Welcome to Harlem’s Newsletter
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An HNBA Conversation With The Safe Injection Site On East 126th St.
Make sure to join the Tuesday, November 8th, HNBA monthly meeting at 7:00 PM. We’ve invited the Executive Director of OnPoint – the organization that runs the safe injection site on East 126th Street near Lexington. This injection site has been in operation for almost a year, and this is your chance to learn what they do, who…
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Harlem Brew Fest
HARLEM . BREW. CULTURE. Where It All Started • Harlem, NYC November 2017. Harlem Brew Fest was the first festival in the world to connect all brewers, artists, chefs and DJs in celebration of Black Brewing culture and featured: Sankofa Beer, Black Frog Brewery, Island to Island Beer, 1947 Beer, Harlem Brewing and Rams &…
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Wake Up Dems!
The New York Democratic Lawyers Council is looking for experienced voter pros to take shifts in voter protection boiler rooms. All boiler rooms will be run remotely so all you will need is a computer and wifi. All early voting days we will have one overall statewide boiler room. On election day the boiler rooms will…
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The Harlem Casino
Gambling and entertainment in Harlem’s finest casino. Built in 1889, this was the place to be seen in the late Victorian era. And this is the view, today: A fascinating transformation. Ballot Initiatives The election is coming up and we need to flip the ballot! “People hear me saying all the time: Flip the ballot.…
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555 Edgecombe Ave.
This photo from the 1930s looks at the Harlem River Houses (newly built and highly desirable housing) from above and takes in Sugar Hill off in the distance. The Harlem River Houses are considered a prime example of social housing, produced by the government to provide indoor plumbing, heating, cooking, and outdoor space to low-income…
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(100) Faces of Harlem
Make sure to head over to Morningside Park, and stroll along it on the sidewalk next to Morningside Avenue. Along this sidewalk (mounted on the park fence) is a gorgeous photo project that centers on portraying Harlem residents in public and domestic spaces. The exhibition focuses on the beauty of everyday people. Some photos (like…
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Pathmark
Patch’s Nick Gaber is reporting that Extell (the developer that owns the property at Lex/125 where the former Pathmark used to be), is proposing a mixed commercial and residential building for the 3rd Avenue side of the block. The west side of the block – the Lexington Avenue side – would be used by the…
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Participate in a climate vision for Harlem
Are you concerned about climate change? How it affects Harlem? You can participate in a local project called Pathways to Earthseed. A local climate organizer, Dominique Thomas is currently collecting responses for a survey around the experiences of Black Harlem residents. You can find the survey here. Her project is supported by the Climate Justice Design Fellowship through…
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125th Street, June, 1943
This photo popped up on Ebay with the date (June, 1943) and a title (New York, New York. Street scene in Harlem): The two soldiers and clothing/cars certainly looked right for the WWII era, but I wondered where the photo was taken. Eventually, I was able to figure out that the building on the right,…
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Climate Change
When Harlem residents recall Irene, Sandy, and Irma – storms that have battered our city over the last decade – it’s clear that we are not only vulnerable here in Harlem, but the storms are going to keep on coming. The US Army Corps of Engineers has been thinking about America’s largest city, and our…
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No Participatory Budgeting
Council Member Kristin Jordan Does Not Apply for Participatory Budgeting Funds Harlem’s City Council Member Kristin Jordan has not applied for Participatory Budgeting money. As a consequence Harlem residents will not be able to propose exciting community projects that should be funded, nor will they then be able to democratically choose which of the proposed…
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Bird Migration
The Audubon Society has a great interactive map that looks at bird migration. You can key in NYC and see the incredible variety of birds that fly though New York on their way north, south, or west. Check out the map for yourself: https://explorer.audubon.org/explore/species?location=New+York%2C+NY%2C+USA&lat=40.795426700000064&lon=-73.92118559999994 October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
