Series II: Community Organizations, 1958-1984
Scope and Contents
This series contains fliers, bulletins, minutes, correspondence, and photos from several Upper West Side community organizations with which Adler was affiliated. The bulk of the materials relate to the 97th Street Block Association. Adler served as President and coordinator of the Association during the 1970s and 1980s, and he and other members converted an abandonded comfort station into a neighborhood safety and information center called the West Flank Safety and Information Center (WFSIC). When completed, the community center provided area residents a first aid station and recreation center, and ultimately helped revitalize the community by reducing crime. Several letters from Adler discuss the challenges in working with the Broadway Mall Association (BMA) to transform the comfort station into the information center. The materials document the evolution of the comfort station into the community center.
Citizens for a Quieter, Cleaner West Side, 1979-1980
Federation of West Side Block Associations, 1979
West 97/98th Street Block Association, 1976-1984
Scope and Contents Note
Folders include a variety of material, such as fliers and minutes on the efforts to revitalize the Boomis-Chemical Bank Building; a bulletin from 1977 to members discussing the pending demolition of the 'Boomis-Chemical Bank Plaza"; news clippings on complaints by various community groups and the negative impact of Single Room Occupancy hotels (S.R.O.) on the community and efforts to clean them up; photos of the unused bathroom/comfort station on 97th and Broadway; and a 1980 permit from New York's Department of Parks and Recreation granting permission for the Broadway Mall Association to clean and refurbish the comfort station on the Broadway Mall between 96th and 97th streets.
Miscellaneous, 1974-1995
Scope and Contents Note
This folder contains the following materials: New York State Council on the Arts Cultural Services Agreement from 1974; a Lenape Trail Agreement between Public Service Electric and Gas Company and County of Essex from 1982; a 1994 COSMEP Buyers Listing and Catalogue from the American Booksellers and American Library Association conventions. Lastly, a public notice regarding a public meeting on the status of the Manhattan East Side Alternatives (MESA) Study hosted by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and New York Metropolitan Transportation Council.