Preface Chronology Introduction 1. At Bloomingdale: The Pre-history of Morningside Heights 2. Building for the Spirit: The Cathedral of St. John the Divine and Riverside Church 3. Building for the Body: St. Luke's Hospital and Other Health-Related Facilities on Morningside Heights 4. Building for the Mind I: Columbia University and the Transformation of Morningside Heights 5. Building for the Mind II: The Growth and Expansion of Columbia 6. Building for the Mind III: Barnard College and Teachers College-Women's Education on Morningside Heights 7. Building for the Mind and Spirit: Theological Seminaries and a Musical Institute on Morningside Heights 8. Building for Profit: The Development of a Residential Community on Morningside Heights 9. Afterword: Morningside Heights in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century Appendix: Building List Abbreviations Notes Selected Bibliography Index Photo Credits
The book tells the stories of the excitement surrounding the initial plans for an Episcopal cathedral and the ultimate failure of this grandiose project; the efforts of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. to build a rival nondenominational church (Riverside Church); the development of Charles McKim's inspired designs for Columbia's campus; the efforts of Barnard and Teachers College to build impressive campuses adjacent to Columbia; and the later projects of Union and Jewish theological seminaries and the Institute of Musical Art (late the Juilliard School) to erect buildings that would be part of the larger institutional concentration, but world provide each with a unique architectural identity.
Andrew S. Dolkart teaches at the Columbia University School of Architecture and has written and lectured extensively about New York's architecture and development. He is the author of the Guide to New York City Landmarks, has curated numerous exhibitions, and is well-known for his walking tours of New York City neighborhoods.
Combines recondite research with bare-knuckle history, interweaving the nuts and bolts of neighborhood-building with a messy human drama of rivalry, greed, marketing, bigotry and idealism. The New York Times Thorough analysis of this architecturally rich neighborhood. New York Observer Every town, hamlet, and neighborhood deserves an historical portrait by Andrew Dolkart. His history of Morningside Heights is a magnificent work of scholarship that grows out of a true love of urbanism and a profound respect for the contribution of architects and developers, whether high-minded or not-so, to the vitality of place. -- Robert A. M. Stern While Dolkart focuses on aesthetics, his analysis of taste and design is informed by a penetrating knowledge of Manhattan's social history. The resulting book, gracefully written and generously illustrated, will appeal to historians, residents, and anyone whose search for scarce parking on the Heights has taken them past buildings which astonish and delight... Dolkart adeptly explains the social implications behind... artistic decisions... the work is a remarkable social portrait. New York History
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