Jesus Take The Wheel
The circus was in town last night. The Rent Guidelines Board, a nine member board appointment by the mayor, met at the Cooper Union to vote on rent increases for rent stabilized apartments. Continue reading
Jesus Take The Wheel
The circus was in town last night. The Rent Guidelines Board, a nine member board appointment by the mayor, met at the Cooper Union to vote on rent increases for rent stabilized apartments. Continue reading
As part of the New York City Housing Authority’s goal to enhance customer service, it has launched an online service tool for Public Housing and Section 8 Voucher applicants. Continue reading
Harlem’s Farmland
The photograph is looking north on Madison Square (before being renamed Madison Avenue) at 96th Street with farmland on either side in south East Harlem, NY in 1894. Continue reading
When word came at 4 a.m. recently that a 25-year-old man had been shot at 148th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, … Continue reading
This beautiful wooden house, with it’s glass enclosed conservatory, was at 310 West 103rd Street between West End Avenue and Riverside Drive on the northeast in West Harlem. Continue reading
The folks behind YouTube’s SPACEStv channel has this new episode of “Take Me Home” an ‘ambush makeover’ show hosted by MadTV and frequent guest of Chelsea Lately, Arden Myrin. Continue reading
In 2001, Nadja Fidelia’s life revolved around Lower Manhattan. As a managing director for Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. living in Battery Park City, Ms. Fidelia was only a short walk between home and work. Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Harlem homes, Harlem Style, Housing
Tagged 125th Street, Battery Park City, Claridge's Hotel, Hamilton Grange National Memorial, Harlem, Lehman Brothers, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Leila Yusuf, Long Island, Nadja Fidelia, New York City, Stribling & Associates, world trade center
I heard about accessory apartments while listening to WNYC the other day. What is an accessory apartment? Accessory apartments in Harlem might be the answer to affordable housing, senior assistance, and/or a source of added income for homeowners, etc.,. Continue reading
Posted in affordable housing, Alternative, Architecture, Community, Design, Harlem, Harlem affordable housing, Harlem architecture, Harlem homes, Harlem living, Harlem real estate, Harlem World Magazine, Housing, Real Estate
Tagged affordable Housing, Apartment, community services, Family (biology), Harlem, New York, New York State Department of Health, NYSOFA reports, Owner-occupier, WNYC
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Mathew M. Wambua and project developer Broadway Housing Communities Executive Director/Founder Ellen Baxter celebrated the beginning of construction for the new Sugar Hill development… Continue reading
Posted in Harlem, Harlem affordable housing, Harlem architecture, Harlem homes, Housing
Tagged Adam B. Taubman, Broadway Housing Communities, Capital One Bank, David Adjaye, Elizabeth F. Larsen, Harlem, Herman D. Farrell, James Covington, Michael Bloomberg, Michael R. Bloomberg, New York City Department of Housing Preservation and De, Rev. Georgette Morgan-Thomas, Richman Capital Resources, Robert Jackson, Sirus Fund, sugar cube building, Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art and Storytelling, Susan U. Halpern, Valerie G. Campbell, Washington Heights, William Traylor
The semi-annual NYC’s Worst Landlords Watchlist (Summer Edition!) was released this morning. Continue reading