Harlem and Upper Manhattan
The Apollo Theater, the Harlem Renaissance, Strivers’ Row, Hamilton’s house, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Grant’s Tomb and the medieval Cloisters above the Hudson.
11 places
Abyssinian Baptist Church
One of New York’s oldest Black congregations, where both Powells served and Martin Luther King Jr. preached
Apollo Theater
The stage where Ella Fitzgerald got her start and James Brown sang, the heart of musical Harlem
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
One of the largest churches in the world, under construction since 1892 and still unfinished
Columbia University
The oldest college in New York State, where Alexander Hamilton studied, and the dome of Low Library is its emblem
Grant’s Tomb
The largest mausoleum in North America, paid for by more than ninety thousand donors
Hamilton Grange
Alexander Hamilton’s only home, which has been moved twice through the streets of Harlem
Morris-Jumel Mansion
Manhattan’s oldest house: Washington’s headquarters, and later Aaron Burr’s home
Schomburg Center
One of the world’s great libraries of Black history, grown from one man’s collection
Strivers’ Row
Elegant Harlem houses, home to Black doctors, lawyers and musicians who had made it
The Met Cloisters
A museum built like a monastery, with genuine cloisters from five French abbeys set into its walls
The Riverside Church
Rockefeller’s Gothic skyscraper with giant bells, where Martin Luther King Jr. spoke out against the Vietnam War