Duane Street and Elk Street

This is the view from inside the monument at the African Burial Ground. “The 24-foot-high Ancestral Chamber,” according to information at the site, “represents the soaring African spirit and the distance below ground from which the ancestral remains were exhumed. It is made of Verde Fontaine green granite from Africa…. The interior recalls a ship’s hold and provides a place for individual contemplation and prayer.”