While Bill Clinton's decision to rent office space in Harlem may seem like a modest one--imagine if the former president using taxpayer money to pay Park Avenue prices--he still pays more, on a per-square-foot basis, than any of his presidential colleagues, even after renegogiating his lease for the top floor of 55 West 125th Street.
The Journal broke Read More
Speaking at an investor conference yesterday, Vornado CFO Joseph Macnow gave word that the company’s troubled plans for Harlem Park, an office tower on 125th Street, have been officially scuttled.
“We’ve shut down a couple of development projects,” Mr. Macnow said. “We were going to build Read More
The selection was coupled with a vote on the project by the City Council, which this afternoon approved a rezoning Read More
Harlem's most ubiquitous activist and resident Cassandra, Sikhulu Shange, has been warning against the perils of gentrification and the displacement of small businesses in the community for decades. He became living proof of his most dire prophesies this summer when he was forced to close his iconic music store on 125th Street, the Record Shack, Read More
Today Curbed posted two items that spell trouble or progress, depending on your point of view. W Hotel's parent company Starwood is building a branch of its new Aloft brand on Frederick Douglass Bpulevard and 124th Street. Read More
The move comes as the plan, pushed forward by the city and altered some by the Council, has met opposition from many in Harlem, who claim Read More
The city's proposed 125th Street rezoning seems all but certain to pass the City Council, as a key Council member, Inez Dickens, signaled her support for a modified version of the plan this morning during a City Council subcommittee meeting. The majority of the Council is expected to follow Ms. Dickens’ lead on the Read More
“Harlem is not for sale,” he said, prompting cheers from the Read More
Getting to such a Read More
Vornado wants to build a tower of about 330 feet, which is 40 feet Read More
Vornado is contending that it needs $7.8 million or so in tax breaks in order Read More
Not too far away, and also a target of Read More
At a hearing before the City Planning Commission this Read More
