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The Harlem Edge / Cultivating Connections competition challenges architects to submit design solutions for the redevelopment of the former Department of Sanitation marine transfer station in the Hudson River at 135th Street, which has been vacant since being decommissioned in 1999. The site consists of a 23,500-square-foot, E-shaped pier and the adjacent riverside. 
The project is part of wider efforts by the city of New York to reclaim waterfront areas for non-industrial use. Designs should explore how urban agriculture can be introduced to the community, improve access to the waterfront for Harlem residents, reflect creative programming that stimulates economic activity and creates jobs, as well as sustainability. 
More specifically, plans must include a facility for Nourishing NYC, a Harlem-based non-profit organization that advocates health through nutrition and knowledge, and provide a multi-modal transportation hub. The Nourishing NYC complex should include space for packaging and shipping locally-grown foods as well as culinary libraries, volunteer centers, community gardens and teaching kitchens. As for the transportation hub, it should integrate existing networks and improve access to the site and West Harlem neighborhood. 
All participants must register and submit their proposals by Monday, January 16, 2012 and the winners will be announced in February 2012. For more information, visit the competition website. 

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