Editing Washington Heights, Manhattan (section)

===Arts===
[[File:2015 191 Street tunnel 2 vc.jpg|thumb|In 2015, the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance and the [[New York City Department of Transportation|Department of Transportation]] organized with graffiti artists such as [[Cope2]] to repaint the [[191st Street station|191st Street]] subway tunnel.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 30, 2021|date=May 31, 2015|first=Sandra E.|last=Garcia|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/01/nyregion/bringing-a-little-color-to-a-passage-at-the-191st-street-station.html|title=Bringing a Little Color to a Passage at the 191st Street Station}}</ref>]]
[[File:2014 United Palace from corner.jpg|thumb|[[United Palace|United Palace Theater]]]]
Washington Heights, along with other parts of the city such as [[the Bronx]], had a significant role in the early history of [[graffiti in New York City]].<ref name=initsownwords>{{cite news|date=June 22, 2006|access-date=March 30, 2021|url=https://nymag.com/guides/summer/17406/|work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|title=Graffiti in Its Own Words|first1=Dimitri|last1=Ehrlich|first2=Gregor|last2=Ehrlich}}</ref> In 1971, [[TAKI 183]] (born on 183rd street) was the first graffiti tagger to be exposed to the broader public through a profile in ''The New York Times'';<ref name="NYT1971">{{cite news|title='Taki 183' Spawns Pen Pals|date=July 21, 1971|page=37|url=http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/arts/taki183.pdf|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> 188th Street and Audubon Avenue has also been cited as a location where graffiti writers exchanged names and ideas in the 1970s.<ref name=initsownwords/>

The Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance, founded in 2007 to support local artists,<ref>Marsh, Julia. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110714025533/http://manhattantimesnews.com/covers/Archives/2007/Vol8N40.pdf#page=14 "Manhattan Times Profile: Sandra García Betancourt: Creating a Masterpiece"]. ''Manhattan Times'', October 4, 2007, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of July 14, 2011. Retrieved April 28, 2016.</ref> organizes the annual Uptown Arts Stroll, which features artists from Upper Manhattan in public locations for several weeks each summer.<ref name=ArtStroll>[http://www.artstroll.com/ Welcome], Uptown Arts Stroll. Retrieved April 27, 2016.</ref> The [[United Palace]], a landmarked theater built in 1930,<ref name=uphd/> continues as a space for film and live performance in the present day, having featured musicians such as [[John Legend]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[Lenny Kravitz]], and [[Lauryn Hill]].<ref name=upca/> Also noteworthy is UP Theater Company, a Washington Heights- and Inwood-based company established in 2010 that performs original plays in the neighborhood.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uptheater.org/what-we-do|access-date=July 26, 2021|title=The Company|publisher=UP Theater Company}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=[[New York Daily News]]|access-date=July 26, 2021|title=Broad Channel is the setting for a new play about an old problem|date=May 11, 2014|first=Lisa L.|last=Colangelo|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/broad-channel-backdrop-new-play-article-1.1786637}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150416/hudson-heights/uptown-play-features-feminist-epic-journey-through-post-apocalyptic-nyc/|first=Lindsay|last=Armstrong|date=April 16, 2015|work=[[DNAInfo]]|title=Uptown Play Features 'Feminist Epic Journey' Through Post-Apocalyptic NYC|access-date=July 26, 2021|archive-date=July 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727005913/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150416/hudson-heights/uptown-play-features-feminist-epic-journey-through-post-apocalyptic-nyc/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Washington Heights has also become the setting for creative works such as [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]]'s Broadway musical and film ''[[In the Heights]]'', [[Angie Cruz]]'s novels ''[[Soledad (2001 novel)|Soledad]]'' and ''Dominicana'', and the [[Amazon Prime Video|Amazon]] show ''[[The Horror of Dolores Roach]]''.<ref name=intheheights/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/angie-cruz/dominicana/|access-date=March 30, 2021|date=June 17, 2019|website=[[Kirkus Reviews]]|title=DOMINICANA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/angie-cruz/soledad/|access-date=March 30, 2021|date=June 15, 2001|website=[[Kirkus Reviews]]|title=SOLEDAD}}</ref>