en years ago, my partner, the English poet James Fenton, and I acquired a derelict corner property across from Mount Morris Park, now known as Marcus Garvey Park, at West 123rd Street. It had been built in 1890 as a family home by John Dwight, the cofounder of the Arm & Hammer baking soda company. He also built the brownstone next door two years earlier for his daughter. These were the days when the grid had been laid out and was not fully occupied. Uptown Manhattan in old photographs can bring to mind Oklahoma City in the days of the
Darryl Pinckney
Mar 09, 2021
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