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Union Settlement was founded in 1895 by members of the Union Theological Seminary Alumni Club. After visiting Toynbee Hall in London, and inspired by the example of Hull House in Chicago, the alumni decided to create a settlement house in the area of Manhattan enclosed on the north and south by East 96th and 110th Streets and on the east and west by the East River and Central Park.
The development is bordered by East 99th Street to the south, East 106th Street to the north, Park Avenue to the east, and Madison Avenue to the west. [3] In addition, East 102nd Street and East 104th Street run through the campus. [6] The nine buildings of Carver Houses have a total of 1,246 apartments housing about 2,723 people. [3]
Pages in category "Settlement houses in New York City" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Manhattan Avenue and 106th Street, looking north. Manhattan Avenue is a street in the Manhattan Valley neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City , extending from 100th Street to 124th Street. Not included in the original Commissioners' Plan of 1811 , it is parallel to Columbus Avenue to the west and Central Park West/Frederick Douglass ...
St. Cecilia's Convent, also known as the Regina Angelorum, at 112–118 East 106th Street in East Harlem, completed in 1907 and designated a New York City Landmark in 1976. Neville & Bagge's design united two existing buildings behind a new façade to house both a convent for the Sisters of Mercy and a home for working girls.
Manhattan Valley (also known as Bloomingdale [1]) is a neighborhood in the northern part of the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by West 110th Street to the north, Central Park West to the east, West 96th Street to the south, and Broadway to the west. [2]
New York City will pay $17.5 million to a man who spent 24 years in prison for a double homicide he did not commit, city officials said Thursday. The settlement in the case of George Bell, one of ...
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places between 59th and 110th Streets in Manhattan. For properties and districts in other parts of Manhattan and the other islands of New York County, see National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan.