The African American Design Nexus’ Harlem StoryMap traces the neighborhood’s Black-designed places
Sala Elise Patterson interviews the AADN’s Thandi Nyambose on the meaning behind the Harlem StoryMap.
An interactive map made up of 2010 Census data overlaid with a map by E. Franklin Frazier titled "Harlem Community Zones Marking Expansion of Negro Population,” from the 1939 book The Negro Family in the United States. From the African American Design Nexus Harlem StoryMap.
“The StoryMap is meant to peel back a layer of Harlem and engage with the stories behind the trailblazing designers that contributed to this place,” explains Thandi Nyambose (MUP ’21), who created the Harlem StoryMap.
Read the interview on the GSD main site.