It was a total cultural powerhouse—a "Black Bohemia." It’s where the iconic Charleston dance was born in the neighborhood's clubs, and where jazz legends like Thelonious Monk (below)and James P. Johnson grew up, forever changing the landscape of American music. (cont)
But city officials didn't see a cultural hub; they saw a "slum." Through racial redlining and intentional city neglect, the neighborhood became heavily congested. In the 1940s and 50s, NYC planning czar Robert Moses targeted it for "urban renewal". (cont)
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7,000+ families were displaced & 800+ businesses were wiped out. Progress came at the cost of a thriving community. Next time you see Lincoln Center, remember the incredible Black and Brown history buried beneath its foundations.
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Using the Federal Housing Act of 1949, Moses used eminent domain (of course!) to condemn the land. Partnering with John D. Rockefeller III (who wanted a new home for the Met Opera), they finalized a plan to completely bulldoze the neighborhood. (cont)
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Before Harlem became the epicenter of Black culture in New York City, there was San Juan Hill. Today, it’s home to the white-marble facades of Lincoln Center (below). But beneath that concrete lies a vibrant, erased history.
Here is how it happened: (cont)
At the turn of the 20th century, San Juan Hill (on Manhattan’s West Side) housed the largest Black population in NYC. It was a dense, soulful enclave of Black Americans migrating from the South, Afro-Caribbeans, & a growing Puerto Rican community.⬇️
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🧵 Historically, Black communities were repeatedly displaced under the banner of 'urban renewal'. In the 1950s, a major upheaval took place in New York City.
Pull up a🪑.(cont)
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By the late 1950s, the neighborhood was pulverized. In a bitter twist of irony, before the final tenements fell, director Jerome Robbins used the rubble of San Juan Hill to film the opening gang-rivalry scenes of the 1961 movie West Side Story. (cont)
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*On this date in 1880, San Juan Hill is celebrated on the Registry. This was an African American, Afro Caribbean, and Puerto Rican community in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of the Upper West Side i...
Before Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant became the largest African-American communities in the city, there was San Juan Hill. Centered around Amsterdam Avenue and 62nd Street, it was home to thousands…
The setting of “West Side Story” is San Juan Hill, the nickname of the Lincoln Square area of Upper West Side of Manhattan—an area bulldozed and redeveloped into the Lincoln Center performing arts com...
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