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On Campus →Lehman Center for the Performing Arts
Bedford Park, the Bronx · the borough’s big stage — Latin legends, family shows & holiday ballet, kids’ tickets from $5
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- Columbia — Morningside Heights116th & Broadway · McKim, Mead & White’s Low Library, Alma Mater on the steps & St. Paul’s Chapel’s tiled dome · free Guided Historical Tour — reserve ahead (campus access is restricted); self-guided walking-tour PDFs online
- NYU & Washington SquareThe park is the quad · the Arch, the cobbled carriage houses of Washington Mews & Philip Johnson’s Bobst Library · free self-guided NYU tour app + PDF maps
- Cooper Union & Astor Place7 E 7th St · the Foundation Building’s Great Hall, in use since 1858 — Lincoln spoke here in 1860 · the best way in is a free public talk
- City College — the Gothic hilltop160 Convent Ave, Harlem · Shepard Hall’s schist & white terra-cotta towers — the most cathedral-like campus in town · an Open House New York stop Sat Oct 17
- Fordham — Rose Hill, the Bronx441 E Fordham Rd · Collegiate Gothic Keating Hall, the 1845 University Church & a Greek, Etruscan & Roman art museum in Walsh Library · self-guided tour (book a slot) · next door to the Botanical Garden
- Bronx Community College — University Heights2155 University Ave · Stanford White’s domed Gould Memorial Library · the Hall of Fame for Great Americans colonnade is closed for construction — virtual tour online for now
- Pratt Sculpture Park — Clinton Hill200 Willoughby Ave · 70+ works across 25 acres, from Mark di Suvero to Santiago Calatrava · download the park guide; campus tours book 48 hours ahead
- Brooklyn College — Midwood2900 Bedford Ave · Boylan Hall’s Georgian quad & the Claire Tow Theater (the old Whitman) · student-led tours most weekdays, register ahead