Strange & Quirky Manhattanville + Live Jazz at Grants Tomb
Wed, Jul 24
|The Forum at Columbia University
This off-the grid neighborhood has a fascinating history as an industrial area and a center of dairy processing, now home to the new Columbia University campus along with new art galleries and restaurants.
Time & Location
Jul 24, 2019, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
The Forum at Columbia University, 601 W 125th St, New York, NY 10027, USA
About the event
This guided walking tour tops off with outdoor live Jazz (courtesy of Jazzmobile) featuring Tenor Saxophonist Houston Person. (free). The music runs from 7pm - 8:30pm and we'll arrive by or before 7:30PM. NOTE LIMITED SEATING. There are benches and ledges around. http://www.jazzmobile.org/.
Our free tour begins at 125 Street and Broadway in front of The Forum, a brand new building that is part of Columbia University's new Manhattanville campus and the current "Best New Building Award" from the Municipal Art Society. There are public restrooms inside.
If you can arrive early the Lenfest Center for the Arts in the adjacent building has an interesting new exhibit of Contemporary African art (free).
https://wallach.columbia.edu/
Manhattanville is an off-the grid Harlem neighborhood with own unique character and history as an industrial area and village that was established in the year 1806, and now where Columbia University is building its new 17-acre campus.…