The foundation is the nonprofit organization that runs the theater, a state-owned Harlem landmark where the popular variety program is taped.

It's a Harlem landmark; he's a very uptown kind of cat.

He had also managed the Hotel Theresa, a Harlem landmark.

The lawsuit represents the latest twist of fortune for a Harlem landmark.

But the Harlem landmark lost money, and in 1992, he turned it over to a nonprofit foundation.

"I'll put up anybody's picture who asks me," said Sylvia Woods of Sylvia's, the Harlem soul-food landmark.

Liberation Bookstore, a small shop at Lenox Avenue and 131st Street, has been a Harlem landmark since it opened in 1967.

"Come and take a look up here," Mr. Wolfe said to a visitor as he stared wide-eyed out into the expanse of the 89-year-old Harlem landmark.

The park is a Harlem landmark, the site of the annual Entertainer's Basketball Classic, a summer tournament that pits local legends against professional players.

Ms. Raab said Ms. Beckelman's focus on Harlem landmarks is "something I certainly want to continue."