Lenox Hill (Manhattan)

Lenox Hill
Tipus	barri de Manhattan
Localització
	40° 46′ 08″ N, 73° 57′ 43″ O / 40.769°N,73.962°O
Estat	Estats Units d'Amèrica
Estat federat	Nova York
Ciutat	Nova York
Borough	Manhattan
Població humana
Població	67.122 (2009)
Identificador descriptiu
Codi postal	10021

Lenox Hill és un barri del sud de l'Upper East Side, al borough novaiorquès de Manhattan. Els seus límits orientals exactes estan en disputa,^[1] tot i que l'Enciclopèdia de la Ciutat de Nova York cita la Cinquena Avinguda com els límits occidentals i la Avinguda Lexington com els límits orientals.^[2]

El barri rep el nom pel granger immigrant escocès i comerciant Robert Lenox (1759-1839),^[3] propietari de 30 acres de terra, des de la Cinquena Avinguda a la Quarta Avinguda i des del Carrer 74 i el Carrer 68.^[4] Més endavant va comprar tres altres parcel·les estenent la seva propietat fins al nord del Carrer 74.^[5] Més tard, la zona va ser anomenada com a 'Lenox Farm".^[6] La granja va estar per molts anys en el que avui es coneix com la Cinquena Avinguda i l'Avinguda Madison. El ferrocarril New York & Harlem Railroad passava al costat oriental de la propietat.

El fill de Robert Lenox, James Lenox, va dividir gran part de la granja a quadres de lots d'edificis i els va vendre durant els anys 1860 i 70.^[7]^[8] James Lenox va construir la Biblioteca Lenox a la Cinquena Avinguda, on ara hi ha la seu de Frick Collection. El Lenox Hill Hospital, l'antic Hospital alemany, es troba localitzat en aquesta zona.^[9]

Referències

↑ Robert Lenox and his heir James Lenox never owned property east of Fourth Avenue; the largest unbroken lot in that section was "Jones's Wood".
↑ Jackson, Kenneth T. The Encyclopedia of New York City, Yale University Press (1995), Lenox Hill, p. 663.
↑ (New York Public Library) Guide to the James Lenox Papers; James Trager, The New York Chronology. s.v. "1840" [sic].
↑ George Austin Morrison, History of Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York, 1756-1906 (1906) p. 85f gives $6420; "Miss Lenox's heirs", The New York Times, 14 September 1886, gives "$6920". Miss Henrietta A. Lenox, a daughter of Robert Lenox.
↑ James Grant Wilson, The Memorial History of the City of New-York from Its First Settlement... 1893, p. 10
↑ Morrison 1906.
↑ "Realty Romance in Old Lenox Farm", The New York Times, 15 de diciembre de 1918; the occasion was the auction of the auction sale an 1874 map of the section of Robert Lenox's farm that lay between 71st and 74th Streets.
↑ "Founded by James Lenox, the chief features of the Presbyterian Hospital..., The New York Times, 3 July 1892.
↑ «Lenox Hill Hospital | Northwell Health» (en anglès). [Consulta: 24 gener 2021].

[1] Robert Lenox and his heir James Lenox never owned property east of Fourth Avenue; the largest unbroken lot in that section was "Jones's Wood".

[2] Jackson, Kenneth T. The Encyclopedia of New York City, Yale University Press (1995), Lenox Hill, p. 663.

[3] (New York Public Library) Guide to the James Lenox Papers; James Trager, The New York Chronology. s.v. "1840" [sic].

[4] George Austin Morrison, History of Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York, 1756-1906 (1906) p. 85f gives $6420; "Miss Lenox's heirs", The New York Times, 14 September 1886, gives "$6920". Miss Henrietta A. Lenox, a daughter of Robert Lenox.

[5] James Grant Wilson, The Memorial History of the City of New-York from Its First Settlement... 1893, p. 10

[6] Morrison 1906.

[7] "Realty Romance in Old Lenox Farm", The New York Times, 15 de diciembre de 1918; the occasion was the auction of the auction sale an 1874 map of the section of Robert Lenox's farm that lay between 71st and 74th Streets.

[8] "Founded by James Lenox, the chief features of the Presbyterian Hospital..., The New York Times, 3 July 1892.

[9] «Lenox Hill Hospital | Northwell Health» (en anglès). [Consulta: 24 gener 2021].

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