ADVOCACY & PLANNING
An Affordable Housing Framework for East Harlem:
PUBLIC SITES FOR PUBLIC GOOD
In late 2016, Enterprise Community Partners awarded the Northern Manhattan Collaborative a $90,000 grant that will allow the member groups to expand their joint efforts to plan for future development.
Using the recently-completed East Harlem Neighborhood Plan (EHNP) as a starting point, the NMC groups, led by AND and working with Hester Street Collaborative, assessed several NMC-owned and publicly-owned sites in East Harlem as potential locations for affordable housing development and other needed non-residential uses called out in the EHNP recommendations. The study produced not only several in-depth analyses of specific sites, but also a strategy for creating more connection among existing buildings and spaces in the neighborhood.
The resulting report, titled “ Public Sites for Public Good“, details a vision for leveraging the neighborhood’s affordable housing opportunities to address community-identified needs with special attention to city-owned property.
Using the recently-completed East Harlem Neighborhood Plan (EHNP) as a starting point, the NMC groups, led by AND and working with Hester Street Collaborative, assessed several NMC-owned and publicly-owned sites in East Harlem as potential locations for affordable housing development and other needed non-residential uses called out in the EHNP recommendations. The study produced not only several in-depth analyses of specific sites, but also a strategy for creating more connection among existing buildings and spaces in the neighborhood.
The resulting report, titled “ Public Sites for Public Good“, details a vision for leveraging the neighborhood’s affordable housing opportunities to address community-identified needs with special attention to city-owned property.
126th Street Harlem African Burial Ground Memorial and Mixed-Use Project
The former MTA bus depot in East Harlem is located on the site of an African burial ground dating back to the seventeenth century.
The 126th Street Harlem African Burial Ground Memorial and Mixed-Use Project is a unique initiative to preserve and memorialize this sacred site. Guided by the work of the Harlem African Burial Ground Task Force and the East 126th Street Bus Depot Task Force, the NYC Economic Development Corporation (EDC) has secured public approvals for a new memorial and mixed-use project on the bus depot site.
EDC will release a Request for Proposals (RFP) to select a development team for the site. AND Executive Director Chris Cirillo served as a member of the East 125th Street Bus Depot Task Force, which helped to craft the program and development framework for the site. AND will continue to advocate for a thoughtful, respectful, and beautiful memorial and development project for this site. Learn more at the EDC’s website.
The 126th Street Harlem African Burial Ground Memorial and Mixed-Use Project is a unique initiative to preserve and memorialize this sacred site. Guided by the work of the Harlem African Burial Ground Task Force and the East 126th Street Bus Depot Task Force, the NYC Economic Development Corporation (EDC) has secured public approvals for a new memorial and mixed-use project on the bus depot site.
EDC will release a Request for Proposals (RFP) to select a development team for the site. AND Executive Director Chris Cirillo served as a member of the East 125th Street Bus Depot Task Force, which helped to craft the program and development framework for the site. AND will continue to advocate for a thoughtful, respectful, and beautiful memorial and development project for this site. Learn more at the EDC’s website.
