This circa-1900 postcard captures Morningside Park’s rugged beauty. It’s one of the city’s best-kept secrets.
That wild, gothic St. Luke’s Hospital building high on a bluff makes this look anything like New York today.
Tags: gothic buildings in old New York, Morningside Heights, Morningside Park, New York City parks, St. Luke's Hospital New York
Ephemeral New York 
December 15, 2009 at 12:02 am |
That is a wonderful, wonderful picture. I wish I could walk right into it.
December 15, 2009 at 3:07 pm |
I know! It looks so warm and green….
December 15, 2009 at 5:52 pm |
when we were all still in high school, two friends of mine, very muscular but not “tough guys”, went to an event at columbia, and then, deliberately to cheat death, walked across mornigside park at 3 am. this was in the 70s.
December 15, 2009 at 7:58 pm |
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December 17, 2009 at 1:54 am |
what a stunning postcard. thank you for posting it.