Tag: Housing

  • Comparative Housing Data

    Comparative Housing Data

    If you’ve ever wondered why the price of housing (renting or purchasing) in NYC is so expensive, these two graphs illustrate how supply vs. demand here compares with other cities. 5G Towers Spotted on Amsterdam Avenue

  • Not 129, But…

    Not 129, But…

    A great photo of Harlem from 1946. Note how few trees there are on the streetscape: The text on the back claims it’s on 129th Street, but the distinctive porches on the right (south) side are unequivocally Astor Row (West 130th Street). It’s interesting to compare the tree cover 75 years later: However, the text…

  • Housing Inequality

    Housing Inequality

    Harlem’s rate of homeownership is strikingly low. A new choose your adventure video game attempts to explore why housing in the U.S. has not fairly delivered housing-derived middle-class lives to many Americans, particularly people of color. This game explodes the larger American myth that homeownership can be achieved by anyone through hard work and smart decision-making.  The…

  • Harlem Restaurants

    Harlem Restaurants

    So many New Yorkers, and out-of-town guests, for that matter, come to Harlem for the food. Eater recently put out their list of To-Try restaurants but one wonders how recent the intelligence is given that Mountain Bird (highlighted here) is listed while no longer in business. Another quibble is that Chaiwali isn’t included, but I…

  • Who shoulders the burden of housing disrepair?

    Who shoulders the burden of housing disrepair?

    Housing disrepair goes far beyond inconvenience or mess. Disrepair can harm health. As a result of the segregation and disinvestment caused by redlining, Black and Latino people have less access to healthy housing. They are more likely to live in buildings that have health-threatening maintenance issues. These disparities persist across income levels. Black and Latino people have…

  • Infant Deaths

    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…

  • Housing Units in New Buildings Since 2010

    Source: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/hpd/downloads/pdfs/wwl-plan.pdf Harlem’s Jewish Past The Jewish presence in Harlem before The Depression has given us a number of landmarked structures that have (often) since been converted into churches. One of the most elegant of these buildings is, of course, the Mount Olivet Baptist Church which was once Temple Israel. But Jewish Harlem had more…

  • Life Expectancy at Birth

    From: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/hpd/downloads/pdfs/wwl-plan.pdf Infant Mortality New Home for Silicon Harlem Silicon Harlem – currently located up at 148th Street – is going to have a new home, along with affordable and mixed income housing on West 126th street. The project is called Balton Commons, and is a $19-million mixed-use development currently under construction at 267 West…