October 19, 2009...1:06 q10

Vacant site readies for Harlem kids

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In central Harlem, a rotting five-story building sits unused as a relic of decades past. But if a longtime community organization has its way, the site will soon face a full-blown makeover.

On 145th Street between Amsterdam and Broadway, a public schoolhouse has disintegrated into a large neighborhood vacancy since it was abandoned in the 1970s. Last month, the M.L. Wilson Boys & Girls Club of Harlem, a local non-profit, scored its final sum of cash in a large funding campaign to mount a massive redevelopment project on the site.

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