Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Left
Columbia University
Center
Rose Window, St. John the Divine
Right
Streetside Musicians
Morningside Heights and Harlem
T
HE AREA BETWEEN MORNINGSIDE PARK
and the Hudson River,
from 110th-125th streets, is dominated by Columbia University
and two important churches. Further west and extending north is
Harlem, America's best-known African-American community. In the
1880s, when rail connected the neighborhood to Midtown, the large
townhouses were occupied by Irish, Italian, and Jewish families,
but by the 1920s black families predominated. The Harlem
Renaissance, when
nightclubs with black
entertainers were fre-
quented by whites,
ended with the Depres-
sion. Nevertheless,
recent development is
reviving the area, caus-
ing some to declare a
second Renaissance.
Sights
1
Columbia University
2
Cathedral Church of
St. John the Divine
3
Riverside Church
4
6
Abyssinian Baptist Church
7
Marcus Garvey Park
8
Studio Museum in
Harlem
9
Hamilton Heights
Historic District
Schomburg Center for
Research in Black Culture
5
0
St. Nicholas Historic
District (Strivers' Row)
Malcolm Shabazz
Mosque/Harlem Market
q
q
145th St
THE BRONX
145th St
4
138th St Grand
Concourse
q
5
3rd Av
138th St
137th St
College City
WEST 138TH STREET
q
6
q
9
135th St
135th St
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q
Harlem
EAST 128TH STREET
125th St
q
q
125th St
125th St
125th St
q
(MARTIN LUTHER
KIN
G JR BOULEVARD)
q
EAST 125TH ST
Morningside
Heights
8
Marcus
Garvey
Park
7
3
1
116th St
116th St
116th St
0
q
q
EAST 116TH ST
q
q
WEST 116TH ST
116th St
Columbia
University
Cathedral
Parkway
110th St
(LUIS MUÑOZ MARIN BD)
WEST 114TH STREET
2
EAST
112TH STREET
WEST 112TH STREET
Central Park North
110th St
110th St
q
q
q
CATHEDRAL PARKWAY
CENTRAL PARK NORTH
EAST 110TH STREET
500
yards
500
0
meters
144
