Category: Harlemscape
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Beeper
For those of us able to remember the ‘Beeper Era’, the ad here, up high on the side of the storefront, is a blast from the past: Although very faded, you can still make out the number to call and the number to ‘beep’ – 917-949-6247. An East Harlem bit of commercial ephemera. Preserve Harlem…
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Neighborhood Streets
Join CIVITAS in a fun workshop on understanding our streets. To register, click here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qdeivrzwiE9YQTGts9Dg9EBWbl9sPmvKi#/registration Fenimore Cooper The old Fenimore Cooper School (East 119 to East 120, between Madison and 5th, is now Bethel Gospel Assembly. In the porticoes above entrances, you can still see remnants of cast concrete basreliefs of a number of school…
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Affordable Apartments
The new building on Park Avenue between 126 and 127th Streets is coming together. The building’s address is 88 East 127th Street and will be a 19-story mixed-use building. Artimus Construction is the developer and 160 residences are set to open with 40 units for residents at 40 to 130 percent of the area median…
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Sign The Petition!
Reject Timbale Terrace and HPD’s plan to move even more people with severe mental illness and addiction into our community. Just look at 125th Street. Does Harlem need New York City to bring more people with severe issues into our community? We asked for supportive housing for our seniors during the East Harlem visioning process.…
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Local Sauce Company Bought for 2.3 Billion
Campbell Soup will buy Rao’s and (Parent Company Sovos Brands) jarred sauce empire for $2.33 Billion.Over the past 100 years, Rao’s has gone from a Harlem neighborhood staple to its sauces being sold at grocers across the U.S. Rao’s line Italian sauces, soups, and frozen meals are now available at grocers across the country. The…
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Sign The Petition!
Reject Timbale Terrace and HPD’s plan to move even more people with severe mental illness and addiction into our community. Just look at 125th Street. Does Harlem need New York City to bring more people with severe issues into our community? We asked for supportive housing for our seniors during the East Harlem visioning process.…
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Le Tropezienne Bakery
1st Avenue at 110th Street Le Tropezienne has back to school cookies. Note the Teacher Fuel edition, and the 1st Day Of Classes edition: it’s an amazing bakery and our go-to for amazing croissants and pastries. https://twobakeriesandarestaurant.com/#la-tropezienne AC Coming A great B/W image of the Victoria Theater on West 125th Street. In addition to a…
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Party-On-Park Volunteers Needed
Hello Harlem Neighbors! Uptown Grand Central is reigniting Party on Park – a Harlem celebration on a closed-to-traffic Park Avenue between 125th and 116th Street – on Sunday, October 1st. Party on Park will be from Noon until 4 pm and we need you to help staff a Harlem Neighborhood Block Association table. We’ll have cards…
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Art Nouveau in Harlem
Art Nouveau never really had much purchase in the United States, and there are virtually no examples of it in Harlem. This pendant, with the date 1891, on a (now) storage warehouse on 126th Street, is about as close as you get. Thanks to the contemporary owners who had the medallion painted so sympathetically. Tonight!…
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Mount Morris Park From The Air
An amazing aerial photo of Mount Morris Park. 1937. A View of the “Curfew Bell and Tower”
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Languages in New York
A great map of the languages spoken in NYC: Drilling down into the linguistic mosaic of Harlem and East Harlem you can see the complex, vibrant culture of Harlem immigrants – everything from lesser-known languages spoken by close-knit communities like Akan – an African language spoken by Ghanaian and Ivorian immigrants, to large linguistic groups…
