Tear down everything!
February 18, 2020 4:36 AM Subscribe
Does anyone know of a plan for demolishing the central part of Harlem (above Central Park) that may have been discussed at Yale in 1964? It can have been by Paul Rudolph, but it is not his Lower Manhattan Expressway project from 1967. Obviously neither the site nor the date fits.
During my current research, I've found some written and drawn lecture notes. The sketches suggest something Rudolph-y, but it could be a follower.
My google skills are failing me, and I know this is a long shot. But I'd really like to know.
Yes, there are opinions to be had about this, but this is only a factual question.
Yes, there are opinions to be had about this, but this is only a factual question.
WORST CITY SLUMS DUE FOR RENEWAL IN NEW PROGRAM; Return to Bulldozer Would Be Buffered by Relocation Aid to Ousted Tenants; 7 POSSIBLE AREAS CITED; Several Years of Study and Hearings Are Essential Before Work Begins (NYT, April 14, 1964)
The City Planning Commission announced yesterday an urban renewal program that would tear down some of the worst slums without tearing apart the lives of the occupants.
In part, the program would mean a return to the bulldozer —the only way of dealing with the hard‐core slums, in the opinion of most experts. [...]
One of these areas is around the Millbank Recreation Center in the heart of Harlem, where Jesse Gray has been conducting rent strikes...Millbank Center is the Central Harlem area in the vicinity of Lenox and Fifth Avenues between 115th and 118th Street. It takes its name from the near by recreation center.
posted by Iris Gambol at 11:54 AM on February 18, 2020 [2 favorites]
The City Planning Commission announced yesterday an urban renewal program that would tear down some of the worst slums without tearing apart the lives of the occupants.
In part, the program would mean a return to the bulldozer —the only way of dealing with the hard‐core slums, in the opinion of most experts. [...]
One of these areas is around the Millbank Recreation Center in the heart of Harlem, where Jesse Gray has been conducting rent strikes...Millbank Center is the Central Harlem area in the vicinity of Lenox and Fifth Avenues between 115th and 118th Street. It takes its name from the near by recreation center.
posted by Iris Gambol at 11:54 AM on February 18, 2020 [2 favorites]
Response by poster: Thanks both of you. Your suggestions don't exactly hit the mark, but they do help me search, and those links are pure gold! The sketches I'm looking at actually look more like the Princeton project in daniel striped tiger's link, but the site doesn't fit with that. The site is very recognizable as the Cornell one. I guess it was a hot topic at architecture and planning departments everywhere back then.
posted by mumimor at 5:07 AM on February 20, 2020
posted by mumimor at 5:07 AM on February 20, 2020
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Have a look at the Cornell University section of the pamphlet and see if that doesn’t line up with the notes you’ve found.
posted by daniel striped tiger at 5:01 AM on February 18, 2020 [1 favorite]