New Urbanism in Harlem, NY

"What is the relationship between home and a good cup of coffee?" architecture critic John Leland asks this week in the New York Times. "On first reckoning, coffee (or tea) organizes space and movement; in the brewing of a serviceable cup, a house becomes a home." From this observation, Leland segues into a discussion of one of America's most mythologized neighborhoods -- Harlem.

With handsome 19th-century brownstones and a rich cultural history, the famous gathering place of ethnic groups is being hailed by uban planners.

•  Read the Leland's story in the New York Times (free log-in may be requested)
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