Morningside Heights
Morningside Heights is from 110th to 125th Street, west of Harlem but having totally different atmosphere from Harlem. The symbol is Columbia University and a lot of people related to the University are living here.
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The world's largest cathedral, St. John the Divine is located at 112th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan. The Cathedral is open Monday through Saturday from 7:00am-6:00pm and Sunday from 7:00am-8:00pm. The Cathedral shop is open seven days a week from 9:00am-5:00pm and the grounds and gardens are open during all daylight hours. Public tours take place Tuesday through Saturday at 11:00am and Sunday at 1:00pm. The cost is $3.00 and the tour meets at the Visitor Center. Vertical tours up the 124 foot stone staircase to the top of the Cathedral take place on the first and third Saturday of every month, cost $10.00, and require a reservation.
Address : 1047 Amsterdam Ave at W 112nd Street Subway : 1/B/C Line Cathedral Pkwy Station
Columbia University has a longest history in the United States and also its scale is the one of biggest among the universities. Established as a collage belonging to Trinity Church in 1754 and changed its name to Columbia University in 1784 and moved to the current location in 1897. Currently it has more than 20 thousands students and is famous for jurisprudence, medical science and journalism.
Address : 2960 Bradway Subway : 1 Line 116th St - Columbia Univ
In Columbus University, besides Low Memorial Library, there standing a red-brick-dome chapel. This chapel was built in 1904 and named "St. Paul's Chapel" and is now famous as the sound of pipe organ.
Address : 2960 Bradway Subway : 1 Line 116th St - Columbia Univ
The hero of the Civil War, General Grant's Tomb is in this area which was built in 1897 by donation of citizen. You can see the wall-picture in the exhibition room.
Address : W 122nd Street at Riverside Dr Subway : 1 Line 116th St - Columbia Univ, 1 Line 125th St
Towering above Morningside Heights on Manhattan's Upper West Side, Riverside Church is the home of the heaviest and second largest carillon (74 bells) in the world, which is played each Sunday at 3:00 pm. The bells range from 10 lbs. to almost 41,000 lbs. (and in total, weigh 100 tons!) -- it is worth the climb up the tower to see them, and you get some spectacular views of the city as an added bonus.
The carillon, a gift by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. in memory of his mother, strikes the hour daily and produces a swinging peal of bells each Sunday morning. We highly recommend the carillon recitals which are held on Sundays at 10:30 Am, 12:30 PM and 3 PM (sometimes 2: 30 instead) and on special occasions (like Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve). In nice weather, listen to the concerts from area parks, such as the plaza in front of nearby Grant's Tomb.
The carillon is open for self-guided tours Tuesday through Saturday from 11 AM to 4 PM and Sunday 12:30 to 4 PM. Tickets are $2 for adults; $1 for students and seniors.
The church building itself is also worth exploring. Art history students may find the structure rather familiar: it is modeled after the 13th-century gothic cathedral in Chartres, France.
Sunday service of worship is held at 10:45 AM; Communion is celebrated the first Sunday of the month.
*Quoted from "The NYC Insider"
Address : 490 Riverside Dr. Subway : 1 Line 116th St - Columbia Univ
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