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Streets of El Barrio: East 97th Street between Second Ave and First Ave in Spanish Harlem, upper Manhattan

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Streets of El Barrio: East 99th Street between Second Ave and First Ave in Spanish Harlem, upper Manhattan

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Streets of El Barrio: East 99th Street between Second Ave and Third Ave in Spanish Harlem, upper Manhattan

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Streets of El Barrio: East 99th Street between Second Ave and Third Ave in Spanish Harlem, upper Manhattan

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Streets of El Barrio: East 99th Street between Second Ave and Third Ave in Spanish Harlem, upper Manhattan

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what inspired you to do this?

At the time, I had lived in Manhattan for 20 years (now it’s been 30 years) and I realized that there is so much of the city that I haven’t seen. It’s like taking a little vacation in your own town because each neighborhood is so unique. Little did I know it would take so long and I haven’t yet made it south of 96th street. I decided to blog it so I have it saved for posterity.

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Streets of El Barrio: East 99th Street between Second Ave and Third Ave in Spanish Harlem, upper Manhattan

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Streets of El Barrio: East 99th Street between Second Ave and Third Ave in Spanish Harlem, upper Manhattan

Cherry Tree Park

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Streets of El Barrio: East 99th Street between Second Ave and Third Ave in Spanish Harlem, upper Manhattan

Cherry Tree Park

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I’ve been following your blog for a few years and I was wondering if you’d ever cover Inwood (I moved here a couple years ago) and searched tags and discovered that you started with Inwood and have been walking south :)

It’s kind of amazing to see how much has changed in just 12 years. You have some pics of Muscota Marsh that look like it was just being built and now it’s a beautiful waterfront park.

Sandy must have just hit before you visited and the ranger station and nature center is only just being renovated and due to open this spring.

Sherman Creek is a very pretty park now that has a lot of people come summer weekends for picnics and birthday parties and a good spot for birding.

10th avenue is was rezoned from industrial to mixed residential and there are some high rise apartment buildings going up.

I think it’s great that you’re documenting everyday nyc streets because it changes so rapidly and the everyday gets overlooked!

Yes, Inwood was the first neighborhood I covered. I started this project in 2012 starting in Inwood and making my way down. I've only recently finished Spanish Harlem, which is the next 220 photos to be posted. Work and life (and weather) get in the way of working on this regularly, but I'm hoping to be more diligent and post at least twice a day so I can get through the Upper East and West sides in the next two years. I just wanted to see more of the city that I call home and it's ended up being a big undertaking... but also very fun.

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Streets of El Barrio: East 99th Street between Second Ave and Third Ave in Spanish Harlem, upper Manhattan

Cherry Tree Park

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Streets of El Barrio: East 99th Street between Second Ave and Third Ave in Spanish Harlem, upper Manhattan

Cherry Tree Park

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Streets of El Barrio: East 99th Street between Lexington Ave and Third Ave in Spanish Harlem, upper Manhattan

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Streets of El Barrio: East 99th Street between Lexington Ave and Park Ave in Spanish Harlem, upper Manhattan

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Streets of El Barrio: East 99th Street between Lexington Ave and Third Ave in Spanish Harlem, upper Manhattan

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Streets of El Barrio: East 100th Street between Lexington Ave and Park Ave in Spanish Harlem, upper Manhattan

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Streets of El Barrio: East 99th Street between Lexington Ave and Park Ave in Spanish Harlem, upper Manhattan

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