*I’ve been trying to post this since early Monday morning but have been having some technical problems with Blogger. Sorry about that.

We had a rainy weekend in the city. About a month’s worth of rain fell within the past two days. Yet, the weather didn’t stop New Yorkers from coming out and doing business as usual.

Here are a few photos of 125th Street in Harlem. This two-way main street has been called the Capital of Black America. It stretches across town from the east to west side and is filled with lots of people, stores, and businesses.

The first two photos include the statute of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. A minister and politician, he was the first African American from New York elected to U.S. Congress.

The third and fourth photos are of a once famous hotel — The Hotel Theresa. Known as the Waldorf Astoria of Harlem, its patrons included Fidel Castro, Malcom X, Mohammed Ali, Josephine Baker, Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, Jimi Hendrix, and Duke Elington. John F. Kennedy compaigned for presidency at the hotel. Today the hotel has been turn into an office building.

The sixth photo includes the sign of the once largest department store — called Blumstein — in Harlem. It no longer exists.

You’ll see a glimpse of the Apollo theater, a venue especially popular during the Harlem Renaissance for Black entertainers. Today all types of artists perform there.

You can see a few more photos of 125th Street in the New York Monday #7 post.

Have a good week!

Paz