Welcome to Harlem’s Newsletter
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Stoop Sale on Sunday
The weekend weather looks amazing. Hope you can come out to the neighborhood-wide stoop sale: Demolished Church Lot and Trash Before the pandemic, the brownstone Metropolitan Church at the corner of 126 and Madison was demolished and a fenced-off rubble lot was left. A number of neighbors have complained about dumping and trash build-up on…
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East Harlem’s First Historic District
Landmarks East Harlem has been working for 8 years on designating an area around the East River Plaza to be designated a Historic District. With the support of the Municipal Art Society’s (MAS) Livable Neighborhoods program and SHPO, LEH organized public information meetings for property owners to explain the implications of State and National Register…
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Viaduct, 155th Street, Harlem Bridge
The view of this photo (looking back and up to Harlem – if you were headed to the Bronx you’d be traveling to the right and down) shows a recently competed 155th Street Bridge that now goes from Harlem over to the Bronx near Yankee Stadium. Note how isolated many of the buildings on the…
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Dog Run Volunteers Needed
JOIN US ONSUNDAY, MAY 1 @ 9 AM – 1 PM for our Spring Cleaning event. Tasks will include spreading mulch, raking, weeding, and painting. These cleanup events are not just an opportunity to tidy up and beautify our park, it’s an opportunity to get to know your neighbors. As usual, we will provide hand, sanitizer, face masks and gloves, and there…
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1880 Birthplace
When Harlem’s identity shifted from village-outside-New-York, to suburb of New York in the late 1800’s, the ethnic makeup of its residents displayed striking patterns. Looking at the map below you immediately notice the blue lines following avenues (more likely to have commercial space below with business owners or employees living above). These blue dots represent…
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The Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute is Expanding
The Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) has a new lease for new cultural space across the street and a bit more east from their current East Harlem location. The new addition – 201 East 125th Street – is in the lower, commercial space of a large new residential/commercial building. CCCADI will now have…
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See Stan Squirewell at Claire Oliver Gallery
Make sure to head over to the Claire Oliver Gallery (2288 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard at 134th – www.claireoliver.com) to check out Stan Squirewell’s premiere solo exhibition. Squirewell’s work examines who curates and controls the narratives that become accepted as history; from what perspective is history written, whose stories are told, and whose are…
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Apple Blossom Time
Spring, of course, means blossoms and in Harlem today the most common blossom is from the Callery Pear. Over a 100 years ago, a few apple orchards still remained in Harlem. This 1893 photo of apple trees in Harlem by Robert Bracklow, shows an orchard of mature trees in blossom. Sadly, but understandably, it’s in…
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25th Precinct Community Council Meeting, Tonight
The 25th Precinct’s monthly Community Council Meeting is tonight – April 20th at 6 PM. There is a location change – instead of meeting at the Precinct, the meeting will be held at Bethel Gospel Assembly – located at 120th Street between Madison and 5th Avenues. Please be prepared to stop at the security area to…
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Faith Ringgold Retrospective
The New Museum (on The Bowery) has a fantastic retrospective of Faith Ringgold. The work on view spans from polemical, political to ethereal and whimsical but is linked by a fascination with history, Black voices, and figurative representation. Ringgold was born in Harlem and raised here. Her work as an educator and interest in many…
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Education Is Not a Crime
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Disadvantage
The US Government has a climate and economic justice map of ‘disadvantage’ which looks at census tract information and collates a variety of factors that indicate disadvantage or advantage. The resulting national map is fascinating to explore to not only see where these census tracts are, but the data that underlies the designation. Communities identified…
