GOOD MONDAY MORNING, P.O.U.! This week's series will revisit the topic of African-American Real Estate Moguls. Philip A. Payton, Jr. "The Father of Harlem" … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: African-American Real Estate Moguls II
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Friday Open Thread: African-American Real Estate Moguls
HAPPY FRIDAY P.O.U.!! We conclude our series on African-American Real Estate Moguls with.... ALICE F. MASON "The Doyenne of the Carriage-Trade Brokers" Alice F. Mason is LEGENDARY in the NYC real estate game. Considered the "doyenne of Upper East Side Private Residential Real Estate", Ms. Mason's claim to fame was helping those who weren't to the manor born gain entry into … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: African-American Real Estate Moguls
Thursday Open Thread: African-American Real Estate Moguls
GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! We continue our look at African-American Real Estate Moguls with..... Sidney P. Dones (1888-1947) Born in Marshall, Texas in 1888, Dones graduated from his hometown's Wiley College before moving to Los Angeles in 1905. The following year, he moved back to Texas -- this time to El Paso, where he made an unsuccessfull attempt to establish a … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: African-American Real Estate Moguls
Wednesday Open Thread: African-American Real Estate Moguls
HAPPY HUMP DAY P.O.U.! We continue our series on African-American Real Estate Moguls with... Bridget "Biddy" Mason (1818-1891) "If you hold your hand closed, nothing good can come in. The open hand is blessed, for it gives in abundance, even as it receives." Bridget "Biddy" Mason (August 15, 1818, in Hancock County, Georgia – January 15, 1891, in Los … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: African-American Real Estate Moguls
Tuesday Open Thread: African-American Real Estate Moguls
GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! We continue our series on African-American Real Estate Moguls with... JOHN E. NAIL (1883-1947) John E. (Jack) Nail, a successful Harlem realtor, was born in New London, Connecticut in 1883. His parents, Elizabeth and John B. Nail, moved to New York City where the senior Nail bought a hotel, restaurant, and billiard parlor after working for a … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: African-American Real Estate Moguls