Community Activist Ruth McDaniels was awarded the highly-esteemed , Harriet Tubman Award at the 228th Anniversary Celebration at the Mother A.M.E Zion Church on Sunday, Oct 27, 2024

Her legendary and generous actions to improve, support, and accelerate better conditions for all Harlemites is her devotion and legacy.

Morningside Park

Morningside Park is a 30-acre park located in Manhattan, between Manhattan Avenue, Morningside Avenue, and Morningside Drive, from West 110th to West 123rd Streets. It's one of four designated Historic Harlem Parks.

The creation of Morningside Park in New York City involved several plans and designers over a period of more than two decades:

1867

Andrew Haswell Green, the Commissioner and Comptroller of Central Park, proposed the park. He argued that extending the city's street grid over the area's irregular topography would be inconvenient and expensive.

1873

Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the designers of Central Park, submitted a plan for Morningside Park. However, the plan was rejected due to an economic recession.

1880

Jacob Wrey Mould was hired to rework Olmsted and Vaux's plan. He designed the park's promenade and buttressed masonry wall along Morningside Drive.

1887

Olmsted and Vaux returned to the site to continue work on the park. They produced a second plan that included the addition of elevated train tracks on 110th Street.

1895

The park was completed and sculptures were installed.

1990

A waterfall and pond were constructed on the site of the unbuilt Columbia gym.

1998

The Kiel Arboretum was built using some of the original plans.

2008

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated Morningside Park as a scenic landmark.