Schomburg Center for Research – Harlem Travel Guide – Sutro World
A comprehensive and compelling look at Black history and culture
One of the world’s leading research libraries, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture is devoted to collecting and preserving materials on the global experiences of people of African descent. The center contains 
over ten million holdings and provides services and programs for users worldwide. The collection is named for Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (1874– 1938), a scholar and bibliophile whose collection provides the backbone for the center’s holdings. After coming to New York from Puerto Rico in 1891, Schomburg began amassing items that documented the history and culture of Blacks from around the world. This extensive collection was purchased in 1926 by the New York Public Library with funds from the Carnegie Corporation for the newly formed Division of Negro Literature, History and Prints that was housed in the 135th Street Branch of the Library. Schomburg served as curator of the division from 1932 until his death in 1938. Renamed in his honor in 1940, it was then designated one of the research libraries of the New York Public Library.
There are two exhibition spaces at the Schomburg, and a wide range of educational and cultural programs—including concerts, film screenings, panel discussions, performances, forums, and staged readings—are presented on a year-round basis in the renowned Langston Hughes Auditorium. A wonderful jazz series is presented annually in honor of Women’s History Month. The ashes of Langston Hughes (1902–1967), a celebrated Harlem Renaissance writer who immortalized Harlem and its people in his work, are interred beneath a floor medallion in the middle of the lobby leading to the auditorium named after him. The terrazzo floor plan, an African cosmogram titled Rivers, was designed by noted artist Houston Conwill in collaboration with writer Estella Conwill Majozo and architect Joseph DePace. The title is taken from Hughes’ popular poem, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.”
Take a while to refresh yourself at Miss Maude’s Spoonbread Too which serves up Southern down home cooking in a cheerful and inexpensive atmosphere. While in the neighborhood, take some time to visit Abyssinian Baptist Church one of the most famous of many prominent and activist churches in Harlem. The church is steeped in history with its roots going back to 1808.
Transportation: Bus—M2, M7, M102, BX33. Subway—2, 3 to 135th St.
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- More than 360 entries with over 2000 photographs
- This visually rich app consists of detailed New York City visitor’s information from visitor centers, tourist websites, weather, news, holidays, sales tax, smoking rules, tipping and transportation to and from airports and in the city
- Detailed descriptions which include uncommonly known cultural and
historical facts, websites, phone numbers, hours of operation, prices, menus and hyperlinks that link entries and lead to websites for additional historical and factual information. - Entries sorted by name, category, distance, price, and neighborhood
- Once click to websites, phones, online ordering, online reservations, current menus and more
- Live calendar
- Ability to share user comments and mark and save favorites
- Ask the authors questions through in-app comments to get personalized feedback at your finger tips
- YouTube videos
- GPS enabled Google maps with walking, driving and mass transit directions
- Access offline content anytime
- Free upgrades for life
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Posted by Ryan Morrison on 20th Jan 2012
I’ve been traveling a lot and used many Sutro guides but the this one is one of the best so far.
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