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Morningside Heights

Riverside Drive and Claremont, 110th-121st

Kossuth, Hungarian hero
Samuel Tilden
Once back on Riverside Drive, you'll be close to these two monuments. The one on the left at 113th commemorates Kossuth, who fought for Hungarian independence in 1848. The one on the right (about 112th) is Samuel Tilden, NY statesman.

Riverside Drive buildings

Building next to Tilden statue. Note the lions below the top floor.

Riverside Drive stop

Here's the red building by the Tilden statue from a couple blocks south.

Riverside Church entrance
Riverside Church doors
If you head up Riverside, you'll come to Riverside Church at 120th. We'll see it from a distance soon.

Tomb of Ulysses S. Grant

Grant's Tomb is across the street from Riverside Church.

Grants Tomb

Grounds behind Grant's Tomb

Grounds behind Grant's Tomb

120th near Claremont

Take 120th Street downhill to Claremont. The Manhattan School of Music and the Jewish Theological Seminary are on the left.

Manhattan School of Music

The Manhattan School of Music, 120th between Claremont and Broadway. The Juilliard School of Music used to be here until it moved to Lincoln Center some 30 years ago. Make a right on Claremont instead of going all the way to Broadway. The Union Theological Seminary will be on your left.

Teachers College, Columbia University

Turn on this street by the Seminary. The red brick building is Teachers College.

Upper West Side, Tour 2

1. Mostly B'way, 96th-110th 2. Straus Park 3. Street Fair
4. 96th-110th West of B'way 5. Riverside Park, 97th-113th 6. You are here. Morningside-Riverside
7. Morningside Hts-B'way 8. St. John the Divine 9. Morningside Park
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