If you take Fifth Avenue Uptown, You will have a pleasant pause at 120th Street, where you will be greeted by an entrance to Marcus Garvey Park ~ Harlem to the West and East Harlem to the East. The Park spans from 120th Street to 124th Street, and from Mt. Morris Park West to Madison Avenue.
Where were you in 1969? If you were in Harlem, chances are you were either in Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park) or heard about the Harlem Cultural Festival ~ a summer of free outdoor concerts held on Sunday.
Read a Behind the Scenes article about the archivist who saved the historic footage.
Behind the Summer of Soul, a panel discussion, will take place on November 11, 2021 at Museum of the City of New York.
Digital and DVD Release Date set for February 8, 2022.
And now, a broadcast television premiere on ABC on Sunday, February 20th from 8:00 to 10:30pm.
If you happen to be in Marcus Garvey Park on a Saturday afternoon, you might hear the sounds of drums coming from the Madison Avenue side of the Park, between 123rd-124th Streets.
Continue reading “The Drummers of Marcus Garvey Park in East Harlem”
Harlemites and preservationists were delighted to receive the recent news that the historic Harlem Fire Watchtower, removed from the Acropolis overlooking Marcus Garvey Park in 2015 for restoration, would have its unveiling and ribbon-cutting on October 26, 2019. Prior to COVID-19, the Urban Park Rangers opened the gate and escorted the public up to the top of the Watchtower, giving the public a bit of history and a spectacular view.
Below, a few images and history of the Watchtower as it was dissembled in 2015, and reassembled in 2019.
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