Can a Grassroots Movement Save Harlem’s Culturally Rich Buildings?

Valerie Jo Bradley, co-founder of Save Harlem Now! Photo: Flo Ngala

Publisher: Veranda | Author: Shayla Martin

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. “We realized we’ve got to be organized and proactive to deal with the fact that only 3.7 percent of Harlem’s buildings are landmarked compared to 66 percent of Greenwich Village and 50 percent of the Upper West and Upper East sides.”