DASNY completed the Harlem Hospital Modernization project, including the new patient pavilion, in March 2014. One of the most compelling aspects of this project is the Mural Gallery. Sylvia White, Chief of Staff, warmly welcomed the Board members to the facility and told us that at the start of the project “DASNY told us, if you can dream it we can build it.” DASNY’s Senior Project Manager Peter Jackson joined us on the tour and detailed the exacting technical work required to restore many of the murals. Peter deserves much credit and thanks for his work on this transformative project.

Deborah Thornhill, Associate Executive Director, Strategic Planning at Harlem Hospital, led us on a guided tour of the Mural Gallery and provided historical insight. The murals, commissioned in 1936 under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project, suffered the effects of both age and environmental damage. The pride in the beautiful and historic Mural Gallery shared by Ms. White and her staff was clear and easy to understand.