KEN SMITH WORKSHOP
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE URBANISM ART
 Harlem Gateway Malcolm X Plaza, New York, NY
Start Date: 1997 Completion Date: 2000 Cityscape Institute, Client H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture (formerly Hardy Holzmann Pfieffer), Architect Ken Smith, Photography The project includes streetscape and place-making for the southern gateway of the historic Harlem neighborhood. The completed designs address pedestrian walks and plazas including reconstruction of 110th Street / Central Park North, and Malcolm X Boulevard as well as design of a new memorial site, Malcolm X Plaza. Central to the design is establishing the street as the ceremonial entrance to the historic Harlem neighborhood; improving view corridors; strengthening the connection to Central Park; and development of a distinctive boulevard design vocabulary. The project was a collaboration of a non-profit organization and multiple public agencies to address the design possibilities of the public realm of streets in revitalizing neighborhoods.