Berkshire Eagle

An up-close look at a gentrifying Harlem

The Greenwich Village neighborhood my wife and I have lived in for more than 50 years is dominated by New York University, with students and faculty cramming its streets. It is not an area ripe for ...
Washington Times

50 years on, Harlem Week shows how a New York City neighborhood went from crisis to renaissance

NEW YORK — In 1974, Harlem’s deserted streets and tumbledown tenements told the story of a neighborhood left behind. Decades of disinvestment had culminated in a mass exodus known as urban flight and ...
Portland Press Herald

50 years on, Harlem Week shows how a New York City neighborhood went from crisis to renaissance

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Associated Press

50 years on, Harlem Week shows how a New York City neighborhood went from crisis to renaissance

NEW YORK (AP) — In the 1970s, Harlem’s deserted streets and tumbledown tenements told the story of a neighborhood left behind. Disinvestment had taken its toll. Violence, crime and poor living ...