Carnegie Hill
Carnegie Hillis a neighborhood within theUpper East Side,in theboroughofManhattaninNew York City.Its boundaries are86th Streeton the south,Fifth Avenue(Central Park) on the west, with a northern boundary at 98th Street that continues just pastPark Avenueand turns south to96th Streetand proceeds east up to, but not including,Third Avenue.[1][2]The neighborhood is part ofManhattan Community District 8.
In the 2000s, the perceived northern boundary on Park Avenue has edged over 96th Street into what was traditionallySpanish Harlem,[3]leading to that area sometimes being called Upper Carnegie Hill, especially by real-estate brokers.[4]According to the official Carnegie Hill Neighbors website, the Carnegie Hill neighborhood extends from 86th to 98th Streets, from Fifth Avenue up to, but not including, Third Avenue.[5]
History[edit]
The neighborhood is named afterthe mansionthatAndrew Carnegiebuilt in 1901 at Fifth Avenue and91st Street.[6]Today the mansion is the home of theCooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum,a branch of theSmithsonian Institution.Facing it across 91st Street is the Italian palazzo-styleOtto H. Kahn House,currently the home of theConvent of the Sacred Heart,a Roman Catholic girls' school. Several townhouses in the area have been converted to schools, including theWilliam Goadby Loew Houseon93rd Street(formerly the Smithers Alcoholism Center), currently occupied by theSpence School,and next door, theVirginia Graham Fair Vanderbilt House,converted to a school by theLycée Français,but sold in 2005 to a private owner. The architecture of the neighborhood includesapartmentbuildings along Park Avenue andFifth Avenue,brownstones(withstoops) andtownhouseson the side streets,condos,co-opsand a handful of mansions, of which some are now used by theCooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum,The Jewish Museum,theNational Academy of Design,theDalton Schooland other organizations.[7]From the 1950s to 1971, theNational Audubon Societywas housed in theWillard StraightHouse, a red brickColonial Revivaltownhouse at 1130 Fifth Avenue.[8]When it moved toNoHo,theInternational Center of Photographymoved in but later consolidated its operations inMidtownnearBryant Park.In 2001, it again became a private residence.[9]
In 1989, the Jewish Museum demolished its 1963modernistaddition and courtyard, replacing it with a new extension opened in 1993 that mimics theFrench Gothicdetails of theWarburg Mansion,the museum's home since 1947. The limestone was crafted inMorningside Heightsat the Cathedral Stoneworks.[10]Frank Lloyd Wright'soriginally maligned and now celebratedGuggenheim Museumopened on Fifth Avenue in 1959.[11][12]TheNew York Road Runnersoccupies a townhouse around the corner at 9 East 89th Street, a block informally known asFred LebowPlace.[13]
Similar to the official lines of the historic district, the borders of the neighborhood form an irregular rectangle[7]and the northern boundary, which traditionally was 96th Street, has on Park Avenue edged into what was traditionallySpanish Harlem.[3]
The northern section neighborhood was once seen as a less fashionable end of the East Side, but is now prized for its aesthetic sensibility, museums, schools, restaurants and neighborhood feel.[14]Besides, Andrew Carnegie,Marjorie Merriweather Post,Margaret Rockefeller StrongandJohn Hay Whitneyall made their homes north of 90th Street.
Preservation[edit]
TheCarnegie Hill Historic District,designated as such by theLandmarks Preservation Commissionon July 23, 1974, and then expanded on December 21, 1993, runs from86th Streetin the south to just north of 98th Street in the north. Its western boundary isCentral Park,and its eastern boundary varies fromMadison Avenuein some parts toLe xing ton Avenuefarther east in others.[15]There are efforts to expand this district to protect structures not designated as landmarks, including 179 East93rd Street,where theMarx Brotherswere raised.[16]Proponents include the 93rd Street Beautification Association[17]and Carnegie Hill Neighbors,[18]organizations which, seeking to preserve the village-like environment, spurred the creation of the historic district and actively monitor its well being.[19]In its more than thirty years of operation, its well-publicized battles have included advocating against an adult education center near the92nd Street Y,plans for more high rise apartments and additions to existing brownstones.[7][20]
Education[edit]
Hunter College High School,a highly selective nationally ranked high school, is located at the corner of 94th Street and Park Avenue.
TheNew York City Department of Educationoperates public schools such as Lower Lab, one of three gifted and talented programs in NYC.
The main campus of theLa Scuola d'Italia Guglielmo MarconiItalian international school is in Carnegie Hill at 12 East 96th Street.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Bibliography
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Notes
- ^Mendelsohn, Joyce. "Carnegie Hill" inJackson, Kenneth T.,ed. (2010).The Encyclopedia of New York City(2nd ed.). New Haven:Yale University Press.ISBN978-0-300-11465-2.,p.205. "Neighborhood on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, bounded to the north by 98th Street, to the east to, but not including, Third Avenue, to the south by86th Street,and to the west by5th Avenue."
- ^"The New York Times > Real Estate > Image > Map: Carnegie Hill".
- ^abSatow, Julie (December 16, 2004)."Carnegie Hill Spills Over its East 96th Street Border".The New York Sun.Archived fromthe originalon December 22, 2010.RetrievedJuly 14,2008.
- ^Kusisto, Laura (October 21, 2011)."Reaching High on Upper 5th Avenue".The Wall Street Journal.Archivedfrom the original on October 23, 2011.RetrievedFebruary 22,2013.
- ^About Us,Carnegie Hill Neighbors. Accessed October 5, 2018. "The Carnegie Hill catchment area extends from 86th Street to 98th Street, from the east side of Fifth Avenue to just west of Third Avenue."
- ^Maria Croce (February 12, 2000)."The Battle of Carnegie Hill".Daily Record.RetrievedJuly 14,2008.
- ^abcClaire Wilson (October 8, 2006)."Full-Nest Zone, Empty-Nester Magnet".The New York Times.RetrievedJuly 14,2008.
- ^Glueck, Grace (May 22, 1974)."New Museum for Photography To Be Headed by Cornell Capa".The New York Times.RetrievedSeptember 24,2020.
- ^Gray, Christopher (October 14, 2001)."Streetscapes/1915 Straight Residence, Until Recently the International Center of Photography; the Northernmost Mansion Built on Fifth Avenue".The New York Times.
- ^"Cathedral Stoneworks".Archived fromthe originalon September 9, 2009.RetrievedJuly 26,2009.
- ^Paul Goldberger (May 25, 2009)."Spiralling Upward".The New Yorker.RetrievedNovember 3,2011.
- ^http:// guggenheim.org/new-york/about-us/50th-anniversaryArchivedFebruary 22, 2010, at theWayback Machineguggenheim.org
- ^http:// nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=11248nycgovparks.org
- ^Christina Tree (June 10, 2001)."Carnegie Hill: A Paean to the Past".The Boston Globe.RetrievedJuly 14,2008.
- ^"Carnegie Hill Historic District"(PDF).Landmarks Preservation Commission. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on December 26, 2012.RetrievedJuly 14,2008.
- ^Jake Mooney (June 22, 2008)."Trying to Save a Link to a Legend and an Era".The New York Times.RetrievedJuly 14,2008.
- ^93rd Street Beautification Association
- ^Carnegie Hill NeighborsArchivedApril 30, 2010, at theWayback Machine
- ^Maggie Garb (March 19, 2000)."If You're Thinking of Living In/Carnegie Hill; Small-Town Feeling, Big-City Prices".The New York Times.RetrievedJuly 14,2008.
- ^Jennifer Bleyer (July 31, 2005)."Will a Rooftop Sunroom Spoil a Scenic View?".The New York Times.RetrievedJuly 14,2008.
External links[edit]
Media related toCarnegie Hill, Manhattanat Wikimedia Commons- Carnegie Hill Neighbors
