THE CRUMBLING OF MACON & MALCOLM

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(This post has been updated as of 8 February 2021.)

The apartment building at the corner of Malcolm X Boulevard and Macon Street, No. 265 Malcolm X Blvd/546 Macon Street, which was constructed ca. the 1890s, has experienced an increased deterioration in the past 20 years.

Although we don’t have a current snapshot of the building, the Department of Buildings notes that there is a sidewalk shed there, the existence of which was likely due to a failure to maintain building (i.e., falling glass, mortar, cornice, &c.).

The building is currently owned by the Mission Field Church. The property has 12 complaints and 33 open violations.

See in pictures how the structure has deteriorated over just the past ten years.

Macon Street side of Malcolm X & Macon, 2012 (courtesy Google Maps).
Macon Street side of Malcolm X & Macon, 2013 (courtesy Google Maps).
Macon Street side of Malcolm X & Macon, 2014 (courtesy Google Maps).
Macon Street side of Malcolm X & Macon, 2017 (courtesy Google Maps).
Macon Street side of Malcolm X & Macon, 2018 (courtesy Google Maps).
Macon Street side of Malcolm X & Macon, 2019 (courtesy Google Maps).
No. 265 Malcolm X Blvd./Reid Avenue in the 1940s (courtesy NYC Dept of Records).
Malcolm X Blvd. side of Malcolm X & Macon, 2018 (courtesy Google Maps).


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