145th Street

By the 1970s, Wesley owned multiple bars in Harlem, as well as a stationery business.

One of his best-known establishments was Diggs' Den on West 145th Street, and Wesley worked a lot.

Some accounts say he could work 16 to 18 hours a day.

Running several businesses meant Wesley frequently stayed in New York instead of making the trip back across the George Washington Bridge to New Jersey.

I have another friend who made also some – this is something that he witnessed.

He used to live down on Broadway around 145th Street, another loud corridor, right? Um, one of the things that he, uh, and he's not, he's a, he's not a transplant.

He's born and raised in Washington Heights.

It's not like he's, he's a Latino.

No, go on.

NYC, 145th Street, half 8 in the morning, eating waffles and chicken.

Not one white person in sight, just straight African Americans everywhere.

Oh, whoa.