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Projects & Proposals > Manhattan > Virtual Tour of Malcolm X Boulevard

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This page describes Malcolm X Boulevard as it appeared in 2001. The tour was developed as part of the Malcolm X Boulevard Streetscape Enhancement Project. These pages are no longer being updated.

8. Intersection of Malcolm X Boulevard and 116th Street
Always a site of great activity, the corner of Lenox Avenue and W. 116th Street in 1880 was the venue for the "Central Park Bull-Fight." For $1.50 one could watch "The Celebrated (Toreros) Spanish Bull-Fighters," challenge"Six Wild Texas Bulls!!!"
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