The gorgeous gothic tower looking over Riverside Church had been closed to the public for two decades. The tower is the tallest steeple in North America, looming 392 feet over Morningside Heights, … ...

We’d popped in a few times over the years but noticed more recently that the Old North Foundation offers a variety of guided tours, including a gallery tour, a crypt tour, and a bell tower tour.

In May the church can begin to shore up the tower and steeple that for 56 years made it the tallest structure in North America, thanks to a $500,000 grant from the National Endowment for the ...

The Old North Church, a famed stop on Boston's Freedom Trail and a symbol of American liberty, reckons with its ugly history of trafficking enslaved people, including children.