Exploring the historical aspects of Uptown, on the Bronx side of Manhattan See also Landmarks & History of Lower Manhattan list at http://www.43places.com/lists/75124
unique southern style houses with porches built between 1880 and 1883.
served as headquarters to General George Washington in the fall of 1776
Referred to as Manhattan’s oldest home, however I’m not sure about the validity of that.. Fraunces Tavern was built in 1713 and it was a home before British occupation of New York City lead to it becoming a Tavern. Fraunces Tavern is at least 30 years older than Morris-Jumel Mansion
Built in 1814 as a fort to protect New York
President Hamilton’s home “The Grange” Recently moved to it’s final location.
St. Nicholas Park was part of Alexander Hamilton’s land.
They moved it from it’s original location to it’s second location in the 1800s.
That spot got a bit crowded so they opted to let Hamilton’s baby, nicknamed “The Grange” honoring their European home.
General Grant’s Tomb
Amateur Night at the Apollo returns in January 2011
Rumor is No photos are allowed to be taken of this statue. It’s Federal property so be careful if you try to snap shots of this piece.
Lot’s of debating going on about this piece.
Locals are offended that Harriet Tubman is facing The South in the traffic triangle at 122nd and Frederick Douglass (8th Ave)
The Tubman family supports it’s southward orientation.
Mounument to the Harlem Hellfighters
composer and musician, lived here 1918 to 1944
these once lead baseball fans to the Polo Grounds
Hooper wanted New York to have a horse trough and human drinking fountain. Not too many horses use it these days.
This is the entrance to the 155th St Viaduct taking traffic and pedestrians towards Macombs Dam Bridge
19th Century engineering, this viaduct saved many new yorkers from walking up a cliffside staircase that equals 5 flights of stairs
The name Macombs Dam is a throwback to the first bridge at this spot, this version of it actually involved a new dam. The last one was destroyed by angry neighbors that wanted the waterway open for larger ship traffic
Landmark District surrounding the Morris Jumel Mansion and Sylvan Terrace
the oldest bridge in new york city
The High Bridge carried water over the Harlem River when the Croton Aqueduct was in use.
Home of Happy Feet
Laurel Fan
Seattle
Not sure if you’ve noticed yet, but I recently added a feature to allow people to write a bit about each place on a list. I wonder if you’d like to be one of the first to use it, especially for this sort of in-depth historical list with places that not everyone would have heard of.
danimatian
64 places
yea I was wondering how it worked. i was hoping it would show up in other lists
it would be nice to set a radio button when i fill that out, denoting the comment as global or isolated to that list.
like if everyone adds a tidbit, the list owner decides if that list shows just comments isolated (i.e. only allows the comments they add) or allow all users comments show points of interest.
Laurel Fan
Seattle
The caption on a place in the list shows up only on that list. The reasoning behind that is that if you’re writing about a place on the “Best chocolate cake” list, it might not necessarily make sense to show it on a “Best burgers” list if the place is also on that list. In the future, list captions might also show up on the individual place page.
By the way, if the list owner sets the “can community members contribute”, anyone can edit captions. Otherwise, only the list owner can.
danimatian
64 places
oh ok. that’s cool.
to find my own lists I have to go to my profile and browse lists i’ve made or contributed
to find a list I didn’t make I have to search for a place that i know is on the list and browse that way
Laurel Fan
Seattle
We’re concentrating on 43things right now for New Year’s resolutions time, but searching for lists is near the top of my list for 43places. Also we’re considering a favorite/bookmark/like feature to make it easier for people to go back to lists they like that other people have created.
