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Hamilton Heights

Address: Convent Ave. between 138th and 150th Sts., Harlem, New York, NY, 10031 | Map It

Category: Neighborhoods/Streets
Location: Harlem

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Fodor's Review:

To taste this neighborhood's Harlem Renaissance days, walk down tree-lined Convent Avenue, detouring onto adjacent Hamilton Terrace, and see a time capsule of elegant stone row houses in mint condition. (Until 2008, Hamilton Grange, founding father Alexander Hamilton's Federal-style mansion, stood at 287 Convent Avenue. Now closed for refurbishment, the clapboard structure,owned by the National Park Service, has been moved around the corner to Saint Nicholas Park. It's scheduled to reopen for tours in late 2009: visit www.nps.gov/hagr for updates). Continue down Convent Avenue and see the Gothic spires (1905) of City College loom seemingly out of nowhere. Meander through the Oxford-inspired campus (try to spot the rebellious sycamore that "ate" the Keep Off the Grass sign) before heading east through the park to Strivers' Row.