Visual Arts | Photography

After the 1960s Harlem exodus, the people who stayed

In the 1960s, large numbers of residents left Harlem for neighborhoods in Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx, seeking better schools, improved housing and a stronger sense of safety. Left in Harlem were the people who couldn't afford to or chose not to move.

If I had a time-machine, I would go back to see this! Everything seemed so much more colorful and stylish in those days.