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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 These pages are no longer being updated.

37. James Van Der Zee Studio 272 Malcolm X Boulevard at W. 124th Street
{The most noted photographer of the Harlem Renaissance, James Van Der Zee had his G.G.G. Photo Studio in the basement of this building designed by Charles H. Beer, 1885-86. Van Der Zee's most famous photographs chronicle the Harlem Community of the 1920's and 30's. From birth to death, in church and on the street, Van Der Zee recorded how people inhabited Harlem and its buildings. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black History has many of his photographs in their collection.
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