Avalon Morningside Park

{{Short description|Luxury apartment building in Manhattan, New York}}

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The Avalon Morningside Park is a luxury apartment building constructed in 2007 on a piece of land that formerly constituted a portion of the cathedral close of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.{{cite news | last = Hughes | first = C. J. | title = Worldly, Meet Other-Worldly | work = The New York Times | date = 2008-09-05 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/realestate/07post.html | accessdate = 2009-09-05}} The building, a twenty-story glass tower, can be seen from Morningside Park nearby. The Cathedral initially retained ownership of the land, with AvalonBay Communities holding a 99-year lease. In 2019, the land was sold, as well. The diocese explained that it was in desperate need of the $130 million generated by the project, which aroused considerable opposition in the surrounding community.{{cite news | last = Wileden | first = Lydia | title = Some in Area Concerned About Avalon Diversity | work = Columbia Daily Spectator | date = 2008-09-11 | url = http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2008/09/11/some-area-concerned-about-avalon-diversity | accessdate = 2009-09-05}}