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Harlem legend faces eviction.

Authors :
Boyd, Herb
Source :
New York Amsterdam News. 5/19/2005, Vol. 96 Issue 21, p10-10. 1/5p.
Publication Year :
2005

Abstract

This article reports that one of Harlem, New York City's most venerated elders is threatened with eviction from his office on 125th Street. Harlem legend Preston Wilcox told last week that he has been served papers to vacate the premises he has occupied for more than a decade. Wilcox received a notice of termination of his lease in March and must be out of the building, which is near the Apollo, by the end of May. He said that when he moved into the building he signed a lease with two others, both of whom are no longer in the office. The irony of all this, Wilcox laughed, is that he helped the church to purchase the building some 12 years ago

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10591818
Volume :
96
Issue :
21
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
New York Amsterdam News
Publication Type :
News
Accession number :
17098040