This series of Bloomingdale residents who shaped our world is installed in different areas of the neighborhood every seasons.

The 2024 collection is installed at W 108th St betwween Amsterdam & Columbus

the residents represented in both series of medallions:

Elizabeth Acevedo Dominican-American poet and author

Alvin Ailey, (January 5, 1931-December 1, 1989) American dancer

Mario Bauzá (April 28, 1911 – July 11, 1993), Afro-Cuban jazz, Latin and jazz musician

John Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967), American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer

José Feliciano (September 10, 1945), Puerto Rican musician, singer and composer

Duke Ellington (April 29, 1899- May 24, 1974), American jazz pianist and composer

Ben E. King (September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015), American soul and R&B singer

Abbey Lincoln (August 6, 1930 – August 14, 2010), American jazz vocalist , songwriter civil rights activist

The Malagon Sisters 1950s Latin singing group from the Dominican Republic and Haiti

Constance Baker Motley ( née Baker; September 14, 1921 – September 28, 2005), American jurist and politician

Isamu Noguchi (November 17, 1904 – December 30, 1988), American artist and landscape architect

Bernardo Palombo (1948-2024), Argentinian singer, artist and teacher

Ismael Rivera (October 5, 1931 – May 13, 1987), Puerto Rican Singer

Angelo Romano (1933 – ?), Spanish artist and activist

Billy Strayhorn (November 29, 1915 – May 31, 1967), American jazz composer, pianist and arranger