


The Old Community – before Urban Renewal
By Megan Fitzpatrick Today we are bringing you a little known story about a community of Black artists that took place in the West 90s of the Upper West Side. The image on the left shows West Park Village which was built in the spot where previously sat six blocks of rowhouses. Deemed a ‘slum’ by City officials these buildings and the...
250 West 88th Street
250 West 88th Street View of 250 West 88th Street from north east; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive The Metropolitan by Tom Miller Real Estate developer William J. Merritt often acted as his own architect, designing rows of middle-class homes on the Upper West Side in the late 19th century. But when he planned an apartment building on the...Events Archive
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