Publisher: NBC New York
60 years ago The March on Washington reshaped the landscape of the Civil Rights Movement and many people don’t know it started in Harlem. Marc Santia reports.

Publisher: Forbes Breaking News
On Monday, Mayor Eric Adams (D-NYC) held a press briefing in Harlem to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington.

Publisher: CBS News New York
On the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, the Harlem headquarters where the event was organized now has its own Harlem Heritage Marker.

Publisher: The New York Times
Sixty years ago, in the summer of 1963, a four-story townhouse on West 130th Street in Harlem became the headquarters for what was then the largest civil rights event in American history, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

Publisher: Bronx News 12
Mayor Eric Adams spoke Monday to mark the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington.

Publisher: The Art Newspaper
The long-time home of influential Harlem Renaissance writer Langston Hughes is now open to the public as a historic house museum.

Publisher: The New York Times
In the 227 years since its birth, Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — the oldest Black church in New York State — has served as a stop on the Underground Railroad, a haven for Black artists and intellectuals during the Harlem Renaissance, and an amphitheater for civil rights activism during the 1950s and ‘60s.

Publisher: Veranda
Valerie Jo Bradley is one of the co-founders of Save Harlem Now!, a nonprofit advocacy group that formed to preserve buildings and landscapes that contain important African American history from the early 20th century.

Publisher: Brownstoner
Angered by the razing of landmarked or calendered properties throughout New York City — including the Jacob Dangler mansion at 441 Willoughby in Bed Stuy and literary landmark 14 Gay Street in Greenwich Village — dozens of preservationists, pols and neighborhood activists called for change at a gathering on the steps of City Hall Thursday afternoon.

Publisher: The New York Times
Many New Yorkers assume that a historic building, once the city designates it a landmark or includes it in a historic district, is protected from demolition. But that idealized notion of preservation has been smashed in recent weeks, as if by a wrecking ball, from Harlem to the meatpacking district.

Publisher: National Trust for Historic Preservation
Save Harlem Now! is the proud recipient of a grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund that will support hiring its first Executive Director. This hire will provide administrative, management, and organizational support to further the mission to protect Harlem’s built environment and preserve its history.

Publisher: Observer
Save Harlem Now!, a membership not-for-profit advocacy organization that fought for the designation, was similarly enthusiastic about the move and expressed hope that more landmarks in Harlem will receive historic status.

Publisher: New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
Today, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) designated the Central Harlem – West 130-132nd Streets Historic District. This mid-block historic district is not only representative of Central Harlem’s residential architecture, but the rich social, cultural, and political life of its African American population in the 20th century.

Author: Save Harlem Now!
Today, the Historic Districts Council has released the following ACTION ALERT! in support of the Central Harlem 130-132 Streets Historic District, which Save Harlem Now! has championed throughout the designation process. Please lend your support by contacting your City Councilman here.

Publisher: Patch
The City Landmarks Preservation Commission voted Tuesday to consider creating a new historic district in Central Harlem.

Publisher: The New York Times
“What we have is 12 houses,” Matthew Spady said, walking down a ski-slope-steep street in Washington Heights, in Upper Manhattan — 12 houses that have stood together in an unbroken row since the president was William McKinley and the mayor was Robert Van Wyck, who tends nowadays to figure in rush-hour rants on the expressway named after him in Queens.

Publisher: Save Harlem Now!

Publisher: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission
At a public meeting today, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) made determinations on properties that were calendared prior to 2010 and were not acted upon, marking a significant milestone in LPC’s Backlog Initiative.

Publisher: NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission Testimony

Publisher: The New York Times
The Renaissance Theater and Casino in Harlem has been vacant for more than 30 years. The doors and arched Palladian windows are covered in warped sheets of wood. The tapestry brick on the squat, blocklong two-story building is loose, and many of the mosaic tiles inspired by architecture in North Africa have fallen away. Tree branches pierce the roof.