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Projects & Proposals > Manhattan > Virtual Tour of Malcolm X Boulevard

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This page describes Malcolm X Boulevard as it appeared in 2001. The tour was developed as part of the Malcolm X Boulevard Streetscape Enhancement Project. These pages are no longer being updated.

22. 11 to 14 Mount Morris Park West and West 121st Street
Inspired by 18th-century French architecture, James E. Ware designed these five brick houses with gables and a corner tower that originally sported a conical roof and wrought iron finial. When completed in 1889, they were purchased by business and professional men with families and live-in servants. Around 1930, black families began to move into the neighborhood. Escalating rents forced them to take in boarders to supplement their incomes, and resulted in crowded living conditions, leading to the carving up of the space and the eventual rise of slums in Harlem.
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