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Morningside Park

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Morningside Park is a 30-acre public park in Upper Manhattan. The area near Morningside Park was originally known as Muscota by the Lenape Native Americans in the Delaware languages. A park in this location was first proposed by the Central Park commissioners in 1867, and the city commissioned Central Park's designers Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux to produce a design for the park in 1873.

Developed, 1895
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The park includes other rock outcroppings; a man-made ornamental pond and waterfall; three sculptures; several athletic fields; playgrounds; and an arboretum

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The area near Morningside Park was originally known as Muscota by the Lenape Native Americans in the Delaware languages

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The park is bounded by 110th Street to the south, 123rd Street to the north, Morningside Avenue to the east, and Morningside Drive to the west

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A cliff made of Manhattan schist runs through the park and separates Morningside Heights, above the cliff to the west, from Harlem

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