""In keeping with Dr. English's wishes," Richardson said, "the space is needed for the community. So many things are being torn down, and our children won't know about this. ... We are just the caretakers for the next generation of places like the People's Mansion at 375 Stuyvesant.""
""Her contemporaries were, you know, James Baldwin and Paul Robeson, people who were change-makers. She acquired property at a time when women in general couldn't even open a bank account, which speaks volumes about her strength and character. I mean, this is not just another building.""
375 Stuyvesant Avenue is a Renaissance Revival mansion built around 1914 in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant. Originally the home of brewer Otto Seidenberger, the house later became the residence of Dr. Josephine English, the first Black woman to open a private gynecology practice in New York. The building sits within the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District and has been used as a community gathering space known as the People's Mansion. Longtime community members and caretakers express concern that a pending sale could remove community access and diminish local historical presence, with ownership having passed to Dr. English's three sons after her 2011 death.
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