Harlem — 125th Street · 11 stops
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Harlem — 125th Street
Midtown, New York
11 stops · ~14 min
About 55 min walk · 11 stories · Free
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Start: Masjid Malcolm Shabazz — —
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The walk starts at Masjid Malcolm Shabazz. Please use headphones and keep audio private.
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Eleven stories from Masjid Malcolm Shabazz to Langston Hughes House — Minton's Playhouse, the Apollo, Hotel Theresa, Marcus Garvey Park and the fire watchtower.
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1
Masjid Malcolm Shabazz
The corner where Malcolm X preached
2
Minton's Playhouse
Where bebop was born on Monday nights
3
Harriet Tubman, Swing Low
Moses strides north through Harlem
4
Apollo Theater
Where Harlem's toughest crowd made stars
5
Blumstein's Department Store
A boycott, and King's brush with death
6
Hotel Theresa
The Waldorf of Harlem, and Castro's 1960 stay
7
Studio Museum in Harlem
From a loft over a liquor store
8
Summer of Soul in Marcus Garvey Park
The 1969 festival the world almost forgot
9
Harlem Fire Watchtower
New York's last cast-iron fire lookout
10
The Corn Exchange Bank
A Harlem landmark rebuilt on its own base
11
Langston Hughes House
The poet's top-floor workroom
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