DECADES OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN history have made Harlem one of America's most famous neighborhoods. It's also an essential destination for visitors to New York, offering art, architecture ...
Displacement has been a common theme in Spanish Harlem's history. From German to largely Italian in the 1900s, in the 1970s many of the old Italian families left as the neighborhood went up in ...
This two-minute video captures the time, energy, and creativity that residents of East Harlem have invested in setting ground rules for future development in their neighborhood. The plan responds to ...
An oral-history project by the New York Public Library is collecting stories from longtime Harlem residents like Yvonne Stafford, who was recently interviewed by volunteer Kyle Ann Stokes.
Smoking is becoming a thing of the past in one Harlem neighborhood. For one East Harlem community, smoking cigarettes is a habit that will not be tolerated anymore. Located on 110th street between ...