ABSTRACT
It is difficult to separate the perspectives of community-based organizations and those of residents. Indeed, many of those interviewed work in community-based nonprofit organizations and are lifelong Harlem residents. Nevertheless, community-based organizations have a particular vantage point, because their work often focuses on improving the conditions in the neighborhood or on the people in the neighborhood. The distinction is important, as community development can take a place-based or a people-based approach. One can gather from the perspectives of some of the residents that the place-based approach is getting more attention, in some ways, at the expense of people—the longtime residents of Harlem.
