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( 212-423-3200; www.jewishmuseum.org ; 1109 Fifth Ave at 92nd St; adult/child $12/free, Sat
free; 11am-5:45pm Fri-Tue, to 8pm Thu; ; 6 to 96th St) This homage to Judaism
primarily features artwork examining 4000 years of Jewish ceremony and culture; it also
has a wide array of children's activities. The building, a gorgeous banker's mansion from
1908, houses more than 30,000 items of Judaica, as well as works of sculpture, paintings,
decorative arts and photography.
Museum of the City of New York MUSEUM
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( 212-534-1672; www.mcny.org ; 1220 Fifth Ave btwn 103rd & 104th Sts; suggested admission
adult/child $10/free; 10am-6pm; 6 to 103rd St) Traces the city's history from beaver
trading to futures trading with various cultural exhibitions. An excellent bookstore for
every NYC obsession.
Morningside Heights
The Upper West Side's northern neighbor, comprises the area of Broadway and west up
to about 125th St. Dominating the neighborhood is Columbia University MAP
GOOGLE MAP ( www.columbia.edu ; Broadway at 116th St, Morningside Heights; 1 to 116th St-
Columbia University) , the highly regarded Ivy League college, which features a spa-
cious, grassy central quadrangle.
Cathedral Church of St John the Divine CHURCH
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( tours 212-932-7347; www.stjohndivine.org ; 1047 Amsterdam Ave at W 112th St, Morningside
Heights; admission by donation, tours $6, vertical tours $15; 7:30am-6pm; ; B, C, 1 to
110th St-Cathedral Pkwy) This storied Episcopal cathedral, the largest place of worship in
the United States, commands attention with its ornate Byzantine-style facade, booming
vintage organ and extravagantly scaled nave - twice as wide as Westminster Abbey in
London. High Mass, held at 11am Sunday, often comes with sermons by well-known in-
tellectuals.
Harlem
The heart of African American culture has been beating in Harlem since its emergence as
a black enclave in the 1920s. This neighborhood north of Central Park has been the set-