Davida Siwisa James

Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill

Alexander Hamilton's Old Harlem Neighborhood Through the Centuries

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Produktbeschreibung

"Explores four centuries of colonization, land divisions, and urban development around this historic landmark neighborhood in West Harlem. It was the neighborhood where Alexander Hamilton built his country home, George Gershwin wrote his first hit, a young Norman Rockwell discovered he liked to draw, and Ralph Ellison wrote Invisible Man. Through words and pictures, Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill traces the transition of this picturesque section of Harlem from lush farmland in the early 1600s to its modern-day growth as a unique Manhattan neighborhood highlighted by stunning architecture, Harlem Renaissance gatherings, and the famous residents who called it home." --

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fordham University Press
• Seitenzahl: 434
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 146mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9781531506148
• ISBN-10: 1531506143
• Artikelnr.: 68583745

Autorenporträt

Davida Siwisa James

Inhaltsangabe

Author's Historical Note ix
Dyckman and Hamilton Maps xi
Note on Spelling xiii
Preface xv
The Neighborhood xxi
1. Dutch Beginnings and Native Americans 1
2. The Making of Harlem Heights 9
3. Harlem Land Grants, Mount Morris, and a Revolution 22
4. Harlem Grange and the Duel 38
5. The Jumels, the Street Grid, and Audubon 55
6. The Bailey Mansion, St. Luke's, and a Building Boom 76
7. The Great Migration and the Morris Museum 100
8. The Hamilton Museum and the Hamilton Theatre 124
9. The Harlem Renaissance 139
10. The Heights Identity and the Black Mecca 170
11. Jazz Clubs, The Numbers, and Firsts 193
12. The Advent of the Sixties, Generational Changes, and the Arts 212
13. A Neighborhood's Changing Face 236
14. Parlor Jazz and the Great Renovation 253
15. Changing Demographics and a Revived Hamilton Heights 279
16. Bailey House, Jazz, and the Renaissance Remix 302
17. Where It Leads 336
Afterword 345
Addendum A: Excerpted Harlem Ordinances and Land Patents 349
Addendum B: Photos Past and Present 353
Acknowledgments 355
Notes 359
Selected Bibliography 375
Index 383