 Honored for his book of poetry, "Enclave"

Tato Laviera Theatre

One year after his death, his legacy was honored by the New York arts community when the Taino Towers housing complex, his last place of residence, renamed its Red Carpet Theatre for him.The Tato Laviera Papers are held at the Archives of the Puerto Rican Diaspora Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, Hunter College, CUNY.The collection "provides insight into Laviera's life and career, as well as into the Nuyorican poetry movement, of which he was an early member.