ARCHITECTURE: PAST RENAISSANCE BALLROOM PLANS

New York YIMBY published what the original plans to preserve the Renaissance Ballroom recently and they were quite spectacular.   As most folks know, the Renny on 7th Avenue at 138th Street was one of the first buildings actually built by African Americans in Harlem during the Renaissance years and has hosted a plethora of important cultural events.  The ambitious previous designs would have highlighted the history in a grand way but a new plan for demolition only invites more mundane new construction to the neighborhood and banishes this important historic landmark.  When developers say a building can not be saved, this we have learned is probably more about money than structural integrity.  Check out other old renderings for the Renaissance Ballroom in YIMBY: LINK