west harlem: Broadway Malls - The Centerpiece of Broadway on the Upper West Side
- 01/15/12 02:12 AM
The Broadway Malls From 60th Street to 168th Street, lies a history filled median of greenery and flowers called The Broadway Malls. The Malls were established in 1904 and have been a New York City park since 1904. Eighteen whimsical and captivating sculptures have been placed for public view on the Broadway Malls from Columbus Circle to 168th Street.
The Malls are a 5.5 mile-long park that provides a welcome green space from the Upper West Side through Harlem to Washington Heights.
Art on the Malls is the Broadway Mall Association’s program to enliven the Broadway Malls with contemporary art. … (16 comments)
west harlem: Harlem Neighborhood Market Report
- 10/01/11 08:37 AM
Harlem was established in 1658 by the Dutch and named Nieuw Harlem after the Dutch city of Harlem. This large section of Manhattan real estate has a deep spirit, culture and history. Apartment buyers can explore new buildings that range in size and style from studios to three-bedroom condos, co-ops to luxury lofts, along with renovated historic brownstones and townhouses. Developers have converted brownstone, shells of buildings and narrow vacant lots into condominium apartments. For Harlem home buyers, this wave of condo conversion in Harlem provides an opportunity to live in a neighborhood with small-scale buildings. Harlem zoning does not allow … (8 comments)
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from neighborhood businesses paving the way for Columbia University to expand it's campus into the Manhattanville section of West Harlem. Owners filed a lawsuit challenging the Empire State Development Corporation's plan to use eminent domain to force them out so the university could expand. The 17-acre site, in the Manhattanville section of West Harlem, is less than a mile from Columbia’s main campus in Manhattan's Morningside Heights neighborhood. It will add more than 6.8 million square feet to the university, including a new business school and science facilities. The plan was … (22 comments)
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west harlem: NY State Approves Columbia University Expansion: Eminent Domain
- 07/18/08 01:54 PM
Rendering of Columbia campus at 131st Street & Broadway Empire State Development Corporation has adopted the Columbia University General Project Plan and authorized a public hearing for the university's proposed West Harlem expansion.The state agency declared the 17-acre expansion footprint as blighted, a necessary step before using eminent domain. Two reports characterized the area by aging, poorly maintained and functionally obsolete industrial buildings, with little indication of recent reinvestment to revive their generally deteriorated conditions.The $6.28 billion project, which is to be funded entirely by the university, will add up to 6.8 million square feet of new, state-of-the-art facilities in … (2 comments)
west harlem: Manhatan Real Estate - Harlem Neighborhood Report
- 12/06/06 12:30 AM
Harlem was established in 1658 by the Dutch and named Nieuw Harlem after the Dutch city of Harlem. This large section of Manhattan real estate has a deep spirit, culture and history. Harlem passed through several historic periods - as a high-society area of New York for wealthy upper class and middle class white residents...as a fashionable district for blacks during a period known as the "Harlem Renaissance"...as one of the hottest night club playgrounds for audiences who came uptown to see the all black revues to gangsters and entertainers in grand style at the famous night spots. Beginning in the 1870s … (28 comments)
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