Category: Harlemscape
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NBT Make-Over
Our neighbor, the National Black Theater, is not only planning to knock down it’s current building and construct a theater+residential building in its place, it’s also worked to redesign its visual presence and to address the issue of what to do with the art in the current building: NBT houses a diverse art collection that…
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Uptown Grand Central, Again!
If you’ve been on East 125th Street recently, you’ve probably noticed that Uptown Grand Central has again restarted their amazing mural project on the otherwise, monotonous green construction hoarding. The UGC project has grown from 50 artists in 2019 who enlivened the area around the Metro-North station at 125/Park. This year, is inviting up to…
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Protest Yesterday Arrived at Park/125
A long line of police cars announced the conclusion of a protest that started at 26th Street last night and marched up to East Harlem chanting “Abolish the Police”. A protester (below) observes a smoking device, set off under the tracks. The exhausted remnants of the protest: Vaccination Bus at Marcus Garvey Park Get on…
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Bitter Root Coming to the Big Screen
For those of us who are graphic novel/comic fans, it was exciting to hear that Regina King is going to directing an adaptation of David F. Walker, Sanford Green, and Chuck Brown’s Harlem Renaissance-set comic book Bitter Root for Legendary Pictures. Set in the ‘20s, the book is about a family of monster hunters called the Sangeryes…
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City Council 9 Results (Round 1…)
https://web.enrboenyc.us/CD243470.html East Harlem Multifamily Project The Real Deal is reporting that a new development with 34 affordable apartments will span between East 125th and East 124th Streets between 2nd and 3rd Avenue. The building has been dubbed The Enclave. https://therealdeal.com/2021/05/10/hakimian-lands-59m-loan-for-east-harlem-multifamily-project/ Moore School
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The top three tips for ranked choice voting are…
Vote for your genuine favorites, in your order of preference. Don’t try to game the system and guess who has the best chance. Just vote for whom you like in the order that you like them. There’s no risk of losing your vote, because if your favorite is knocked out, your vote will go to…
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Migdol Foundation
Walking on Adam Clayton Powell Blvd the other day I spotted three brass plaques put onto a corner building, facing a side street. The plaques commemorated various individuals and were sponsored by the Migdol Foundation, which I’d never heard of. According to their website: The Migdol Organization, lead by principals Jerry and Aaron Migdol, is…
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Infant Deaths
How Calculated: Number of deaths occurring at less than 1 year of age in an area, divided by the number of live births among resident mothers of the area; expressed as cases per 1,000 live births. Infant deaths are restricted to those that can be linked to a birth certificate of a NYC resident mother…
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Pet Friendly?
Localize looked at the data for pet friendly rental listings and came up with this: Top pet-friendly Manhattan neighborhoods Morningside Heights: 98% Upper West Side: 84% Greenwich Village: 83% Washington Heights: 80% East Harlem: 79% While New Yorkers love their pets, many property managers don’t share the sentiment. The following neighborhoods are more challenging to…
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George Floyd
One year ago. Born: October 14, 1973, Fayetteville, NC Died: May 25, 2020, Minneapolis, MN Bicycle Lane Density The percent of streets with bike lanes can affect cyclist and pedestrian safety, physical activity, and sustainable transportation use. About the Measure Bicycle Network Coverage – Percent of Streets with Bicycle Lanes Percentage of streets with bicycle lanes (conventional and protected bicycle…
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A Lighthouse in East Harlem?
East Harlem is a neighborhood that never ceases to surprise. While most New Yorkers know of the The Little Red Lighthouse (and the big grey bridge) up in Washington Heights, the lighthouse pictured above gets much less (media) attention. The metal lighthouse is 1/2 mile from the Harlem River and rather than warn people to…
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Unhealthy Food Access – The Ratio of Bodegas to Supermarkets
Ah, the bodega… The number of bodegas per supermarket within an area based on address of business. Bodegas are defined as food purchasing establishments with less than 4,000 square foot and excludes specialty stores, such as bakeries and vitamin stores. Supermarkets are defined as retail food purchasing establishments with greater than or equal to 10,000…
