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    FRIENDS of the Upper Side Historic Districts

    New Book Highlights Yorkville’s Historic Developments and Immigrant Roots

    Book Launch  •  Yorkville, Manhattan

    Shaped by Immigrants: A History of Yorkville book cover. Image credit: FRIENDS of the Upper East Side Historic Districts

    The illustrative book displays the rich architecture and neighborhood’s character. On November 7, 2018, FRIENDS of the Upper Side Historic Districts, a not-for-profit membership organization, will release Shaped by Immigrants: A History of Yorkville. Shaped by Immigrants: A History of Yorkville chronicles the history of development in the Yorkville neighborhood in Manhattan through the 19th and early 20th centuries, which was home to Czechoslovakian, German, Hungarian, Irish, and other immigrant groups. Their settlement is described to have had a “lasting imprint” in Yorkville’s architecture, culture, and character as it was “where immigrants lived, worked, shopped, and prayed.” (read more…)

    Tags : architecture, Cherokee Apartments, FRIENDS of the Upper Side Historic Districts, immigrants, St. Joseph's Church, Yorkville
    Date:11/02/2018
    Category : FRIENDS of the Upper Side Historic Districts
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