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13-story apartment tower planned at 437 Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem

Plans call for 130 apartments

January 9, 2023 by Staff

New home for the National Black Theatre under construction at 125th Street and Fifth Avenue in Harlem

Plans call for a 21-story building with housing on its upper floors

July 27, 2022 by Staff

Controversial Harlem One45 Towers Plan to Add More Affordable Housing in Fight to Survive

The nearly 400-foot towers originally had the backing of Rev. Al Sharpton and the promise of a civil rights museum but was vehemently opposed by local elected officials worried about more gentrification in the area.

May 16, 2022 by Katie Honan, THE CITY

Columbia's Renzo Piano-designed tower preps for construction in Harlem

The 34-story building will rise at 600 125th Street

August 17, 2021 by Staff

Landmarks approves the creation of the Dorrance Brooks Square Historic District in Harlem

The district covers two sections on either side of Frederick Douglass Boulevard between West 136th Street and West 140th Street

June 15, 2021 by Diane Pham

New views of the upcoming Harlem River waterfront park

The new park will close a 1.2-mile gap in the 32-mile Manhattan Greenway that loops the island

June 15, 2021 by Michelle Colman

New look for the National Black Theatre redevelopment project in Harlem

The theatre will open inside 21-story, mixed-use building being developed by Dasha Zhukova

June 7, 2021 by Diane Pham

Renzo Piano adds an apartment tower to his ensemble of Columbia University buildings

First look at the starchitect's new 34-story building in Harlem

May 26, 2021 by Diane Pham

Plans to extend the 2nd Avenue Subway into East Harlem are back on

The MTA is currently mulling the use of eminent domain to make space for the extension

May 4, 2021 by Michelle Colman

Revealed: One45-Museum of Civil Rights in Harlem designed by SHoP Architects

In addition to a museum, the mixed-use tower will add nearly one million square feet of office, residential, and retail space

April 14, 2021 by Diane Pham

West Harlem is getting a three-block pedestrian greenway

The landscaped stretch is part of Janus Property's new Manhattanville Factory District

April 2, 2021 by Diane Pham

Maddd Equities to construct a new office complex in East Harlem

The 100,000-sf building at 132 East 125th will include office, retail and a community center

March 30, 2021 by Diane Pham

Interview: Architect Thomas Gluck on shaping Central Park North and Harlem

The architect discusses GLUCK+'s latest condo design and the changing neighborhood

March 29, 2021 by Diane Pham

New renderings reveal The Africa Center's $50M revamp

The new spaces will allow for everything from forums to concerts and art shows

March 3, 2021 by Diane Pham