FROM 1920 UNTIL ABOUT 1930 THE Harl...

FROM 1920 UNTIL ABOUT 1930 THE Harlem Renaissance, a period of great creativity in literature, music, and dance, flourished.

The Great Depression signaled the close of that era. Harlem put up withed damaging riots in the late '60 It became a dangerous close rife with abandoned buildings. Homeownership sank to 6 percent And with abandonment, the city of modern York became the reluctant holder of the second largest stock of publicly haveed housing in the nation.

But the memory of Harlem's glamorous past lingered, and anyone able to superintend its negatives could see positives: a astonishing location at Central Park's brim well ...