Avalon Morningside Park

Avalon Morningside Park

The Avalon Morningside park is a luxury apartment building constructed in 2007 on a piece of lard that formerly constituted part fo the grounds of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City. [Worldly, Meet Other-Worldly, C. J. Hughes, New York Times, September 5, 2008 [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/realestate/07post.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss] ]

The building, a twenty-story glass tower, looms over the Cathedral Close and dominates the view westward form Morningside Park that was formerly focused on the sculpture of the Angel Gabriel blowing his horn that stands atop the Cathedral.

The Cathedral retains ownership of the land, which is leased on a 99 year lease to the AvalonBay Communities. The diocese has explained that it was indesperate need of the $130 million generated by the project, which aroused considerable opposition in the collunity. [Some in Area Concerned About Avalon Diversity, By Lydia Wileden, SEPTEMBER 11, 2008, Columbia Daily Spectator [http://www.columbiaspectator.com/node/55527] ] [Worldly, Meet Other-Worldly, C. J. Hughes, New York Times, September 5, 2008 [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/realestate/07post.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss] ]

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