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[[Image:CollegeWalk2.jpg|thumb|240px|From Wikipedia's article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University Columbia University]]]
 
[[Image:CollegeWalk2.jpg|thumb|240px|From Wikipedia's article on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University Columbia University]]]
  
'''College Walk''' is the pedestrianized stretch of 116th St on the [[Morningside Heights campus]] between Broadway and Amsterdam.
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'''College Walk''' is the pedestrianized stretch of [[116th Street]] on the [[Morningside Heights campus]] between Broadway and Amsterdam.
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Originally a busy street, it was swapped for some worthless land the university owned upstate during the tenure of University President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]].
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During the holiday season, the trees along College Walk are lighted, a period which is kicked off y the [[Tree Lighting Ceremony]].  
  
 
[[Category:Outdoor spaces]]
 
[[Category:Outdoor spaces]]
 
[[Category:Morningside Heights campus]]
 
[[Category:Morningside Heights campus]]

Revision as of 11:40, 22 March 2007

From Wikipedia's article on Columbia University
From Wikipedia's article on Columbia University

College Walk is the pedestrianized stretch of 116th Street on the Morningside Heights campus between Broadway and Amsterdam.

Originally a busy street, it was swapped for some worthless land the university owned upstate during the tenure of University President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

During the holiday season, the trees along College Walk are lighted, a period which is kicked off y the Tree Lighting Ceremony.