Tag: MMPCIA

  • Halloween Activities from MMPCIA

    Halloween Activities from MMPCIA

    Let’s Volunteer TogetherBy Cleaning Up and Fall Decorating Lenox Ave. Join Us on Saturday, Oct. 14th8 AM to 2 PM – Lenox Ave.W117th to W124th Clean up and decorate with Halloween and Harvest decorations. It’s a fun and beautiful activity for the whole community. Join #HalloGreenerLenox“I Just Really Enjoy It. Its Hard Work But I…

  • Harlem and The Bomb

    Harlem and The Bomb

    1955, Life Magazine published “The World We Live In”. The reprint (1962), is still available on Amazon. One of the last images, shows a birds-eye (or perhaps a bomber’s eye) view of New York – focused as you can imagine, on lower Manhattan. In the painting, Harlem and the Upper East Side are on fire…

  • Block Party on 126th Street

    Block Party on 126th Street

    The 2041/5th HDFC Co-Op (on the corner of 126th Street and 5th Avenue) will be hosting their 2nd Annual Block Party: A Great Day In Harlem Kids Party on August 12, 2023. The Community Board (CB11) will review this Block Party using Event ID: 698307. If you have any comments on this proposed date/event, please…

  • Harlem’s Worlds Fair, 1883

    Harlem’s Worlds Fair, 1883

    No, the Harlem World’s Fair did not happen in 1883, nor did it happen at all. But it was proposed in this great illustration from Demarest’s Monthly Magazine, November 1879 (thank you to Harlem Bespoke that originally drew my attention to this image): The fair would essentially be on the Columbia University land, and stretch…

  • Register for the Candidate’s Forum Next Week

    Join The Greater Harlem Coalition and MMPCIA at next week’s Harlem City Council Candidates’ Forum. The forum will begin at 7 PM on Thursday, April 27th. Harlem’s current City Councilmember declined to attend. If you have questions for the candidates, fill out this form after registering for the Zoom webinar. Claire Oliver Gallery Make sure…

  • Open Plans

    Open Plans

    OpenPlans.org wanted to thank all the HNBA members for the opportunity to present at the HNBA April meeting! Everyone is urged to reach out with any follow up questions and feel free to share the presentation (below) with anyone who might be interested.  Emily also wanted to share their white paper on parking mandates in case folks…

  • Artist Addresses the Hidden Horror of Dr. Sims

    Artist Addresses the Hidden Horror of Dr. Sims

    Bloomberg has an article on a new artwork in Montgomery: The Mothers of Gynecology, and the artist and activist Michelle Browder who created this sculpture to challenge and refute the legacy of Dr. Sims. Browder’s monument honoring the “Mothers of Gynecology” — Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey, enslaved girls who underwent dozens of vaginal procedures by…

  • Stoop Sale Tomorrow at 10:00

    Tomorrow, May 1st is Stoop Sale Day Come bargain hunting for antiques, toys, clothes, furniture, household items, and wonderful things that residents in the Mount Morris Historic District Community are selling or giving away. Spread the word in your community. Where: Mount Morris Park Historic District (116th – 125th Street from Madison to Adam Clayton…

  • Stoop Sale on Sunday

    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…

  • Dog Run Volunteers Needed

    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…

  • Join MMPCIA

    Join MMPCIA

    Join MMPCIA for a conversation with the commander of the 28th Precinct (the southern half of central Harlem) to learn more about what the NYPD intends to do to address the increase in crime in our community. General Membership Meeting: Tuesday, February 15th, 6:30PMZOOM LINKMeeting ID: 868 4723 49171 646 558 8656 (New York)ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86847234917Meeting ID:…

  • The Victoria Tower Residences

    The Victoria Tower Residences

    The Victoria Tower Residences on 125th street is starting to show apartments. The building is behind, yet incorporates the facade of the old Victoria Theater. The 27-story high rise shares its space with the Renaissance Marriot Hotel and is being marketed as a luxury building with a two-story lounge, multiple meeting rooms, a fitness center,…