Tag: Lee Building

  • The Rise, Fall, and Rise of the Corn Exchange Building

    The Rise, Fall, and Rise of the Corn Exchange Building

    Ephemeral New York has a great article out on how the Corn Exchange building (Park/125) – formerly the Mount Morris Bank – has looked in photos over the years. The Harlem Bank building (built in 1884, and now with Ginjan Cafe on the ground floor), was and is perfectly located for easy access to upstate…

  • The Lee Building

    The Lee Building

    Founded in 1900, Lee Brothers Storage & Van Co. – a furniture, storage, and moving company – was initially located on 125th Street near 3rd avenue. In 1913 they moved to the northeast corner of 125th Street and Park Ave. into a building they did not build but leased. However, after 9 years in 1922 they purchased…

  • Summer Youth!

    Wanted to let you know we’ve got a summer youth program we’re running through WHDC this summer, and applications close end of day Monday. If you know of any teens/ parents of teens in West Harlem (CD9) looking for a summer opportunity (with a stipend for all who completer the program), you can share the…

  • Meeting With Mount Sinai, Tomorrow

    The Greater Harlem Coalition will have a town hall meeting tomorrow night at 7pm. You are welcome to join by registering here: https://fordham.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6UAWpErMRkuvGvMDgjQ_4w Mount Sinai will present on new security measures at their Park/125th Street methadone programs in the Lee Building. To hear more about their plans to address hanging out before and after treatment…

  • HNBA January Meeting – Jan. 12, 7:00 PM

    On Tuesday, January 12th at 7pm, Join HNBA in welcoming: Liz Crotty on who is running for Manhattan DA Ruth McDaniels who is running to replace Bill Perkins on the City Council Valerie Bradley from the Marcus Garvey Park Alliance We hope you’ll be able to attend with questions for the candidates. For the Zoom link, subscribe to…