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September 15, 1959. "Photos show 14-year-old José Rivera, a Puerto Rican immigrant, his friends, family and neighborhood on New York City's Upper West Side; playing stickball on street; on streets during day and night; playing pool and basketball at a community center; making boxes in a pizza parlor; at church; with family in their apartment." 35mm negative by Paul Fusco for the Look magazine assignment "The Real West Side Story." View full size.
I could not find this street so I asked someone knowledgeable. He responded: None of the buildings on that block look familiar. Given that this was an article about Puerto Ricans on the Upper West Side and the connection to "West Side Story," I would wager that this was taken in the San Juan Hill neighborhood, bulldozed between 1955 and 1969 to make way for Lincoln Center.
I was immediately reminded of this iconic album from my youth.
Puerto Ricans aren't immigrants per se. They are United States citizens. They gained that right on March 2, 1917.
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