Morningside Drive (Manhattan)
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of Manhattan
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. It runs from 110th Street
110th Street (Manhattan)
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in the south, where it forms the continuation of Columbus Avenue, to 122nd Street-Seminary Row in the north, which Morningside Drive becomes after turning to the west and crossing over Amsterdam Avenue.
Along the way, Morningside Drive passes the apse
Apse
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of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the Plant and Scrymser Pavilions of St. Luke's Hospital
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center
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, the Eglise de Notre Dame
Church of Notre Dame (New York City)
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, and several buildings owned by Columbia University
Columbia University
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, including the President's House and the East Campus
East Campus (Columbia University)
East Campus is a prominent building on the Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University in New York City, located along Morningside Drive between 117th and 118th Streets...
dormitory. The eastern side of Morningside Drive is entirely occupied by Morningside Park, which drops off so steeply from the eastern edge of the drive that no streets can rise from Harlem
Harlem
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on the other side of the park to intersect the street. Morningside Drive, then, forms the effective edge of Morningside Heights. The non-institutional buildings on the west side of the street are primarily apartment houses.