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From: James Nevius <>
Subject: Re: [NYNEWYOR'] DYAS - 1900 - name of neighborhood?
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 23:06:53 -0500
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That part of town is called "Spanish Harlem" or "East Harlem" these
days, but had a distinctive Italian character as recently as 50 years
ago. (Rao's restaurant is probably the most famous hold-out in the
area <http://www.raos.com/history.html>;.)

As for pictures, between 1939 and 1941, New York City went and took
"tax" photographs of every single building in all boroughs. If your
addresses were standing during that time, the city has a picture of
each one at the Municipal Archives. This page:
<http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/html/taxphotos/home.shtml>; explains
how the system works.



James Nevius
http://www.walknyc.com


On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:17:01 -0800 (PST), <> wrote:
> Hello,
> My DYAS ancestors lived at:
>
> 2253 First Avenue (New York City) in 1897
> and
> 371 East 117 Street (New York City) in 1900
>
> I don't know much about New York, and I would like to find photos of those
> locations. Would anybody happen to know some online sources for photos from
> this time frame? I've searched for hours on sites like Library of
> Congress/American Memory and Google, etc. but can't seem to find anything helpful. I'm just
> curious to see what the houses looked like where they lived.
>
> Also, would anybody know the actual name of the neighborhood for these two
> locations, which intersect? Is that East Harlem?
>
> My grandfather was baptised at the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in
> 1897, at 449 East 115 Street, which isn't far from where they lived. A web site I
> found for that church said that during that time frame, much of the
> congregation was Italian, and I got the impression that the neighborhood was called
> "Little Italy." I get confused on all the different "Harlems."
>
> My great-grandparents were also born in NYC (but I haven't found them on a
> census yet) but their parents came from Ireland. I found some of this
> information today by looking at the 1900 Federal census.
>
> The names I am researching are: DYAS, FLANAGAN
>
> Thanks!
>
> Peggy Dyas
>
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