Municipal Art Society Walking Tour: Harlem Renaissance

Since the early 1900s, Harlem has been one of the most exciting, vibrant and largest black communities in the United States. This walking tour will take you from the beautiful homes of Hamilton Heights to the row houses of Strivers’ Row, from the nightclubs and speakeasies of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance to the famous Apollo Theater, Sugar Hill and The Schomburg Center. Walk the streets where Langston Hughes, Madame C.J. Walker, Florence Mills, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and other luminaries once lived. Leader: Marty Shore, urban historian. $15, $10 MAS members. Pay at tour. Visit http://mas.org/tours/#harlemren or call 212 935 2075 for more information.