Municipal Art Society Archives - Harlem World Magazine

Fight Over East Harlem Playground, Targeted For Rentals, Heats Up

NY Curbed reports that makes a park a park? That’s the question at the center of a lawsuit, filed by several preservation groups (including the Municipal Art Society, New Yorkers for Parks, and Carnegie Hill Neighbors), that aims to stop the rise of a 68-story rental building on East 96th Street.Continue reading

The Tale Of An East Harlem Walkup

City Limits reports that there’s this building in East Harlem—242 East 106th Street. It’s four-stories, has seven apartments, is rent-stabilized. Continue reading

Zoning At New Heights: Supertalls & the Accidental Skyline In Harlem

New Yorkers have long had a love-hate relationship with height. And, as the age of the "supertall" tower sets a new precedent for what’s possible, controversies are growing.Continue reading

Harlem’s Levine Leads Hearing On Towers Shadows On Parks

On Thursday, November 12, Harlem City Council Parks Committee Chair Mark Levine will lead a hearing on Int. 737, a bill he sponsored that would create a task force to address the impacts of shadows from the development of super tall towers over public parks.Continue reading

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