ARCH at 60: Bridging Past Visions and Present Realities

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Architects’ Renewal Committee in Harlem (ARCH), which was created to serve the planning and urban design needs of Harlem residents. Once led by J. Max Bond, former dean of the architecture school at The City College of New York, the group was formed by planners and architects who wanted to ensure that residents were the ones shaping their community's future. The ARCH at 60 presentation will use several of ARCH’s projects—ARCH itself as a model for community design centers everywhere, its advocacy and organizing work on housing and tenant's rights, and visions for 125th Street that countered the plan for the State Office Building—as starting points for conversations about Harlem’s transformation physically and demographically amidst ongoing development, including the need for more affordable housing, and the fight for neighborhood autonomy.

This event is supported by funding from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts and the West Harlem Development Corporation.

Please also join us for the symposium keynote on Friday, November 15, at 5:30 pm. Co-organized by the New York Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (nycoba|NOMA) and the AIANY Diversity and Inclusion Committee, the keynotes serves as this year's AIANY J Max Bond, Jr. Lecture. Register for the symposium keynote here.

*Please note credits for each session will be offered separately throughout the event. The Morning Session is eligible for 3 LU credits and the Afternoon Session is eligible for 3 LU | 3 HSW credits.