Sunday, July 24, 2011

Racial Backstory Behind Harlem’s Sewage Plant Explosion | News One

Racial Backstory Behind Harlem’s Sewage Plant Explosion | News One

NEW YORK — In 1962, when New York city planners first proposed a sewage treatment plant for the residents and businesses of Manhattan’s West Side, they picked a spot on the Hudson River around 72nd Street. The neighborhood, however, was well on its way to becoming what it is today — the white, upper middle class district of stylish brownstones, grand co-ops and newfangled condominiums known to most Americans as the backdrop for the TV sitcom, Seinfeld.




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