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Projects & Proposals > Manhattan > Virtual Tour of Malcolm X Boulevard

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This page describes Malcolm X Boulevard as it appeared in 2001. The tour was developed as part of the Malcolm X Boulevard Streetscape Enhancement Project. These pages are no longer being updated.

23. 1 to 9 and 10 Mount Morris Park West
Deteriorating behind a forbidding fence and situated next to a former women's prison, New York State acquired this series of once elegant houses by eminent domain in 1968. Numbers 1-5, designed by Gilbert A. Schellenger in 1893 and Numbers 6-10, designed by Edward L. Angell in 1891, were slated for demolition and the construction of a drug rehabilitation center was proposed. Thanks to community opposition, however, that plan was abandoned. In 2000, the ten sites, including the corner site (a former New York State minimum security women's prison), were acquired by the Harlem Community Development Corporation and will be developed into market-rate private homes. The proposed designs intend to respect the historic architectural traditions of the surrounding Mount Morris Park Historic District.
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