It’s easy to walk the streets of Central Harlem these days and observe all the preservation, renovations, new construction and new businesses that look like they could be in SoHo and wonder, “Wow, what’s next!?”

That’s what inspired the theme of this year’s Annual House Tour: Harlem. What’s Now. What’s New. What’s Next!

Don’t miss this day full of history & inspiration:

11 AM to 4 PM: Follow the Self-Guided Tour of Homes at your leisure. Guests will visit 12 venues including inside brownstone homes, urban live/work apartments, boutique art galleries, a landmark church, the Malcolm Shabazz Mosque, and the landmark jazz club, Minton’s Playhouse.

1 PM and 3 PM: Join the Architectural Walking Tour and explore this neighborhood rich with architectural detail and history with preservationist, historian and Harlem resident, John Reddick.

1:30 PM: Join the Marcus Garvey Park Walking Tour and see such park landmarks as the Amphitheater built–and soon to undergo an upgrade and restoration–with funds provided by the City of New York and Broadway legend and former resident, Richard Rodgers Family Foundation, and the Fire Watchtower on top of the Acropolis, which, at 153 years old, is the only surviving structure of its kind in New York City–with a view to die for!

12 Noon and 2 PM: New this year--Go Inside & Intimate in Historic Harlem with Harlem’s preeminent historian and preservationist, Michael Henry Adams, the author of Harlem Lost and Found. You’ll explore inside three extraordinary houses in the Mount Morris Park Historic District that are not on the regular tour and ordinarily strictly private. Group size is limited. This 1.5 hour walk requires a separate ticket which may be purchased at the Tour Start.

Everything Begins at the Tour Start:

The Pelham Fritz Community Center, 18 Mount Morris Park West (aka Fifth Avenue) and West 122 Street. Here you can buy tickets, pick up tickets reserved in advance, check out the souvenirs and meet the the Walking Tour Guides.

How to get here: Subways: A, B, C, D, 2, 3, and 4, 5, & 6 to 125th Street. Buses: M1, M7 and M102. Driving: Enter your start point below.