Spanish Harlem (AKA East Harlem or El Barrio)
(Also available as a one hour Virtual Walking Tour on Zoom-type platforms, featuring over 40 murals! Please contact me for more details.)
This Spanish Harlem Walking Tour focuses on the neighborhood’s many murals and mosaics, which reveal a great deal about the lives of the people who live there.
More about this tour: The many colorful murals and mosaics of Spanish Harlem tell us so much about the history, culture, politics, and heroes of this neighborhood and its residents. Many of the artworks celebrate the Latin culture of the neighborhood. Some murals include tropical scenery of the places from which many members of this community emigrated to New York. Other murals are dedicated to accomplished citizens of Spanish Harlem, such as the poets Julia de Burgos and Pedro Pietri. Still others honor people who are famous world-wide, including Che Guevara and Celia Cruz. A number of the gifted artists who created the murals received commissions from the City of New York as part of projects to add more high quality murals to the Spanish Harlem community. Each attendee with receive a handout listing all of the murals and mosaics, including info re addresses, artists, and dates.
Time: 2 hours.
$39 per ticket
Leigh was great and very knowledgeable about the areas and had prepared well. She was waiting for us when we arrived at the meeting place. Leigh also had good tips for our NYC plans after the walk was finished.
