Marx Brothers Playground – Harlem World Magazine

Park-Replacing Development At “No Cost” Sets “Harmful Precedent” In East Harlem

The debate surrounding plans to build a massive development on top of an East Harlem playground as a state investigator reviews the project, according to City Council records.Continue reading

Battle Brews Over Harlem Marx Brothers Playground

Bloomberg reports that Groucho Marx once said that politics is the art of looking for trouble. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito have found it in a playground named for the comedian and his brothers in their old neighborhood on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.Continue reading

Harlem 68 Story Rental Almost Approved

NY Curbed reports that the following the City Planning Commission’s approval, a City Council subcommittee approved a 1,100-unit residential building being developed by AvalonBay in East Harlem, Crain’s reports. Continue reading

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