“From Harlem Heritage Tours to the Museum Mile”
One of the blessings of Harlem is that the community is right off the coast of New York Cities renowned Museum Mile. Join us on Tuesday June 8th as we walk the area of Lower Harlem and see elegant apartment buildings, historic houses of worship and art & cultural institutions. The brief walk of Lower Harlem will lead us directly to 5th and into New York Cities biggest Block Party, consisting of 23 city blocks featuring the strips top museums: http://www.museummilefestival.org/ I’m looking forward to this one.
Time: Walking tour from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Museum Mile Block Party: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Place: Harlem Heritage Tourism & Cultural Center – 104 Malcolm X Blvd. .
Price: $15.00

Community Organizing served as the platform for Barack Obama to rise to the Presidency of the United States. Walk through Harlem as we identify community organizers/organizations and their impact on Harlem. Sights include but not limited to: National Action Network, Harlem Children’s Zone, Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce, Children’s Aid Society, Harlem Business Alliance + more. It’s all about community.
When the sun goes down during summer 2010 come uptown and relive the entertainment yesteryears of Harlem. Event starts with a walking tour that will make multiple visits to happening night spots in Harlem. Explore some of the old places and find out what’s new at night in Harlem. After making various mini stops, we will sit down for dinner and a live jazz/music performance at a favored venue in the grand village of Lady Harlem – all tour guides for this one were born, raised and still live in Harlem. Get an insiders view of Harlem’s Jazz/Music Nights.

This tour is designed to provide a general introduction to the history of Harlem. Tour features a mix of Harlem sights including churches, jazz clubs, speakeasies, elegant neighborhoods, institutions of art & culture, famous residences, and eateries. The tour will explain Harlem’s history from the beginning (mid 1650’s), to the present with special attention paid to the current renaissance happening in the community.
The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s was a time of monumental change and Harlem served as both stage and player during the period. We will revisit a time when Blacks felt a closer association with Africa and a heightened since of racial pride – “BLACK POWER” was the slogan of choose for many. See the very mosque where Malcolm X was a leader, visit the church once lead by Wyatt Tee Walker (top aide to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.), visit energetic 125th street and take a picture in front the new statue dedicated to Adam Clayton Powell Jr. + more. Walk complimented with multimedia Civil Rights exhibition at the Harlem Heritage Tourism & Cultural Center.

