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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 These pages are no longer being updated.

50. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, northwest corner of West 135th Street
Designed by the architectural firm of Bond Ryder Associates and built between 1969 to 1989, this building pays homage to Arthur A. Schomburg, a noted collector of the physical history of African Americans. By placing the reading rooms and exhibit spaces at ground level, pedestrians passing by are offered a visual invitation into the library. Schomburg sold his collection to the New York Public Library in 1926 and in 1932, became the curator of this collection. The original McKim Mead & White branch library on 135th Street where Schomburg worked and the Countee Cullen Library around the corner on 136th Street complete this cultural complex that contains the ever-expanding collection of African-American literature and artifacts.
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