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Harlem Histories

Sankofa, designed by Jerome W Haferd of BRANDT : HAFERD, displays the “mythology” of Marcus Garvey Park

Understanding Upper Manhattan

Historian Thomas J. Sugrue introduces an expanded edition of Brian D. Goldstein’s The Roots of Urban Renaissance: Gentrification and the Struggle Over Harlem

a brick-faced research library in harlem
Lenox Ave Face-Lift

Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture receives $8 million in state support for major overhaul

a large glass and steel building
More Sad News

Daily digest: A monumental lab building is complete in Harlem, Airbnb will house Ukrainian refugees, and more

Exterior rendering of a stone tower with glassy pedestal
Slow Down, Build Up

National Urban League breaks ground on a new Beyer Blinder Belle-designed home in Harlem

a highline-esque public park conversion from studio zewde
Emerging Voices

Studio Zewde designs for cultural and climate resilience

Rendering of low-lying glass building attached to tower, part of the La Hermosa development
Divine Design

Harlem church wants to rezone above Central Park for tower and cultural center

A squat timber structure with large timber overhangs
Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily

Foster + Partners reveals a totally timber boathouse on the Harlem River

Train of thoughts

Van Alen Institute’s spring festival focuses on getting around New York City

Maren Hassinger, Study for Monuments, 2018. (Courtesy the artist.)
Park Place

Studio Museum ventures into Marcus Garvey Park with new Maren Hassinger sculptures

(Courtesy LPC)
Historic Renaissance

NYC Landmarks Commission designates a new historic district in central Harlem

1926-2018

Remembering historian Christiane Collins, who fought Columbia University to preserve Harlem’s parks

Reflection zone

African Burial Ground memorial and mixed-use development approved for Harlem

Master Plans

Frank Lloyd Wright and NYC’s first public housing development together in new exhibit

Roots of Urban Renaissance

The untold story of Harlem’s gentrification and growth

On the Fence About It?

What is happening to these landmarked fences in a Harlem park?

Checkerboards

Ground breaks on Bjarke Ingels Group’s Gotham East 126th Residential in Harlem

New York state unveils new pedestrian and cyclist bridge now under construction in Upper Manhattan

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