Harlem Demolished & Endangered
Lenox Lounge after demolition in May 2017 | Photo contributed by Michael Henry Adams
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The former Audubon Ballroom: In the foreground is the Shabazz Center, in the background, rising above the original building, is Columbia University Medical Center's Mary Woodard Lasker Biomedical Research Building, the location of the Audubon Business and Technology Center. Photo: Wikipedia
No. 28 West 130th Street, one of 28 designated landmarks on Astor Row, being demolished on Sept. 22 by city contractors after the Department of Buildings determined that the house was not structurally stable and presented a danger to public safety. Photo by Katherine Marks for The New York Times
The proscenium arch at the Child's Memorial Temple Church of God in Christ, a remnant of the Harlem building’s days as a theater. Photo: David W. Dunlap/The New York Times
Mural by Charles Alston for the Women’s Pavilion of Harlem Hospital. Photographed by Levy for the FAP/WPA Photographic Division 1939. Photographic print 10 x 8 in. Photo: Mark Nadir
The Hotel Olga in a newspaper ad from 1923 (The New York Age, February 3, 1923)
Lenox Lounge before demolition
The Renaissance Theater and Renaissance Casino and Ballroom. Photo: Wikipedia
Small's Paradise. Photo: Lorraine Colbert
Exterior of the Temple B’nai Israel while it still stood
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Perspective view of Blumstein’s Building.
Exterior of St. Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Church, now Harlem Parish.
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