Harlem’s Dunbar Apartments were specifically built as the first cooperative building complex marketed to Blacks. Named after poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, the apartments were home to notable figures like W.E.B. Du Bois, A. Philip Randolph, explorer Matthew Henson, writer Countee Cullen and entertainer Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, among others.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. built the Dunbar between 1926 and 1928 as part of a growing response to housing reform. The buildings housed working, middle-class families and featured perks for mothers and families on its grounds. As an inexpensive alternative to rising rents and mortgages in sprawling city, the Dunbar Apartments thrived.
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The Dunbar Apartments in Harlem were a majestic place back in the day with it’s open court yards and beautiful gardens.
It is unfortunate that it has become run down and in need of rehabilitation. I hope the Dunbar Apts
can be renovated and brought back to what they once were.
However, no one should be surprised if the rents are not affordable to the average folks.
Since Harlem is becoming/has become GENTRIFIED!!!!!!!!