Carnegie Hill
Carnegie Hill is a neighborhood within the Upper East Side, in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Its boundaries are 86th Street on the south, Fifth Avenue (Central Park) on the west, with a northern boundary at 98th Street that continues just past Park Avenue and turns south to 96th Street and proceeds east up to, but not including, Third Avenue.[1][2] The neighborhood is part of Manhattan Community District 8.
In the 2000s, the perceived northern boundary on Park Avenue has edged over 96th Street into what was traditionally
History
The neighborhood is named after
In 1989, the Jewish Museum demolished its 1963
Similar to the official lines of the historic district, the borders of the neighborhood form an irregular rectangle
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 Strong and John Hay Whitney all made their homes north of 90th Street.
Preservation
The Carnegie Hill Historic District, designated as such by the
Education
Hunter College High School, a highly selective nationally ranked high school, is located at the corner of 94th Street and Park Avenue.
The New York City Department of Education operates public schools such as Lower Lab, one of three gifted and talented programs in NYC.
The main campus of the La Scuola d'Italia Guglielmo Marconi Italian international school is in Carnegie Hill at 12 East 96th Street.
See also
References
Bibliography
- Alpern, Andrew. The New York Apartment Houses of Rosario Candela and James Carpenter. (New York: Acanthus Press) 2002.
Notes
- 5th Avenue."
- ^ "The New York Times > Real Estate > Image > Map: Carnegie Hill".
- ^ a b Satow, Julie (December 16, 2004). "Carnegie Hill Spills Over its East 96th Street Border". The New York Sun. Archived from the original on December 22, 2010. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
- ^ Kusisto, Laura (October 21, 2011). "Reaching High on Upper 5th Avenue". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on October 23, 2011. Retrieved February 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. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
- ^ a b c Claire Wilson (October 8, 2006). "Full-Nest Zone, Empty-Nester Magnet". The New York Times. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
- ^ Glueck, Grace (May 22, 1974). "New Museum for Photography To Be Headed by Cornell Capa". The New York Times. Retrieved September 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 from the original on September 9, 2009. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
- ^ Paul Goldberger (May 25, 2009). "Spiralling Upward". The New Yorker. Retrieved November 3, 2011.
- ^ http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/about-us/50th-anniversary Archived February 22, 2010, at the Wayback Machine guggenheim.org
- ^ http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=11248 nycgovparks.org
- ^ Christina Tree (June 10, 2001). "Carnegie Hill: A Paean to the Past". The Boston Globe. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
- ^ "Carnegie Hill Historic District" (PDF). Landmarks Preservation Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 26, 2012. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
- ^ Jake Mooney (June 22, 2008). "Trying to Save a Link to a Legend and an Era". The New York Times. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
- ^ 93rd Street Beautification Association
- ^ Carnegie Hill Neighbors Archived April 30, 2010, at the Wayback 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. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
- ^ Jennifer Bleyer (July 31, 2005). "Will a Rooftop Sunroom Spoil a Scenic View?". The New York Times. Retrieved July 14, 2008.
External links
- Media related to Carnegie Hill, Manhattan at Wikimedia Commons
- Carnegie Hill Neighbors