The battle to save Langston Hughes' home from gentrification

The battle to save Langston Hughes' home from gentrification:

badbilliejean:

thechanelmuse:

Ivy still grows on the front of Langston Hughes’ home in Harlem. There aren’t many houses like it left in New York City. Real estate agents estimate it’s worth over $3 million.

And that’s before anyone talks about the fact that one of America’s great writers – a hero of the Harlem Renaissance – lived there for much of the 1950s and 60s, until he passed away. His typerwriter is still on a shelf.

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