Found 3 collections related to Urban renewal -- New York (State) -- Harlem (New York)

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 462
0.63 linear feet (2 boxes)
The Riverton was a seven-building complex built by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in 1947, one of four complexes they built during the 1940s. The complex was bounded by 135th and 138th Streets, Fifth Avenue, and Harlem River Drive. The... more
Wilcox, Preston, 1923-2006
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc MG 235
13.13 linear feet (47 boxes)
Personal and professional papers, writings, office files and printed matter documenting Preston Wilcox's dual career as an educator and community organizer. Included are biographical and autobiographical narratives; some correspondence and... more
Collins, Christiane Crasemann
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division | Sc MIRS Collins 1988-12
5 audio_recordings
Neighborhood historian and urban planning specialist, Christiane Crasemann Collins (1926-2018), worked with the West Harlem Coalition for Morningside Park to campaign against Columbia University's expansion into Morningside Park in 1968. The... more