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MAY 6 – SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR UPCOMING TOUR!

by Matthias Helfen
on Apr 24
It's that time of year! Join us on May 6th for another exciting Janes Walk Tour, presented by the Municipal Art Society (MAS).
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LEH September News Blast
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LEH is awarded $12k for historic survey!

by Matthias Helfen
on Sep 1
We are absolutely thrilled to announce the award of a $12K grant from Preservation League of New York State! As the fiscal sponsor for the Landmark East Harlem coalition, Ascendant Neighborhood Development applied for a grant to fund a reconnaissance level survey of historic resources in the northern portion of East Harlem.
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Landmark DesignationNewsVirtual Tour

The History of East Harlem’s First Historic District

by Matthias Helfen
on Mar 29
In the fall of 2014, Joanna Delson, Executive Vice President of CIVITAS Citizens, Inc., Marina Ortiz, President of East Harlem Preservation (EHP), and Connie Lee, the then-President of the Marcus Garvey Park Alliance, met at a CIVITAS co-sponsored session at the National Academy of Design, titled Historic Preservation and the Park Avenue Historic District. Here they discovered a shared interest in historic preservation in East Harlem.
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Landmark DesignationNewsVirtual Tour

February is Black History Month

by Matthias Helfen
on Feb 28
This month is Black History Month. In this blast we reveal a new Cicely Tyson interactive storymap, updates to our Cicely mural campaign, and revisit the Dorrance Brooks Square Historic District one year after LPC's historic designation.
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Landmark DesignationNewsVirtual Tour

Engine Co. 91/Ladder Co. 43: January’s Landmark Spotlight

by Matthias Helfen
on Jan 28
This month we explore a historic East Harlem Firehouse, a new Cicely Tyson mural campaign, and remember MLK Jr.'s harrowing Harlem incident and the Harlem doctors who saved his life.
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Our 2021 Landmark Spotlight Reel

by Matthias Helfen
on Dec 23
As we come to the end of another challenging pandemic year, we thought you might enjoy a reminder of some of the gorgeous East Harlem historic structures that have stood the test of time. Click the photos to learn more about these neighborhood treasures!
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Native NYC: November’s Landmark Spotlight

by Matthias Helfen
on Nov 23
This week, as we enjoy a time-honored Thanksgiving holiday where our nation gives thanks for the colonizing efforts of Europeans to create our current America, we should pause to reflect on and honor the remarkable, original stewards of this land we call home. Indigenous history is this land’s foundation, and we have a lot to learn from indigenous peoples’ past and present stewardship of our beloved landscapes.
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October’s Landmark Spotlight: Historic PS 72/Julia De Burgos Latino Cultural Center – News Blast #5

by Matthias Helfen
on Oct 1
With October 15th marking the end to Hispanic Heritage Month, we thought we would spotlight an impressive NYC Landmark that has beautiful and deeply rooted ties to the Hispanic community of East Harlem. Designated as an Individual Landmark by the Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1996, 1674 Lexington Avenue currently houses the Julia De Burgos Latino Cultural Center, but first began its life as Public School 72.
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LEH News Updates

In-person TourVirtual Tour

MAY 6 – SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR UPCOMING TOUR!

by Matthias Helfen
on Apr 24
It's that time of year! Join us on May 6th for another exciting Janes Walk Tour, presented by the Municipal Art Society (MAS).
Read more
LEH September News Blast
Landmark DesignationNewsVirtual Tour

LEH is awarded $12k for historic survey!

by Matthias Helfen
on Sep 1
We are absolutely thrilled to announce the award of a $12K grant from Preservation League of New York State! As the fiscal sponsor for the Landmark East Harlem coalition, Ascendant Neighborhood Development applied for a grant to fund a reconnaissance level survey of historic resources in the northern portion of East Harlem.
Read more
Landmark DesignationNewsVirtual Tour

The History of East Harlem’s First Historic District

by Matthias Helfen
on Mar 29
In the fall of 2014, Joanna Delson, Executive Vice President of CIVITAS Citizens, Inc., Marina Ortiz, President of East Harlem Preservation (EHP), and Connie Lee, the then-President of the Marcus Garvey Park Alliance, met at a CIVITAS co-sponsored session at the National Academy of Design, titled Historic Preservation and the Park Avenue Historic District. Here they discovered a shared interest in historic preservation in East Harlem.
Read more