THE 2010 CURBED CUP NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE YEAR: HARLEM'S FDB!

MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 2011, BY JOEY ARAK
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Columbia University - Planning Design & Construction in Manhattanville

While Columbia is a globally respected academic center, it is also a vital local New York institution, committed to the economic, intellectual, social, and cultural vitality of our neighborhoods and city. In that spirit, together with our West Harlem neighbors, elected representatives, and civic leaders, Columbia has developed a plan for a mixed-use academic center that provides a long-term future of shared opportunity in the old Manhattanville manufacturing zone of West Harlem.

To know more about Columbia University's development plan in Manhattanville

MANHATTAN COMMUNITY DISTRICT 9

NEIGHBORHOODS: Hamilton Heights, Manhattanville, Morningside Heights, West Harlem

District Profile

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/neigh_info/mn09_info.shtml

No Longer Majority Black, Harlem Is in Transition

For nearly a century, Harlem has been synonymous with black urban America. Given its magnetic and growing appeal to younger black professionals and its historic residential enclaves and cultural institutions, the neighborhood’s reputation as the capital of black America seems unlikely to change soon.
But the neighborhood is in the midst of a profound and accelerating shift. In greater Harlem, which runs river to river, and from East 96th Street and West 106th Street to West 155th Street, blacks are no longer a majority of the population — a shift that actually occurred a decade ago, but was largely overlooked.

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Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Historic District Extension
The extension to the Hamilton Heights/Sugar Hill Historic District consists of fifteen buildings, built
between 1885 and 1909. Located in northwestern Manhattan, from 149th to 150th Streets, and from the west side of Edgecombe Avenue to the east side of Convent Avenue, the extension expands the district's present boundaries, designated in June 2000, to more completely reflect the neighborhood's architecture and cultural history.
This report describes the birth of the Hamilton Heights & Sugar Hills and the evolution of the District until today.

Report from the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, Oct 2001

Project 125th Street - Approved!
Overview

In response to recent and anticipated development activity in Harlem, the Department of City Planning in partnership with the New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC), Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), the Departments of Cultural Affairs (DCA), the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Department of Small Business Services (SBS) initiated the 125th Street Study in December of 2003 to generate a development framework for the entire 125th Street corridor between the Harlem and Hudson Rivers. The Interagency Team worked in close collaboration with the study's Advisory Committee - a diverse group of over 100 individuals representing elected officials, local civic groups and cultural institutions, stake holders, and community boards 9, 10 and 11. The study focused on several key planning areas that include: zoning, transportation, the arts, increased local and regional visitors to the corridor, and public realm/streetscape improvements. The study also reviewed and proposed strategies to develop housing within the corridor, including affordable housing. The actions comprising the 125th Street Corridor Rezoning constitute a key product of the study.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/125th/index.shtml

The economical development of Harlem voted by NYC and the expansion of Columbia Univ are creating jobs opportunities, attracting a new population and therefore will generate more demands on housing. The new zoning policy which restricts the height of new buildings is driving the prices up on the existing and well located properties.