Duke Ellington Memorial
Duke Ellington Memorial is a memorial in Manhattan, New York. Duke Ellington Memorial is situated nearby to the church Templo Cristiano ‘Bethel’, as well as near the museum The Africa Center.- Type: Memorial
- Artwork type: statue
- Inscription: “Edward Kennedy ‘Duke’ Ellington 1899-1974 Orchestra Leader, Pianist, Composer A gift to the City of New York from Bobby Short, Founder Duke Ellington Memorial Fund and thousands of Ellington fans around the world Dedicated July 1, 1997”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Africa Center and Lincoln Correctional Facility.
The Africa Center
Museum
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The Africa Center, formerly known as the Museum for African Art and before that as the Center for African Art, is a museum located at Fifth Avenue and 110th Street in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, near the northern end of Fifth Avenue's Museum Mile.
Lincoln Correctional Facility
Prison
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
Lincoln Correctional Facility was a United States minimum-security men's prison located at 31–33 West 110th Street in Manhattan, New York, facing the north side of Central Park. Lincoln Correctional Facility is situated 470 feet northwest of Duke Ellington Memorial.
Museum of the City of New York
Museum
Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Museum of the City of New York is a history and art museum in Manhattan, New York City. It was founded by Henry Collins Brown in 1923 to preserve and present the history of New York City and its people. Museum of the City of New York is situated 1,800 feet southwest of Duke Ellington Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Harlem and Harlem.
East Harlem
Neighborhood
Photo: Diensthuber, CC BY 3.0.
East Harlem, also known as Spanish Harlem or El Barrio, and formerly Italian Harlem, is a neighborhood of Upper Manhattan in New York City, north of the Upper East Side and bounded by 96th Street to the south, Fifth Avenue to the west, and the East and Harlem Rivers to the east and north.
Harlem
Quarter
Photo: Momos, Public domain.
Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded roughly by the Hudson River on the west; the Harlem River and 155th Street on the north; Fifth Avenue on the east; and 110th Street on the south.
Harlem and Upper Manhattan
Upper Manhattan is a large, relatively under-visited area that ranges from 125th Street to Inwood Hill Park on the west and from 96th Street northward on the east.
Duke Ellington Memorial
- Category: historic site
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.7969° or 40° 47′ 49″ northLongitude
-73.94935° or 73° 56′ 58″ westInception
July 1st, 1997Open location code
87G8Q3W2+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
node 7123798395OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statue
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