| 125th Street BID’s Partnership with Columbia UniversityWins $26M NSF Grant to Develop Center for Smart Streetscapes |
| New York, NY—August 10, 2022—The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that it is awarding a $26 million, five-year grant to a team led by Columbia Engineering, together with Florida Atlantic University, Rutgers University, University of Central Florida, and Lehman College, for a new Gen-4 NSF Engineering Research Center (ERC) for Smart Streetscapes(CS3). |
| “The most exciting thing about this project is the community involvement at the early-on stage, when we’re planning out what Harlem should have as it relates to technology,” said Barbara Askins, President and CEO, 125th Street Business Improvement District. “For the businesses, the arts and culture, the community organizations, the universities, the office tenants, you name it, this project brings all of that together in a way that will take us into the future through technology.” This win represents a giant step forward for 125th Street and the Harlem Community. We now have a great go to place to develop solutions for numerous monumental problems that we have been struggling with for decades in our streetscape. |
CS3 develops hyper-local real-time, interactive, high-precision applications on the streetscape to improve the quality of life by advancing livable, safe, and healthy communities. | CS3 will explore new technological innovations determined by community engagement that reflect their needs within the initial context of these five applied themes: Mobility(Pedestrian, cyclists, vehicles and autonomous systems, trash collection) Ethical security in public spaces(Retail, urban planning-parks) Assistive technologies for people with disabilities(Street crossing, real time assistance wayfinding Future outdoor work(Emergency response, sidewalk logistics for deliveries, impacts of construction) Hyper-local environmental monitoring(Street flooding, infection modeling, drones) |
Landmark East Harlem is Awarded $12,000 for an East Harlem Historic Survey
Landmark East Harlem has been awarded a $12K grant from the Preservation League of New York State – their fiscal sponsor and coalition member, Ascendant Neighborhood Development, received the grant to fund a reconnaissance level survey of historic resources in the northern portion of East Harlem.
This project will complete their comprehensive historic/cultural resources surveying for all of East Harlem.
