A Saturday walk through Washington Heights, Manhattan -- page 2.

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Starting on the corner of 168th Street and Broadway is Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, a great big hospital complex occupying the entire west side of Manhattan Island from the 160s to the 170s, from Broadway to the river. Columbia-Presbyterian is the area's dominant institution.

On the right is Coogans, the neighborhood landmark Irish Bar at 169th and Broadway. People are friendly at Coogans, and the crowed is interestingly mixed: local Dominicains, Columbia grad students, Irish cops -- everybody goes to Coogans. Karoke nights (Tuesday and Saturday) are particularly fun.

Columbia Presbyterian Hosptial Coogan's Irish bar.

Across Broadway from Columbia Presbyterian is the Audubon building, which now houses research facilities associated with the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. The building was originally the Audubon Ballroom, a fancy theater whose greatest claim to fame is as the site where Malcom X was gunned down in 1965. Despite much controversy, Columbia recently gutted the building in order to construct the office complex you can see in the background; fortunately, the left the ornate, original building facade in place on Broadway.

After walking from 190th Street down to 168th Street, we had to stop, sit down, and bandage our tired, blistering feet!

The facade of the Audubon building Repairing our tattered feet!

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The facade of the Audubon building	Repairing our tattered feet!