Tag: Spanish Harlem

My El Barrio Period – Part 2

by | Jul 23, 2015 | | 1

The Plaza was in El Barrio but not really of it. Tenements had been demolished to make way for the high rise coop development drawing mostly middle income families looking for modest charges and modern amenities. A Head Start...

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My El Barrio Period – Part 1

by | Jul 15, 2015 | | 2

Decades have passed yet memories of in El Barrio (Spanish Harlem) remain vivid especially the summers when the unyielding torture of a heatwave caused people and sidewalks to buckle. In the Sixties I was young and new to...

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