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Happy Land Memorial
Southern Boulevard, East Tremont Avenue and Crotona Parkway
Free to visit, outdoors, open any time.
IN MEMORY / OF THE / 87 MEN AND WOMEN / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / IN THE / HAPPY LAND / SOCIAL CLUB FIRE / AT 1959 SOUTHERN BLVD. / WEST OF THIS SITE / ON MARCH 25, 1990 / DEDICATED 1995 / MAY THEY ALL BE HAPPY IN ETERNITY / ALTHOUGH WE CANNOT SEE THEM / FOREVER THEY WILL BE / A BEAUTIFUL PART OF OUR HEARTS' MEMORY / [87 NAMES]
Where to find it
Southern Boulevard, East Tremont Avenue and Crotona Parkway. Location data: New York Open Data. Get directions
- Artist
- José Antonio Velasquez
- Type
- Obelisk
- Material
- Rose granite
- Year
- 1995
- City
- Bronx, NY
- Coordinates
- 40.84297, -73.88542
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