Welcome to Harlem’s Newsletter
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Fashion on ACP
Edwing D’Angelo’s atelier on Adam Clayton Powell is unlike any other storefront in Harlem. His custom-made clothing (one of a kind and made for you and your event) is complemented by ready-to-wear items showing in his windows.
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Harlem Hospital Nursing Yearbook 1959
The Harlem Hospital School of Nursing closed in 1977 and the site is about to become a new public health lab: https://patch.com/new-york/harlem/harlem-gets-first-look-new-400m-public-health-lab A 1959 yearbook of the nursing school is currently for sale: https://www.williamreesecompany.com/pages/books/WRCAM55457/african-american-nursing/city-of-new-york-harlem-hospital-h-h-s-n-1959-cover-title and is described as: Yearbook commemorating the graduation year for the Harlem Hospital School of Nursing’s Class of 1959. This copy…
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Marcus Garvey Park Tree Lighting
December 8th, at 6:00 PM. 124th Street and 5th Avenue. Join the Marcus Garvey Park Alliance in the lighting of the holiday tree. Under the Stoops Along 5th Avenue, between 129/128th Streets, there are 3 brownstones in a row that still have grills that allow light into the under-the-stoop space. As a result, you can…
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Holiday Lights on The Harlem Meer
Celebrate the season at our Annual Holiday Lighting in Central Park. Meet Santa and friends, sing carols on the Plaza, watch an ice-carving demonstration and take part in other seasonal festivities. The event concludes with lighting a flotilla of trees on the Harlem Meer. In the meantime, check out our seasonal recipes and activities below…
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Church at 129/Madison
If you’ve wondered what is going to happen to the church, school, and rectory at 129/Madison, October’s Land Use meeting for CB11 revealed some of the plans: Essentially the church and school have been leased to a charter school, and the rectory will be converted into a rental building. Capital Prep will take over the…
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NYC Kids Rise
The NYC Kids RISE Save for College Program provides families, schools, and communities with a way to work together to invest in and save for their children’s futures. It is a scholarship and savings program designed to make college and career training more accessible and achievable for public school students. It enables all of us…
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Let’s Work Towards Carbon Neutrality
NYC Accelerator is a free program through the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability committed to restoring NYC and its buildings. The Accelerator team experts work with building representatives to improve building’s energy and water efficiency through building upgrades which create healthier buildings, save owners and residents money on their utility bills, and improve local air quality. …
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Photoville in Harlem
Photoville – an annual outdoor celebration of photography has a couple of sites in Harlem: Location number 8 on the map (above) is on the esplanade walking and biking path along the East River, between 97th and 98th Streets. The photography represents an afro-futurist vision of presence in an imagined, retro future. The images are…
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Porgy and Bess
The Metropolitan Opera is pleased to offer a 15% discount on tickets to PORGY & BESS to Harlem residents. Please use the code GERSHWIN15 at check out. Tickets and information can be found here: https://www.metopera.org/season/2021-22-season/porgy-and-bess/ The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess Don’t miss the return of the Met’s landmark staging of the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, which won universal…
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Harlem Holiday Lights 2021
Tonight! Festivities kick off at 5 p.m. on West 125th Street just east of Broadway, with a Parade of Lights Kickoff. Then the parade will go south along Adam Clayton Powell down to 110th Street, and then come back on Lenox but go around Marcus Garvey Park and then head west again on 125th. There…
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Limited English
How Calculated: Estimated number of people who do not speak English at home and are not English Proficent, divided by the total population; expressed as percent. Source: American Community Survey We Are All New Yorkers Uptown Grand Central writes: Yo yo here we go! So glad to be a part of TOGETHER, WE ARE NEW YORKalong with creatives from other…
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Waiting to Open
A photograph from October 1977 recently came on Ebay. The scene is a corner of Lenox Avenue and 124th Street, where a line of men awaits entry into a liquor store. Here is the back of the print. The location is now the home of Harlem Shake. Note how the liquors sign on the corner…
