The HarlemNOW map, published in May, 2009, was the second effort at taking the cultural pulse of a living New York City community. The project began with research done by students of urban planning at the Pratt Institute, and from that foundation grew into database documenting the buildings, artworks, and civic and cultural institutions that make Harlem one of New York's most enduringly vibrant communities and a neighborhood in transition.

The map was launched at an Americorps Event in Harlem.