Below are links to New York Times articles about Harlem in 1988. I don’t know about you, but I always find it interesting to read old news articles, knowing now how those stories ended and how right or wrong predictions were. Check it out. What do you think? Surprised by anything?
Abyssinian works to maintain its influence.
Black middle-class is moving back to Harlem and facing big challenges.
Harlem school for gifted children has highest reading test scores in the city.
NYPD uses its Tactical Narcotics Team (TNT) in East Harlem.
A rare occurrence; a market rate Harlem condo building is developed.
$11,000 and 1,300 vials of crack seized during a drug raid on 145th Street.
Japanese government is looking for investment opportunities in Harlem.
HarlemProud
November 16, 2007
To all who say the middle income housing the city along with church congregation partners developed is ruining Harlem – this is proof that Harlem has turned around because if these initiatives. 145th street? Look at it today. What a difference 2 decades make!
Keep the improvements coming. Little by little we can make Harlem the Jewel of New York City it deserves to be.
just another anon reader
November 14, 2007
Great post. Thanks!