Editing Washington Heights, Manhattan (section)

===Modern===
[[File:2014 Fort Washington Armory.jpg|thumb|[[Fort Washington Avenue Armory]]]]
The New Balance Track and Field Center, located in the [[Fort Washington Avenue Armory]], maintains an Olympic-caliber track that is one of the fastest in the world.<ref>[http://www.armory.nyc/what-we-do/ About], The Armory Foundation. Retrieved April 27, 2016</ref> Starting in January 2012, the [[Millrose Games]] have been held there, after having been held at the [[Madison Square Garden (1890)|second]], [[Madison Square Garden (1925)|third]], and [[Madison Square Garden|current]] Madison Square Gardens from 1914 to 2011.<ref>Coffey, Wayne. [http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/high-school/millrose-games-100-years-madison-square-garden-held-armory-2012-article-1.146354 "Millrose Games, after almost 100 years at Madison Square Garden, will be held at The Armory in 2012"], ''[[New York Daily News]]'', May 12, 2011. Retrieved April 27, 2016. "After nearly a 100-year run at Madison Square Garden, the Millrose Games will be contested next year at The Armory on 168th St., according to a source close to the Armory Foundation Board of Directors."</ref> To encourage physical activity and healthy eating, a partnership of local politicians, schools, and community organizers have organized the annual "Uptown Games" for children grades 1 to 8 at the Armory.<ref>Walters, Jheanel. [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/health-initiative-uptown-younger-games-article-1.1295653 "500 students expected to take part in second Uptown Games at New Balance Track & Field Center at the Armory"], ''[[New York Daily News]]'', March 21, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2016.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.armory.nyc/blog/2018/6/2/uptown-games|title=Uptown Games|date=June 6, 2018|access-date=February 11, 2021|publisher=The Armory Foundation}}</ref> Also at the Armory is the [[National Track and Field Hall of Fame]], along with the Charles B. Rangel Technology & Learning Center for middle- and high-school students; the facility is operated by the Armory Foundation, which was created in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ny.milesplit.us/pages/Hall-of-Fame|title=National Track & Field Hall of Fame|publisher=MileSplit US|work=ny.milesplit.us|access-date=April 1, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331001354/http://ny.milesplit.us/pages/Hall-of-Fame|archive-date=March 31, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.armorytrack.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=45586&title_id=815&do=title&pg=1&folder_id=635&page_id=36153|title=Charles Rangel Technology & Learning Center|access-date=February 11, 2021|website=Armory Track}}</ref> The Armory is the starting point for the annual Washington Heights Salsa, Blues, and Shamrocks 5K, founded in 1999 by Peter M. Walsh of Coogan's Restaurant but now run by the [[New York Road Runners]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nyrr.org/Run/Photos-And-Stories/2019/Washington-Heights-Race-Report|title=Grooving in the Heights|date=March 5, 2019|publisher=[[New York Road Runners]]|access-date=February 11, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=[[New York Daily News]]|access-date=February 11, 2021|title=Annual Washington Heights 5K race goes on without Coogan's and picks up a new name|first=Michael J.|last=Feeney|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/uptown-5k-race-kick-new-article-1.1704498|date=February 28, 2014}}</ref>