Harlem — Strivers' Row to Hamilton Heights · 12 stops
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Harlem — Strivers' Row to Hamilton Heights
Midtown, New York
12 stops · ~16 min
About 55 min walk · 12 stories · Free
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Start: St. Philip's Church — —
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The walk starts at St. Philip's Church. Please use headphones and keep audio private.
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St. Philip's Church
The church that helped Black Harlem begin
2
Harlem YMCA
A home for Hughes, Ellison and Robeson
3
The Schomburg's First Home
A library built to answer one insult
4
The Dark Tower
A'Lelia Walker's Harlem Renaissance salon
5
Mother AME Zion Church
New York's first Black church, the Freedom Church
6
Abyssinian Baptist Church
Born of a walkout in 1808
7
The Savoy Ballroom
The Home of Happy Feet
8
The Original Cotton Club
Black stars, a whites-only door
9
Strivers' Row
The houses that waited for Harlem
10
Hamilton Grange
The founder's only house, moved twice
11
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
A church built from three demolished landmarks
12
Hamilton Heights Historic District
Row houses on Hamilton's old farm
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