Lafayette Theatre (Harlem)
The Lafayette Theatre (1912–1951), known locally as "the House Beautiful", was one of the most famous theaters in Harlem. It was an entertainment venue located at 132nd Street and 7th Avenue in Harlem, New York. The structure was demolished in 2013.
Opening of Macbeth (April 14, 1936)
Duke Ellington in 1946.
Image: Poster SS Glencairn Lafayette Theatre
Image: Haiti Poster Lafayette
Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and Central Park North on the south. The greater Harlem area encompasses several other neighborhoods and extends west and north to 155th Street, east to the East River, and south to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Central Park, and East 96th Street.
Apartment buildings next to Morningside Park in Harlem
Harlem, from the old fort in the Central Park, New York Public Library
Apartment building in Central Harlem
A condemned building in Harlem after the 1970s