West Harlem
TUCK-IT-AWAY SELF-STORAGE dominates the block between 131st Street and 132nd Street on the west side of Broadway, a stretch of the famous thoroughfare where the New York City subway actually runs above ground. This is West Harlem, in a largely black and Hispanic neighborhood known as Manhattanville. Hanging from the side of Tuck-It-Away’s massive brick edifice is a banner reading, in both English and Spanish, “Stop Columbia! We Won’t Be Pushed Out!” The Ivy League university has proposed expanding its uptown campus into a 17-acre section of Manhattanville, thus endangering many local residents and businesses, including four buildings owned and operated by the storage company.