posted a truck shot. Isn't this a beauty?

You say you hate truck shots? Well, nevermind, then.


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Manhattanville, 125th Street Between St. Nicolas and Morningside Avenues

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Here's a pretty pastel spring shot and what's more, it proves that there is such a place as Manhattanville.

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West Harlem, 125th Street at Morningside Avenue

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West Harlem, 125th Street Between Amsterdam and Morningside Avenues

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Citarella on 125th Street?!!! Who knew?

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West Harlem, 125th Street at Amsterdam Avenue

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This is what it looks like on the south side of 125th Street.

This is one of nine buildings in the General Ulysses S. Grant Houses community, part of the New York City Housing Authority. They cover two long blocks, from Broadway to Morningside Avenue, and contrast nicely with the little old buildings across the street.

West Harlem, 125th Street Between Old Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue

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This man was tooling along in his motorized wheelchair with his dog trotting along beside him, making a nice picture in and of itself, when blam! here's these girls with their fabulous clothes, and of course, he stopped. You can see why.


Here they are, walking away.


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West Harlem, 125th Street Between Old Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue

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I'm just a sucker for windows like this. If you'd like to see the entire building, go here.


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West Harlem, 125th Street Between Old Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue

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Yes, there is an Old Broadway, two short blocks long, and there will come a day when you will see it. For now you can see it on the map, just to the left of the star.

West Harlem, 125th Street looking east

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Although I had my photograph for the evening last night (see last night's post), it seemed like a good idea to have a few more, so I dragged myself out for a walk after work. I got off the subway at West 125th Street where it's elevated for one stop and walked 125th Street east to St. Nicholas where I took the A train the rest of the way home. It wasn't so hard. The evening was warm, it was still light, there were people on the street, but not crowds like midtown, so I basically went for an evening stroll from one subway stop to another.

This is taken from the elevated platform looking up 125th street to the east. You can see the small old buildings on the north side of the street with businesses on the ground floors and big apartment houses on the south side with landscaping around them. That was pretty much the way it was for the whole walk.

For more views from the platform and stairs, go here.

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Central Harlem, 125th Street Between Frederick Douglas Blvd. and St. Nicholas Avenue

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I don't remember being frightened when I took this photograph but maybe I should have been.

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Central Harlem, 125th Street Between Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard and Lenox Avenue

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This is the Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Building. It was built in 1973 and named for Powell in 1983, and seems not to be well thought of by people interested in buildings and public spaces. See Project for Public Spaces' Hall of Shame, which explains Why It Doesn't Work. As for Powell himself, a prominent Harlem Congressman, he seems to be remembered now for his admirable early work, and the later corruption and resulting exclusion from Congress, and the final political defeat, all are as if they never happened. Shakespeare had it wrong in this case. (The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.) Oh happy Adam Clayton!

Now why am I showing this photo? I think it's the pointy shadows.

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West Harlem, 125th Street, Broadway to Hudson River

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This shot was taken through a glass window on the elevated subway stop at 125th Street, which accounts for the splotch and light streaks. I'm thinking these horizontal streaks actually make this a better photo, anyone agree? Or not? But you must enlarge it, or it's not even worth discussing.

125th Street is the southern border of Harlem at this point, so I wasn't actually in Harlem on Saturday. I walked south into Morningside Heights.