Thursday, October 05, 2006

Murder Case Photographs- #19, The Rockland Palace, Then and Now

Murder Case Photographs- #19, The Rockland Palace, Then and Now.


1952

There was a vibrant African-American cultural life here in 1952 even in the midst of segregation. Then the Interstate Highway was put through this politically most expendable part of town (see #17 in this series below, September 12, 2006). That killed the residential areas and without residents there wasn't any social life to cater to. Below, a vacant lot is all that marks this spot, a ghostly footprint of The Rockland Palace.

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