Category: East Harlem
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Joseph Papin – Teaching drawing classes for youth in East Harlem
Joseph Papin taught drawing to youth in East Harlem when he was working with the East Harlem Protestant Parish in East Harlem in the late 1950s/early 1960s. The following notice appeared in The Edge, East Harlem’s Monthly Newspaper, Vol. 1, No. 1, April 24, 1959. The drawings are ones that Joseph Papin did of some…
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Joseph Papin – East Harlem
Joseph Papin’s drawing of the corner of 100th Street and 2nd Avenue, circa 1958: In 1958, Joseph Papin wrote: “East Harlem is one of the world’s most densely populated areas, the most overcrowded section of NYC, where 300,000 people live jammed together in little over one square mile. Many of my drawings were done on…