{"value"=>"<p>Both background and in-depth information relating to Columbia University can be found in this series. Most of the material focuses on Morningside Park, center of the gymnasium controversy, and includes a 1972 report entitled \"A Master Plan Study of St. Nicholas, Colonial and Morningside Parks\" prepared for the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Administration by City College's School of Architecture and Environmental Studies. There is also a history of Morningside Park dating to colonial times, including information on its landscapers, Olmsted and Vaux. The relationship with Columbia University, the involvement of community groups and their attempts to provide access for recreation to all, and the voices of political and civic leaders are expressed in this series. There are architectural drawings of proposed renovations of Morningside Park prepared by Bond Ryder Wilson and the Columbia 1972 master plan for Morningside Park, in addition to aerial photographs of Morningside Heights and Park. The long-standing problem of crime in the park is also represented. Christiane Collins's articles about Morningside Heights and Park, Riverside Park (including its renovation), and housing issues, and her extensive manuscript entitled \"Morningside Park and Its Contiguous Communities: A Chronicle of Urban Conflicts\" (1971), about the relationship between Morningside Park and the surrounding neighborhood, complete this series.</p>"}