The Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute (CCCADI) moved into a historic firehouse in East Harlem in 2016. Since then, a plethora of art, education and entertainment have filled the floors within. Here are a few events coming up that caught our eye.
Who wouldn’t want to live on ~ Dream Street. Well, in this case, we’re on 124th Street between Second and Third Avenues ~ and the dreamy mural is a depiction of a multi-cultural city painted by local children, most of them homeless.
125th Street in East Harlem has seen a constant stream of renovations and building over this past several years. As per The Real Deal, the biggest project filed with the city in 2018 is coming to East Harlem, courtesy of the Richman Group ~ and the project, located at 201 East 125th Street, obtained the major hurdle of securing $188.5 million in public and private financing in December. We thought this might be a good time to review what we know about projects coming to East Harlem this year, and will update, as the year unfolds.
In addition, the Second Avenue Subway extension, which will run to a new station between Park and Lexington Avenues, affect new building along East 125th Street (Durst and Extell) ~ an Update Here.
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26 East 125th Street between Madison Avenue & Fifth Avenue from L-R, Trowel & Square, Brownstone Boutique, Serengeti Kitchen, Harlem Underground
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Artist Lizzy Alejandro. Image Via Taller Boricua
A Misen-en-scene by Pablo Helguera and Dannielle Tegeder
