Category Archives: Harlem Design

Harlem’s 125th Street Attracts Big Retailers

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“Some 900,000 people walk along 125th Street each month.” - Barbara Askins, 125th Street BID

The recession slowed commercial real estate development everywhere, but it was particularly hard on Harlem, which had only recently begun to attract national retailers after decades of disinvestment. Continue reading

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Folded Away DIY Rowboat (video)

Here is the Ar Vag by design student Thibault Penven – a DIY canoe that can be packed away after using to survive Hurricane Sandy. Continue reading

Fashion Icon Dapper Dan Discusses Harlem, History Infuences (video)

With the launch of Jay-Z’s Life+Times YouTube channel, we wondered what type of content would stock the channel. Continue reading

Harlem RBI’s DREAM Charter School in East Harlem

Perkins Eastman is designing a new four-floor, 63,000 sf home for the DREAM charter school and Harlem RBI offices in East Harlem. Continue reading

I Want One, The Perfect Electric Harlem Car

McDonald’s to Roll Out New Concept On 125th St

As small businesses in Harlem struggle to stay open (Hue-Man Books, MoBay, Harlem Vintage, etc.,) McDonald’s will soon open its new earth-toned and Starbucks-like design concept at a new location on West 125th Street. Continue reading

Proposed Postmodern Historic Harlem Box Top

St. Nicholas Avenue and 146th Street features a short string of varied historic homes that ends at 721 St. Nicholas Avenue on the corner. Continue reading

The Harlem Edge On The Waterfront

The Harlem Edge: Cultivating Connections, on view at the Center for Architecture from July 12 through October 31, presents entries to the latest ideas competition developed by the Emerging New York Architects (ENYA) Committee.
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