'San Juan Hill: A New York Story,' by trumpeter and composer Etienne Charles, shares voices and tales from the former Black and Latine neighborhood where 'West Side Story' made way for Lincoln Center.
. Charles said the piece spotlights not just the neighborhood’s rich jazz history, but also a deeper story of the migration of Black people and culture to the neighborhood that ultimately helped to build New York City.
“You have early pianists like James P. Johnson, developing the stride style of piano and developing the song that eventually came to launch the dance, the Charleston, on American culture, which is one of the most iconic dance moves of our nation's history,” Golia said.
Moses anchored the Lincoln Square Renewal Project, which displaced and destroyed communities that had been there for generations. Historian Julia Foulkes said it’s hard to make sense of where people relocated to after the demolition.
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