On East 2nd Street east of Avenue A, on the right when traveling west.
Internationally acclaimed poet and
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
lived here from August 1958 to March 1961.
His signal poem Howl (1956) helped launch
The Beat Generation.
Kaddish (1961), a . . . — — Map (db m105140) HM
Built in 1849, the brownstone rowhouse is a rare surviving example of a residential building built in the Gothic Revival style, a style most often used for churches. Notable details include the pointed entranceway with clustered colonettes, the . . . — — Map (db m63057) HM
On East 8th Street east of Avenue C, on the right when traveling east.
The Firemen’s Garden on East Eighth Street between Avenues C and D honors the memory of all New York City firefighters who were killed in the line of duty. The site pays homage in particular to the memory of Martin R. Celic (1952-1977), a young . . . — — Map (db m145373) HM
Near Avenue B at St. Mark's Place, on the right when traveling south.
In memory of
General Milan R. Stefanik
Astronomer – Soldier
Czecho-Slovak patriot
Born – Ju(ly) 1, 1880
Died – May 4, 1919
Dedicated by
Slovak Welfare Club (TATRA)
May 3, 1942 — — Map (db m163600) WM
On Avenue B north of East 9th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Harry Hopkins, one of the most influential non-elected officials in American history, became a Settlement House worker in 1912 at Christodora, where his exposure to the struggles of new immigrants helped shape his thinking about social reform. . . . — — Map (db m145733) HM
On East 3rd Street east of Avenue A, on the right when traveling east.
1843 – 1968
Jubilee Year
commemorating
125th Anniversary
of
Most Holy Redeemer Church
Sept. 28, 1968
Most. Rev. Terrence J. Cooke
Archbishop of New York — — Map (db m145846) HM
Near Avenue A at East 7th Street, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
Let us brace our hearts to fresh endurance,
Let us adjust our minds to action, energetic, righteous;
Let us uplift our consciousness by faith invisible
for the nation cannot perish that had a soul so great, so immortal!
-Ignacy Jan . . . — — Map (db m145734) HM
On East 3rd Street east of Avenue A, on the right when traveling west.
Most Holy Redeemer Church
designated
Pilgrimage Shrine
in honor of
Our Mother of Perpetual Help
Centennial Year – 1966
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Archbishop of New York — — Map (db m145845) HM
On East 7th Street at Avenue A, on the right when traveling west on East 7th Street.
Samuel Sullivan “Sunset” Cox (1824–1889) was born in Zanesville, Ohio, and served his home state as a Democratic Congressional representative from 1857 to 1865 before being unseated. After moving to New York in 1866, Cox served . . . — — Map (db m145348) HM
Dedicated in 1906, this fountain serves as a reminder of those who died aboard the excursion steamer General Slocum on June 15, 1904. Prior to September 11, 2001, the burning of the General Slocum had the highest death toll of any disaster in New . . . — — Map (db m145736) HM
Near Avenue A at East 9th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Dating to 1888, this neo-classical fountain was the gift of the wealthy San Francisco dentist, businessman, and temperance crusader Henry D. Cogswell (1820–1900).
Cogswell was born in Tolland, Connecticut in 1820, the son of an architect . . . — — Map (db m145253) HM
Near park path at St. Marks's Place at Avenue A, on the left when traveling east.
This park honors Daniel D. Tompkins (1774–1825), who served as Governor of New York from 1807 to 1817 and as Vice President of the United States under James Monroe (1758-1831) from 1817 to 1825. Peter Stuyvesant (1610–1672), director . . . — — Map (db m145224) HM
On Battery Place near Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park, on the right when traveling south.
A Field Guide of New York Harbor
New York Harbor extends from its dramatic gateway at The Narrows, a turbulent channel separating Staten Island from Brooklyn, to the Battery at Manhattan’s southern-most tip. One of the world’s great natural . . . — — Map (db m134149) HM
Near Battery Place near Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park, on the right when traveling south.
Left: A Floating Metropolis
A plan to create a new residential and commercial neighborhood on the site of the decaying Hudson River piers was first proposed in the early 1960s. Battery Park City is a remarkable technological achievement. To . . . — — Map (db m145913) HM
Near Battery Place near Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park, on the right when traveling south.
1524: Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazano (sic), on an expedition sponsored by the French crown, sails into New York Harbor. He records his discovery but never sets foot on land.
1600
1609: Englishman Henry Hudson, backed by the Dutch East . . . — — Map (db m134183) HM
Near Liberty Street near Battery Park City Esplanade.
In November 2004, the 15th Anniversary of the dismantling of the Berlin Wall, the city of Berlin donated this piece of the Wall to Battery Park City. These segments were originally located in downtown Berlin in the area between Potsdamer Plaza and . . . — — Map (db m132053) HM
Near West Thames Street at Little West Street when traveling west.
This line in the pavement represents the western edge of Manhattan in 1871. By that time, the shoreline had already been extended well to the west of the original location, which lay along present day Greenwich Street. The fill that expanded the . . . — — Map (db m154067) HM
Near Battery Place near Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park, on the right when traveling south.
Left: Ferries, Tugs and Tall Ships
Not so long ago, New Yorkers travelling overseas left from passenger terminals located on Manhattan’s west side piers. Steamship lines owned their own terminals, and the arrivals and departures of great . . . — — Map (db m134089) HM
Near West Street near Chambers Street, on the right when traveling south.
As one of the most famous and respected black abolitionist leaders of the 19th century, Frederick Douglass inspired many people through his courage and determination.
Frederick Bailey was born a slave in February 1818 on Holmes Hill Farm in . . . — — Map (db m168927) HM
Maria Francesca Xavier Cabrini, known as Mother Cabrini, was an Italian-American who worked tirelessly to improve the lives of orphans, immigrants and other disadvantaged New Yorkers. In 1889, she arrived in New York on a mission to help Italian . . . — — Map (db m198659) HM
On West Street at Warren Street, on the right when traveling south on West Street.
On September 11 2001, our beloved and brave children witnessed the best and worst of humanity. We honor the heroic and compassionate principals, teachers and staff of PS and IS 89 who brought them to safety, of both body and spirit.
With profound . . . — — Map (db m132232) HM
Near Liberty Street near Battery Park City Esplanade.
This dog run is named in honor of PAPD K-9 Sirius #17. He was a four year old yellow Labrador Retriever who served as an explosives detector canine for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Sirius lost his life during the World Trade . . . — — Map (db m128900) HM
Near Battery Park City Esplanade near River Terrace and Murray Street.
The Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Park
Vice President of the United States 1974-1977
Governor of the State of New York 1959-1973
“There is nothing wrong with American that courage, commitment, and love cannot conquer. There is nothing . . . — — Map (db m132488) HM
On Riverside Drive at W 100th Street, on the right when traveling north on Riverside Drive.
The Firemen’s Memorial (1913) in Riverside Park is one of the most impressive monuments in New York City. The monument was designed by H. Van Buren Magonigle (1867-1935) and its sculptures are attributed to Attilio Piccirilli (1866-1945). . . . — — Map (db m54004) HM
On Riverside Drive at W 100th Street, on the right when traveling north on Riverside Drive.
To the heroic dead of the Fire Department < Back of Monument : > To the men of the Fire Department of the City of New York who died at the call of duty Soldiers in a war that never ends This memorial is dedicated by the people of a . . . — — Map (db m54005) HM
On Riverside Drive at W 106th Street, on the left when traveling north on Riverside Drive.
This bronze equestrian sculpture of military officer, educator, journalist, and public servant Franz Sigel (1824-1902) is by the distinguished sculptor Karl Bitter (1867-1915). Sigel is also honored with a park named for him, which is . . . — — Map (db m53973) HM
George Gershwin - composer and Ira Gershwin - lyricist created many memorable works here.
102 and 103 Streets Block Association
June 19, 1982 — — Map (db m97257) HM
This site is the childhood home of
Humphrey DeForest Bogart
1899 - 1957
Mr Bogart lived at this site from the time he was born until 1923. During a film career that spanned nearly 30 years and 75 films, Mr Bogart became not only a . . . — — Map (db m18319) HM
This commemorative terrace and balustrade, part of the staircase inserted at 97th Street into the 19th-century, rustic perimeter wall enclosing Riverside Park, honors the distinguished architect John Mervin Carrère (1858–1911).
Carrère was . . . — — Map (db m170903) HM
On Riverside Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Built between 1899 and 1902, these townhouses are uniformly and elegantly in the French Beaux-Arts style, popular in that period but usually reserved in the United States for large public buildings. Many late 19th century American architects . . . — — Map (db m53998) HM
On Riverside Drive north of W 105th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Shinran Shonin is the founder of the Jodo Shinshu Sect of Buddhism. He developed the doctrine that reveals the one unobstructed way through which we can receive salvation and Buddhahood. This teaching is the torch that lights the way and . . . — — Map (db m53986) HM
On West 96th Street at West End Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West 96th Street.
The great pianist, composer, singer, teacher and the first woman conductor was born in Caracas, Venezuela on December 22, 1853 and died here at "Della Robia" on June 12, 1917 as an American citizen.
A pupil of Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Anton . . . — — Map (db m98553) HM
On West 108th Street west of Broadway, on the right when traveling west.
The conductor and composer, lived here from 1904 to 1924. During that time, he organized the Victor Herbert Orchestra, wrote the operettas "Naughty Marietta" and "Sweethearts," advocated the Copyright Law of 1909, and helped to found ASCAP. — — Map (db m98482) HM
On Bowery near Hester Street, on the right when traveling north.
You are standing at the former site of the Blossom Restaurant and barber shop shown in Berenice Abbott’s iconic Depression era photograph, one of several Bowery images in her influential Changing New York series.
An Ohio born expatriate . . . — — Map (db m132413) HM
On Bowery near hester Street, on the right when traveling north.
You are standing in front of what was once George Geoghegan’s Saloon, NYC’s most notorious bare knuckle boxing saloon. An Irish-born street-slugger-turned-professional boxer, Geoghegan (pronounced gay-gen), used his fame and earnings from the . . . — — Map (db m132463) HM
On Bowery near Rivington Street, on the right when traveling north.
In the 1890, this address was headquarters of Tammany Hall’s 3rd Assembly District, headed by “Big Tim” Sullivan – a Five Points-born political powerhouse who dominated NYC politics from 1890 to 1913. Master at swaying public . . . — — Map (db m133644) HM
On Bowery at Prince Street, on the right when traveling north on Bowery.
The New Museum is the former site of the London Theatre, where in 1894 Lotte Gilson (“The Little Magnet”) first sang “The Sidewalks of New York,” an iconic song that encapsulated the feel of Manhattan’s working class . . . — — Map (db m133318) HM
On Bowery near Prince Street, on the right when traveling north.
Established in 1879 by Reverend and Mrs. A.G. Ruliffson, the Bowery Mission was located at 14, 36, 55 and 105 Bowery before moving to 227 Bowery in 1909, an event heralded by a visit and speech by President Taft.
For nearly 140 years, it has . . . — — Map (db m133150) HM
On Bowery near Rivington Street, on the right when traveling north.
By 1890, it was estimated that 9,000 homeless men, many of them alcoholics or gambling addicts, found lodging in Bowery flophouses. Accommodations could be a person-sized spot to flop on a wooden floor in a large open ward for 5 cents or a wooden . . . — — Map (db m133762) HM
On Bowery near Bleeker Street, on the right when traveling north.
You are standing at the former site of Alexander’s Musee, a popular dime museum that in 1886 presented the singer/dancer/acrobat/musician/comedian Billy Kersands, the first African American performer to achieve nationwide popularity with White as . . . — — Map (db m136924) HM
On Bowery near Spring Street, on the right when traveling north.
You are standing on the former site of Tony Pastor’s Opera House, one of the legendary birthplaces of vaudeville. Known as the “Bowery Autocrat,” Antonio Pastor (1832-1908), was born in NYC, sang as a child performer in P.T. Barnum’s . . . — — Map (db m133593) HM
On Bowery near Bleeker Street, on the right when traveling north.
This is the birthplace of punk rock. A grungy and chaotic laboratory of musical innovation, it witnesses early performance by The Ramones, Patti Smith, Talking Heads, Television, Richard Hell, Blondie, The Police, Dead Boys, Joan Jett, Lou Reed, . . . — — Map (db m137713) HM
On Bowery near Prince Street, on the right when traveling north.
You are standing next to an 1876 Federal-era building that was the home and studio of Charles Eisenmann, the premier photographer of sideshow exotics – called “freaks” – who worked at circuses and Bowery dime museums.
A . . . — — Map (db m133271) HM
On Bowery at Spring Street, on the right when traveling north on Bowery.
In 1892, anarchist leader Emma Goldman led a meeting at Military Hall in defense of her lover/comrade, Alexander Berkman, jailed after a botched attempt to assassinate industrialist Henry Clay Frick, villain of the bloody Homestead Steel Strike. A . . . — — Map (db m133550) HM
On Bowery near Broome Street, on the right when traveling north.
According to Bernie Faerman, when Faerman Cash Register Company opened at 331 Broome Street (1959) and then relocated to 159 Bowery (1963), the area was “Cash Register Heaven,” with multiple dealerships within just a few blocks. A museum . . . — — Map (db m132822) HM
In 1881, Worth’s Museum and Congress of Living and Intimate Curiosities opened at 101 Bowery. Like other dime museums which lined the Bowery, Worth’s offered a variety of freakish amusements, such as the largest specimen of giant squid in North . . . — — Map (db m132411) HM
On Bowery near Broome Street, on the right when traveling north.
Step back for a moment to take in the eclectic design of the elaborate façade drawing on Renaissance Revival and Neo-Classical ornament. The carved limestone storefront that extends to the second story incorporates pilasters with smooth shafts and . . . — — Map (db m132919) HM
On Bowery at Rivington Street, on the right when traveling north on Bowery.
Carved from sandstone quarried in Ohio, this impressive Italian Renaissance façade boasts a sophisticated hierarchy of window ornament in the three upper stories, graduating from pealed pediments, to round pediments to flat lintels with projecting . . . — — Map (db m133732) HM
On Bowery north of Broome Street, on the right when traveling north.
This is the former site of undertakers McGraw and Taylor, where the body of John Brown was secretly prepared for burial. Executed on December 2, 1859, for the raid on Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, the radical abolitionist had tried to ignite an armed . . . — — Map (db m179403) HM
On East First Street, on the right when traveling west.
An extraordinary figure in the socialist and anarchist movement of the late 19th century, German-born Justus H. Schwab lived with his family and operated a saloon at 50 East 1st Street for nearly 30 tears.
Schwab’s saloon was an epicenter for . . . — — Map (db m124737) HM
On Broome Street west of Allen Street, on the right when traveling west.
Kehila Kedosha Janina was built in 1926–27 by Greek-speaking Jews from Northwestern Greece and is the only Romaniote synagogue in the Western Hemisphere. The brick-faced facade is embellished with symbolic Hebraic ornaments, including a stone . . . — — Map (db m26879) HM
On Bowery at East Houston Street, on the right when traveling north on Bowery.
In 1973, artist Liz Christie and her band of volunteers transformed a vacant lot at this site to create the Bowery-Houston Community Farm and Garden. Her Green Guerillas cleared garbage, built soil from police-stable manure, and planted trees, . . . — — Map (db m137008) HM
On Bowery near Rivington Street, on the right when traveling north.
You are standing at the corporate roots of Hammacher Schlemmer, America’s longest running catalogue for the “man who has everything.” Opening in 1848 at 221 Bowery, it specialized in hard-to-find hardware. Located in the 5-story building . . . — — Map (db m133664) HM
On Forsyth Street at Rivington Street, in the median on Forsyth Street.
The M’Finda Kalunga Garden is named in memory of an African-American burial ground that was located on nearby Chrystie Street between Rivington and Stanton Streets.
Dutch colonists brought the first enslaved Africans to the New Amsterdam colony . . . — — Map (db m135368) HM
On Bowery near East 1st Street, on the right when traveling north.
On this site once stood a five-story tenement building which between 1895 and 1902 housed the notorious McGurk’s Suicide Hall. Advertised as “The roughest joint in town,” McGurk’s attracted the lowest of low-brow clientele – from . . . — — Map (db m137009) HM
On East 2nd Street east of Second Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
New York's second non-sectarian cemetery was started in 1831, one year after the first. The underground family vaults are individually marked by many monuments. James Lenox, a founder of the New York Public Library, is buried here as well as two . . . — — Map (db m105338) HM
Enclosed within this block is the oldest public non-sectarian cemetery in the city. Descendants of the 19th century owners may still be buried here. The 156 solid marble vaults were built completely underground as a health precaution. Though no . . . — — Map (db m39518) HM
On Bowery near East 4th Street, on the right when traveling north.
You are standing in front of one of the best-preserved reminders of Kleindeutschland - “Little Germany” – once the most prominent German-American neighborhood in America. Fleeing economic and political instability, Germans . . . — — Map (db m137179) HM
NYC Landmark Of Cast Iron
97 Bowery
You are standing in front of an Italianate-style NYC landmark that was built in 1869 for the carriage manufacturer John P. Jube & Co. Its façade is constructed entirely of cast iron, a mid-to-late . . . — — Map (db m132304) HM
On Bowery near E Houston Street, on the right when traveling north.
These buildings once housed the legendary nightclub, Sammy’s Bowery Follies – “The place where the high life meets the low life.” Made famous by photographers Weegee, Erika Stone, Burt Glinn, Lisette Model and Alfred Eisenstadt, it . . . — — Map (db m133861) HM
On Bowery near East 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north.
NY Marble Cemetery is a hidden half-acre garden bounded by 2nd and 3rd Streets, Second Avenue and Bowery. Built in 1830, it is NYC’s oldest non-denominational cemetery. In contains 156 underground family vaults the size of small rooms, surrounded by . . . — — Map (db m137155) HM
On Cooper Square/Bowery near East 4th & East 5th Streets, on the right when traveling north.
You are standing at the former site of the Five Spot Café, which in the 1950s and ‘60s was owned and operated by brothers Joe and Iggy Termini, who brought in the era’s most progressive jazz artists, including Thelonious Monk, Cecil Taylor, Eric . . . — — Map (db m132311) HM
On Bowery near East 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north.
On this spot in the late 1800s stood Otto Maurer’s Magical Bazaar. Called the “Wizard of the Bowery” by the NY Herald, the German-born Maurer made and sold magic and juggling apparatus, performer and taught magic here. Famous and . . . — — Map (db m137049) HM
On Bowery at East 2nd Street, on the right when traveling north on Bowery.
You are standing in front of the 1970s home of the Tin Palace, a vital part of New York’s alternative music scene. Originally a Federal-style 3-story, built circa 1830, it was allegedly a speakeasy run by gangster Meyer Lansky in the 1920s. In 1970, . . . — — Map (db m137087) HM
On Eldridge Street at Rivington Street, on the right when traveling north on Eldridge Street.
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
This is to certify that
University Settlement House
New York, New York County
in recognition of its significance in American history and culture was listed on the
STATE . . . — — Map (db m163708) HM
On Bowery near Delancy Street, on the right when traveling north.
Your standing at the former site of Miner’s Bowery Theatre, a legendary vaudeville house that once saw appearances by Eddie Cantor, Al Jolson, Bert Williams, Pat Rooney, Weber and Fields, A.O. Duncan (vaudeville’s first ventriloquist), singer Lottie . . . — — Map (db m133223) HM
On Bpwery near Bleeker Street, on the right when traveling north.
Billed as the world’s smallest opera house, with 107 seats, the Amato Opera renovated the Neoclassical Revival style building in 1964. The company was founded by Anthony and Sally Amato in 1948 to present grand opera at low prices, performed by . . . — — Map (db m136961) HM
On Bowery near Spring Street, on the right when traveling north.
You are standing at the former site of People’s Theatre, one of a dozen Bowery theatres that comprised the Yiddish theatre’s first American home. In its heyday (1880-1914), thousands of Jewish immigrants came here to escape poverty, tedium and . . . — — Map (db m133578) HM
In more than 10,000 drawings, Hirschfeld chronicled the celebrity culture of the century. A self-described "characterist," his linear calligraphic work of performers, on stage and screen, appeared in virtually every publication, including a 75 year . . . — — Map (db m98591) HM
On East 86th Street near Park Avenue, in the median.
In Honor of the Courageous Firemen of Engine Co. 22 and Ladder Co. 13
who on September 11, 2001 gave their lives to rescue others following the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center
Captain Walter Hynes
Firefighter Thomas Casoria • . . . — — Map (db m167002) HM
On Fifth Avenue at East 90th Street when traveling south on Fifth Avenue.
Landmarks of New York
Church of the Heavenly Rest
Chapel of the Beloved Disciple
Designed in a Gothic style by Hardie Phillip, this Protestant Episcopal church was opened for worship Easter Sunday, 1929. The rose window was executed by J. . . . — — Map (db m124606) HM
On 5th Avenue near 88th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, as part of "The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright", has been inscribed on the World Heritage List. Inscription on this List confirms
that this property deserves protection for the benefit of all . . . — — Map (db m198754) HM
On Lexington Avenue at East 89th Street, on the right when traveling south on Lexington Avenue.
The Hardenbergh/Rhinelander Historic District consists of six rowhouses with one “flat” per floor, all designed by architect Henry J. Hardenburgh in 1888 for the estate of William C. Rhinelander. These Northern Renaissance Revival . . . — — Map (db m170076) HM
On East 91st Street just east of East 5th Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
British architect J. Stenhouse Armstrong worked with C.PP.H. Gilbert to create this magnificent limestone mansion, constructed in 1914-18 and modeled on the 15th-century Palazzo Della Cancellaria in Rome. The clients, banker Otto Kahn and his wife . . . — — Map (db m183154) HM
On East 92nd Street just east of 5th Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
By the early 1900's Fifth Avenue facing Central Park was lined with magnificent homes. This building is one of the few surviving residences from this period, and an exceptional example of a chateau in the French Gothic style. Designed by C.P.H. . . . — — Map (db m183152) HM
On Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard at West 116th Street, on the right when traveling south on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard.
"The idea of separatism is harkening to the past and it is undesirable even if it could be realized, because the progress of mankind has been based upon ... social, intellectual and cultural contact." —A. Philip Randolph, 1969
Asa Philip . . . — — Map (db m105314) HM
On Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard at West 125th Street, on the right when traveling north on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard.
1908 Born November 29, in New Haven, Connecticut.
1930 Received his BA from Colgate University, Hamilton, NY. Became assistant pastor at Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church.
1932 Received his MA in Religious Education from Columbia . . . — — Map (db m112429) HM
The New Home of the Hamilton-Grange.
Alexander Hamilton’s house, named “The Grange” after his family’s ancestral home in Scotland, was moved from its original site on W. 143rd Street to 287 Convent Avenue in 1889. Studies have been . . . — — Map (db m62336) HM
On West 150th Street west of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson (1878-1949) was a well
known tap dancer from the early 1900's to the
late 1940's. He performed in theaters on Broadway
and throughout the United States and Europe,
and starred in several Hollywood made movies.
Dance . . . — — Map (db m172541) HM
On West 137th Street at St. Nicholas Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West 137th Street. Reported unreadable.
Dorrance Brooks (d. 1918) was an African American soldier who died in France shortly before the end of World War I. A native of Harlem and the son of a Civil War veteran, Brooks was a Private First Class in the 15th Infantry. In World War I, . . . — — Map (db m210006) HM
On West 137th Street at St. Nicholas Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West 137th Street.
What was here before?
After being home to the Lenape for thousands of years, Harlem was settled by Dutch farmers in the late 1600s. The neighborhood's agricultural yield began to wane after the American Revolution and many residents moved . . . — — Map (db m210007) HM
On Edgecombe Avenue at West 136th Street, on the left when traveling north on Edgecombe Avenue.
Dorrance Brooks (d. 1918) was an African American soldier who died in France shortly before the end of World War I. A native of Harlem and the son of a Civil War veteran, Brooks was a Private First Class in the 15th Infantry. In World War I, . . . — — Map (db m210008) HM
On West 136th Street at St. Nicholas Avenue, on the left when traveling east on West 136th Street.
The Dorrance Brooks Square Historic District, designated in 2021, is significant for its association with notable and pioneering African American individuals, institutions, and organizations during the Harlem Renaissance in the fields of politics, . . . — — Map (db m210009) HM
On 5th Avenue south of West 135th Street, on the right when traveling south.
In 1932, Dr. Godfrey Nurse was selected to be the first Black Presidential elector by the Democratic Party. The founder of Harlem's Godfrey Nurse Research Laboratory, Dr. Nurse was a generous philanthropist, community activist and one of the driving . . . — — Map (db m210028) HM
On Adam Clayton Powell Junior Boulevard at West 116th Street, on the right when traveling north on Adam Clayton Powell Junior Boulevard.
Commissioned by William Waldorf Astor, the Graham Court Apartments were constructed in 1899-1901 as part of the great Harlem real estate boom. Designed by the firm of Clinton & Russell, Graham Court is quadrangular in plan and built around a . . . — — Map (db m162652) HM
On West 135th Street east of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, on the left when traveling west.
The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) Building, 135th
Street Branch, opened in 1933 as the largest such facility
for African-American men and boys. At the time of its
completion, it was one of the country's best equipped YMCA
buildings. . . . — — Map (db m172536) HM
On West 141st Street east of Frederick Douglass Boulevard, on the left when traveling east.
On the occasion of his
pastoral visit to the
Archdiocese of New York
and his plea for peace at
the United Nations
October 2, 1979
visited historic Harlem
and this church of
St. Charles Borromeo
and greeted Catholic and non-Catholic . . . — — Map (db m172946) HM
On West 113th Street near Frederick Douglass Boulevard, on the left when traveling west.
The magician lived here from 1904 to 1926, collecting illusions, theatrical memorabilia, and books on psychic phenomena and magic.
Famous for daring escapes, no restraints-ropes, chains, straitjackets, bank vaults, or jail cells-could hold . . . — — Map (db m98457) HM
On West 131st Street just east of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, on the left when traveling west.
Born in Charlotte, N.C., Romare Howard Bearden moved to Harlem with his family ca. 1914. After he completed his B.S. in Education from NYU in 1935, he studied with George Grosz at the Art Students' League, and worked as a political cartoonist. From . . . — — Map (db m210013) HM
On Lenox Avenue north of W. 140th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Here once stood the legendary Savoy Ballroom a hothouse for the development of jazz in the Swing Era. Visually dazzling and spacious, the Savoy nightly featured the finest jazz bands in the nation, and its house bands included such famous orchestras . . . — — Map (db m29224) HM
On West 131st Street east of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, on the left when traveling east.
The "King of Ragtime" composer and pianist, whose works include the classic rags, "The Entertainer" and "Maple Leaf Rag," and the opera, Treemonisha, lived here in 1917. — — Map (db m105123) HM
On Morningside Avenue west of East 114th Street, on the right when traveling south.
This striking bronze sculpture by Edgar Walter (1877-1938) is also known as Bear and Faun. It was dedicated in 1914 in memory of Alfred L. Seligman (1864-1910), vice-president of the National Highways Protective Association. Ironically, Mr. . . . — — Map (db m162526) HM
On Frederick Douglass Boulevard at West 122nd Street on Frederick Douglass Boulevard.
This larger-than-life bronze sculpture depicts abolitionist organizer and Underground Railroad leader Harriet Tubman (c. 1822-1913), and stands at the crossroads of St. Nicholas Avenue, West 122nd Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem. . . . — — Map (db m105284) HM
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