Crowds (Gentrification in medias res V)

In case you thought I'd forgotten about the photo essay...

Incident at 135th Street & Broadway
Early morning, 26 July 2009

Motorcycle Gang Based in Harlem
(corner of 125th Street & Broadway)

p.s. I never did find out what occurred at the corner of 135th St & Broadway on the night of July 25th/morning of July 26th; one possible explanation, though I have a hard time believing it caused all the police vehicles, is this:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/07262009/news/regionalnews/off_again__inn_again_181461.htm

On the Waterfront (Gentrification in medias res IV)

Views from the West Harlem Piers

The "Waterpod Project" is docked
at West Harlem Piers July 23 - August 3

Background info/Suggested Reading

http://urbanomnibus.net/2009/06/mts-casts-shadow-on-west-harlem-piers-park/

http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/park_of_the_month/2009_05/index.html

http://www.thewaterpod.org/

http://www.harlemonestop.com/event.php?id=7592

Lunchtime Recess at I.S. 195 (Gentrification in medias res III)

IS 195 is a public school occupying the ground floor of 3333 Broadway (see "Gentrification in medias res I").

On 133rd Street (Gentrification in medias res I)

Recently, certain visuals - objects, views, juxtapositions - around my neighborhood have struck me as vividly portraying the complex process known as "gentrification." Taken collectively, they might serve as a report on my impressions of the gentrification taking place in West Harlem - its indicators and its ramifications. I'll be using my next few posts for (what I'm pompously deeming) a photo essay about the gentrification of the Manhattanville and Hamilton Heights neighborhoods in New York.

The building bearing the "3333" sign was taken off Mitchell-Lama status in 2005. Read more here.

View of 133rd St & 12th Avenue

Some Background information:

Columbia University Student Coalition on Expansion and Gentrification

NY Times article on CU's expansion

Column on new restaurants in the Manhattanville neighborhood