HARLEM/ DISTRICT ANALYSIS

SHIFT IN MANUFACTURING
especially impacted Harlem River valley and South Bronx.

MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITIES
Multiple communities in Harlem (use African, mexican etc
many very poor working class (median income $7000) but there are pockets of wealth
(Strivers Row) in Central Harlem and some middle class communities
in Public Housing Projects (like Harlem River Houses, median income $14,000).

LANDSCAPE
Drawing shows old dutch settlement before the application of the
New York Grid. Harlem at the north east corner of the island and shape
the later development of the
city. Despite massive landfill parts of central
Harlem are still lower than areas closer to the Harlem River valley,
resulting in many drainage problems which can impact public health.

ACCESIBILITY
The regional analysis showed 125 St to have good connections to the
north and south via the city grid, MetroNorth and
subway lines, also good highway access to the North East and Long
Island via the Triborough Bridge. Rail freight access was very poor,
as were connections to the west. The construction of the
Oak Point freight line to the South Bronx will marginally help the area.
Much of the eastern edge of the area is already taken up with automobile and truck traffic

LAND USE
125 Street historically was a regional shopping armature for Harlem and the South Bronx, served by
subway and bus access. Rents on the street have been rising and several
local and national chains have arrived on the street, including the planned
large Pathmark supermarket at the east end of the street. Street vendors
have been forcibily removed from the street to the Harlem Market
at 116 St, resulting in much tension. The street can be divided into
three parts. In the west the Apollo theater and state office building
(half empty since the move of workers upstate), along with the Studio
Museum of Harlem, Sylvia's, the Schomberg Library etc. offer the posibility of a
cultural/enertainment hub.
The central section of the street still remains the regional commercial core,
while the eastern section around the approach to the Triborough Bridge
is the most devasted containing only local bodegas, storefront churches
and automobile associated repair/gas stations.

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	SHIFT IN MANUFACTURING especially impacted Harlem River valley and South Bronx.
	MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITIES Multiple communities in Harlem (use African, mexican etc many very poor working class (median income $7000) but there are pockets of wealth (Strivers Row) in Central Harlem and some middle class communities in Public Housing Projects (like Harlem River Houses, median income $14,000).
	LANDSCAPE Drawing shows old dutch settlement before the application of the New York Grid. Harlem at the north east corner of the island and shape the later development of the city. Despite massive landfill parts of central Harlem are still lower than areas closer to the Harlem River valley, resulting in many drainage problems which can impact public health.
	ACCESIBILITY The regional analysis showed 125 St to have good connections to the north and south via the city grid, MetroNorth and subway lines, also good highway access to the North East and Long Island via the Triborough Bridge. Rail freight access was very poor, as were connections to the west. The construction of the Oak Point freight line to the South Bronx will marginally help the area. Much of the eastern edge of the area is already taken up with automobile and truck traffic
	LAND USE 125 Street historically was a regional shopping armature for Harlem and the South Bronx, served by subway and bus access. Rents on the street have been rising and several local and national chains have arrived on the street, including the planned large Pathmark supermarket at the east end of the street. Street vendors have been forcibily removed from the street to the Harlem Market at 116 St, resulting in much tension. The street can be divided into three parts. In the west the Apollo theater and state office building (half empty since the move of workers upstate), along with the Studio Museum of Harlem, Sylvia's, the Schomberg Library etc. offer the posibility of a cultural/enertainment hub. The central section of the street still remains the regional commercial core, while the eastern section around the approach to the Triborough Bridge is the most devasted containing only local bodegas, storefront churches and automobile associated repair/gas stations.