Shaping Our City: Morningside Heights to Harlem

Towards the end of the 19th century, Upper Manhattan grew steadily, transformed by the opening of elevated railways and the IRT subway. Led by architectural historian Matt Postal, this walking tour examines the area between 116th and 125th Streets. See where early Harlem residents lived and worshiped and spent leisure time, viewing well-preserved brick and brownstone row houses, a grand courtyard apartment house, Roxy Rothafel’s first movie palace, the former Harlem Club, and (Lydia Fowler) Wadleigh High School – New York City’s first public high school built specifically for girls.