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In addition to its excellent o Museo del Barrio
exhibitions, the Studio Museum 1230 5th Ave. Map 21 C5. Tel (212)
also maintains a national artist- 831-7272. q 103rd St, 110th St.
in-residence program, and Open 11am–6pm Wed–Sat,
offers regular lectures, seminars, noon–5pm Sun. Closed Jan 1, Jul 4,
children’s programs, and film Thanksgiving, Dec 25. & 8 ^ 7
festivals. An excellent shop sells = ∑ elmuseo.org
a range of books, unique prints,
and various African crafts. Founded in 1969, this was
North America’s first museum
devoted to Latin American art,
u Mount Morris specializing in the culture of
Historical District Puerto Rico. Exhibitions feature
contemporary painting and
W 119th–W 124th Sts. Map 21 B2. sculpture, folk art, and historical
q 125th St (2, 3). artifacts. The stars of the
The flamboyant black nationalist leader collection are about 240 wooden
Despite many of the buildings Marcus Garvey Santos (carved figures of saints)
here being in need of renovation, and a reconstructed bodega,
it is still clear that the late 19th- i Marcus or Latino corner grocery. The
century Victorian-style town exhibits usually change, but
houses near Marcus Garvey Park Garvey Park some of the Santos are often
were once grand. This was a 120th–124th Sts. Map 21 B2. q 125th on display. The Pre-Columbian
favorite neighborhood of German St (2, 3). ∑ nycgovparks.org collection contains rare artifacts
Jews moving up in the world from the Caribbean. Situated at
from the Lower East Side. After a This hilly, rocky, two-block square the far end of Museum Mile (see
long period of neglect, the area of green is the site of New York’s pp180–81), this venue attempts
is undergoing redevelopment. last fire watch tower, an open to bridge the gap between
A few impressive churches, cast-iron structure built in 1857, the lofty Upper East Side and
such as St. Martin’s Episcopal with spiral stairs leading to the Spanish Harlem. A store sells
Church, remain. There are some 47-ft- (14-m-) high observation eye-catching objects by artists
interesting juxta positions of deck. The bell below the deck from all over Latin America.
faiths to be seen: the columned sounded the alarm. The tower
Mount Olivet Baptist Church, at was temporarily dismantled in
201 Malcolm X Boule vard, was 2015 for reconstruction, and
once Temple Israel, one of the should be restored by 2017.
most imposing synagogues in Previously known as Mount
the city; and at the Ethiopian Morris Park, it was renamed
Hebrew Congreg ation, 1 West in 1973 in honor of Marcus
123rd Street, housed in a former Garvey. He came to Harlem
mansion, the choir sings in from Jamaica in 1916 and
Hebrew on Saturdays. founded the Universal
Negro Improvement
Association, which
promoted self-help,
racial pride, and a
back-to-Africa
movement.

St. Martin’s Episcopal Church on
Malcom X Boulevard Folk art at the Museo del Barrio: one of the Three Wise Men (left) and the “Omnipotent Hand”

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