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Members of the Coalition to Save Harlem, another group formed in response to the city's plan, worry that the rezoning will rapidly price out small-business owners and residents alike. The rezoning, which could benefit the planned retail mall, could also result in the demolition of scores of businesses along 125th Street-businesses that the city planning department has said are of little economic value and don't "contribute substantially to neighborhood character."
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The mounting tension over uptown gentrification, amplified by Columbia University's planned expansion, is threatening to erupt as a new plan seeks to reconfigure the very heart of Harlem.
The city has proposed a major rezoningto 125th Street-Harlem's m...See the full content of this document
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