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Meet me at the Theresa
the story of Harlem's most famous hotel
By Wilson, Sondra K.
- ISBN
- 978-0-74346-688-2
- Publisher
- New York : Atria Books, 2004.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on February 2, 2004
The writing is prosaic, but the stories are anything but: the 13 floors of the Hotel Theresa, located at the intersection of 125th Street and 7th Avenue in Harlem, witnessed an incredible panoply of African-American life and history, and anthologist Wilson (who is an associate at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard) has pulled together a remarkable collection of anecdotes centered around the building. Opened in 1912, by 1940 the Theresa was the major see-and-be-seen destination for African-Americans, who were often forced to use serv...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
