La Morada

308 Willis Avenue | Mott Haven | built 1931

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The lot about 1940
About 1940. Via 1940s.nyc
The lot about 1985
About 1985. Via 80s.nyc

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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  1. 2009

    Oaxacan immigrants Natalia Mendez and Antonio Saavedra open La Morada in Mott Haven

    Mendez and Saavedra, farmers from San Miguel Ahuehuetitlán in Oaxaca's Mixteca region, came to New York in 1992. After the housing crash, in 2009, the family opened La Morada, a one-room restaurant of indigenous Mexican cooking where Mendez is head chef, known for moles including the rare mole blanco. It also works as a community center for immigration advocacy, with a library in back.

    Source: atlasobscura.com

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