Overshadowed by the fame of Harlem and the wealth of the Upper East Side; East Harlem is rarely noted as a historical enclave. However; from the early 1800s through today; East Harlem has welcomed wave after wave of immigrants struggling for a place in the nations most famous city. African Americans; Irish; Germans; European Jews; Italians; Scandinavians; Puerto Ricans; and Latinos are among the ethnic groups who have shaped this neighborhood; bringing with them their religious; social; and culinary traditions. East Harlem is the first volume to tell this neighborhoods history through images. Photographs of the iron; stone; and rubber factories; the tenements; the 100th Street community; famous politicians such as Fiorella LaGuardia; the Second and Third Avenue elevated subways; St. Cecilias; and many other subjects capture East Harlems past in one memorable collection.
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