As a first step, and to get a sense of whether my plan makes sense, I decided to walk north from Madison and 125th, and then west on 127th, and south on Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd, and write down and photograph all places that one would expect to have an “educational” program.

It was about 11:30 am

 slide show
NW corner 125/Madison
- Harlem Children’s Zone and Promise Academy		 27
SE 126/Madison
- Association of Black Social Workers
- Adopt a child		   28
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NE 126/Madison
- Metropolitan Community United Methodist Church
. Harlem Health Community Initiatives
. Health Promotion Campaign 2005

There was a tourist bus parked outside, some white tourists taking pictures and Gospel singing coming out from inside the church.

Note one or two brownstones under reconstruction with work crews.

NE 127/Madison
- Schonburg School

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W on 127
- beauty salon
- a brownstone with a plaque “Langston Hughes House”

Corners 127/5th
NE
- St. Andrew Episcopal
SW
- Luxury home (a gut rehab)

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W on 127
- Sanctuary of Praise Tabernacle
- new luxury apartment buildings

Corners 127/Lenox
SE
Church of Christ

W on 127
- Cross Road Baptist
- Muhammad Mosque #7
- Oberia Dempsey Multi-Service Center NYC Human Resources

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- White Rock Baptist Church
- International F & AM Mason’s & Order of the Eastern Stars; James Wells Queen Esther; Grand Lodge Grand Chapter, District No.1B		 45
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S on Powell
127-126
- Allah School in Mecca

126-125
- Gobal Business Institute

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While taking the pictures, I am amazed [though not surprised given news reports from the past few years] the amount of construction including brownstone reconstruction, gut rehabilitation of an apartment building, construction of a new apartment building. And of course the number of very clean brownstones. [what I notice are the signs of prosperity, not poverty]

[this being Harlem, I found myself looking for young black men and only saw a very few. I was not comfortable taking pictures–but I never am. I did not notice anyone noticing me enough to make me notice their noticing.]