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Places

Name of Notable Genus AsNotedIn No Address Proximity Area
Name Genus AsNotedIn Address Proximity Area
Riverside Church, NYC
  • Sight
  • NRHP
490 Riverside Dr Btw W 120th St and W 122nd St
Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
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  • AIA Fav
1047 Amsterdam Ave W 110th St
Union Theological Seminary
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  • NRHP
W 120th St and Broadway
Low Memorial Library
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  • NRHP
  • US NHL
W 116th St Between Broadway and Amsterdam Ave
Casa Italina
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  • NRHP
1151 - 1161 Amsterdam Ave
Riverside Park and Drive
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  • NRHP
From 72nd St to 129th St
IRT Broadway Line Viaduct
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  • NRHP
W 122nd St to W 135th St, Broadway
Pupin Hall
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  • NRHP
  • US NHL
W 120th St Broadway
Church of Notre Dame and Rectory
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  • NRHP
405 W 114th St and 40 Morningside Dr
General Grant National Memorial
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  • NRHP
  • US NMem
Riverside Dr and W 122nd St
Manhattan Avenue-West 120th-123rd Streets Historic District
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  • NRHP
242 - 262 W 120th St, 341--362 W 121st St, 341--362 W 122nd St, 344--373 123rd St, 481--553 Manhattan Ave W side
Delta Psi, Alpha Chapter
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  • NRHP
434 Riverside Dr W 116th St
International House
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  • NRHP
500 Riverside Dr
Philosophy Hall
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  • NRHP
  • US NHL
1150 Amsterdam Ave
Barnard Hall
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  • NRHP
3005 Broadway W 116th St
Brooks and Hewitt Halls
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  • NRHP
Claremont Ave NE corner with W 116th St
Milbank, Brinckerhoff and Fiske Halls
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  • NRHP
Claremont Ave Roughly bounded by W 119th St and W 120th St, and Broadway and Claremont Aves
110th Street-Cathedral Parkway Subway Station (IRT)
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  • NRHP
Broadway W 110th St and Cathedral Pkwy
116th Street-Columbia University Subway Station (IRT)
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  • NRHP
Broadway W 116th St
Hartley Hall at Columbia Unv
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1124 Amsterdam Ave

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1919/03/00 F Scott Fitzgerald Work Scott becomes an Ad man at $90 a month, writing the slogans that while away the hours in trolley cars. At night, he begins writing short stories, the quickest in an 1.5 hours, the slowest in 3 days, while living in a single room at 200 Claremont Ave.
1924/00/00 George Gershwin Home George and Ira Gershwin move to 501 W 110th St and write "Rhapsody in Blue" in the back room of a D Line apartment, home from 1924-1929 Rhapsody in Blue

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Particulars for Morningside Heights:
Locale Type Neighborhood



Vicinage »

VicinageTypeAsNotedIn
Barnard College College
Columbia University, Morningside University

Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
Caperucita ien Manhattan Book Carmen Martin Gaite Sara Allen visits Morningside Heights
Moon Palace Novel Paul Auster The real "Moon Palace" was a Chinese restaurant that used to be on Broadway
The New York Trilogy Book Paul Auster "New York Trilogy" has some scenes set in Morningside Heights

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