Triple Candie is somewhere in Philadelphia. In a residential neighborhood. Reincarnating.

We've always maintained a location in the shadows. From 2001 to 2010, we were in Harlem, far from New York City's then burgeoning art neighborhoods -- first Chelsea, then the Lower EastSide. Our location initially reflected our desire to work in a community under-served by the visual arts. But over time, the neighborhood served a more symbolic purpose.

2008 - 2010

For two yeas, Triple Candie was located in a storefront on a residential blockt at 500 West 148th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenues. The gallery was within 5 blocks from the Hispanic Society, the American Academy of Arts & Letters, Dance Theater of Harlem, and 8 blocks from City College. Demographically, the block had been historically African American, though following 9/11, the new residents were increasingly of Domenican and Mexican descent. However, our landlord was from India; our super from Belize; and the guys who ran the bodega next door were from Yemen. It was heaven.

2001- 2008

Triple Candie was located in a ground-floor warehouse space in a former brewery at 461 West 126th Street. The gallery was in walking distance of the Studio Museum of Art, the Project (an art gallery run by Christian Haye that launched the careers of Julie Mehretu, Paul Pfeiffer, and many others), and Columbia University's MFA Program studios. The immediate neighborhood belonged to neither Central nor West Harlem. The block consisted of abandoned warehouses, car repair shops, and a handful of city-subsidized apartment buildings. La Granja, a live poultry market, was directly across the street. The warehouse was in a demographic void. Two blocks east was Central Harlem, which was, at the time, over 90% African and African American. To blocks to the west and north was West Harlem, which was primarily Domenican. Two blocks south was Columbia University.