Morningside Heights

Morningside Heights on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, also referred to as SoHa, is the area which runs from W 106th Street to W 125th Street and Columbus Avenue to Riverside Drive.  Morningside Heights is an area where a cultural outpost grew at the end of the 19th century, thanks to the emergence of the relocated Columbia University, St. Luke’s Hospital and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The cluster of academic and religious institutions that developed here somehow kept these blocks stable during years when the surrounding neighborhoods were collapsing. More recently, West Side gentrification has reclaimed the section to the South, while areas north and east have not changed much. This is an uptown student neighborhood mainly; while less trendy than the Village, it remains fun, friendly and intellectual.