"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,…mehr
"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." --
DAVIDA SIWISA JAMES lived in Morningside Heights as a child and Sugar Hill as a young woman. She has a BA in English from UCLA and attended Penn State Dickinson Law in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. She has been a university public relations director, a freelance journalist for the twice Pulitzer Prize-winning Virgin Islands Daily News, and has a twenty-year management career in performing arts finance and marketing. She has published nonfiction books, essays, poems, a play, and an award-winning short story, "The Commute." She resides in Los Angeles, CA.
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
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
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