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Harlem block is where pianist lived with his family
A New York City block, East 138th Street between Fifth and Madison Avenues, will be named after the late pianist Dr. Billy Taylor in a ceremony to be held there on June 21. Taylor raised his family at the Riverton Houses in this neighborhood.
The street-naming ceremony will take place from 4-6 p.m.
The event takes place just weeks after another Manhattan street was named after Miles Davis.
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