Community Board 10 has released the final draft of the Comprehensive Preservation Plan for Central Harlem which will try to protect the neighborhoods many historic blocks and unofficial landmarks. Other large neighborhoods in Manhattan such as the the Upper West side have up to 26 percent landmark designation while Central Harlem is roughly at 3.6 percent. Newly proposed areas include the
Mount Morris Park Historic District extension, an
Astor Row extension and a
Strivers Row extension.
The document also serves as a formal request for evaluation to the Landmark Preservation Commission to study the merits and feasibility of what is proposed. Over the coming months, the Board will work closely with residents and elected officials to advance the recommendations made in the plan. For all the details and quite a bit of history on each neighborhood, check out the CB10 proposal which has detailed maps and photos:
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the purposed historic district for 130th to 133rd St. between Malcolm X Blvd and
ReplyDeleteAdam Clayton Powell Blvd should have stretched to Frederick Douglas Blvd. I'm not really sure why 132nd street one block over with its new construction town homes needs more protection then a complete block of brownstones. Of course I'm completely biased but I don't understand why they wouldn't include these 2 extra blocks and stop the purposed district at a natural stopping point.
Is it me, or are many of the maps labeling the streets incorrectly? Just saying...
ReplyDeleteI am in no doubt the wonderful architecture of Harlem needs protecting, we have witnessed over the last few years, buildings that have survived over a century only to be replaced with some modern more profitable apartment building forever destroying an uninterrupted perfect row of historic homes, so this has to be a good thing. It will however be a new burden on homeowners where once their home was theirs to do with what they wished, now hampered with jumping through hoops even to alter window blinds that are visible from the street. But this is a small price to pay for preserving the architecture of Harlem.
ReplyDeleteAs for limiting development height, I am not so sure it is a good idea, especially on vacant lots. This is New York City, not Colonial Williamsburg.
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