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New York
Architecture Images-Harlem and the Heights
Masjid Malcolm Shabazz Mosque |
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architect |
Sabbath Brown |
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location |
102 West 116th Street, southwest corner of the Boulevard |
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1965 |
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style |
middle-eastern |
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mosque |
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| Formerly the Lenox Casino, this building was reborn as a mosque following the assassination of Malcolm X and became the center of Muslim life in Harlem. The 1965 renovation by Sabbath Brown introduced the traditional features of middle-eastern architecture such as arches and the aluminum dome, once topped by a golden crescent. | |
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| With special thanks to www.nyc.gov | |
