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<p>Morningside Heights, the institutional heart of New York City, is also one of the city's most architecturally distinguished neighborhoods. The high plateau that forms Morningside Heights is geographically isolated within the city and remained largely undeveloped even as neighboring Harlem and the Upper West Side became prestigious residential communities. At the end of the nineteenth century, institutions relocated to the plateau where sizable plots were available at a convenient distance from the built-up city. In 1887 Episcopal Bishop Henry Potter announced plans for the construction of a great cathedral at the edge of the plateau. The cathedral was soon followed by Columbia College and St. Luke's Hospital, which contemplated grand complexes, and by newer institutions such as Barnard College and Teachers College that were intent on establishing a presence in the rapidly growing city. Thus, Morningside Heights became indelibly associated with New York's educational, medical, and religious foundations, and was appropriately dubbed the Acropolis of New York.</p><p>In this extensively illustrated book, Andrew S. Dolkart explores the architecturally varied complexes built by these

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Author

Dolkart, Andrew S.. Auteur

Publisher

New York: Columbia university press

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780231078511

Category

history

Subjects

History, Sociology, Humanities

Rating

4.6 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14