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About Park Hill: "The Suburb Beautiful" The very last word of advice to anyone seeking a place near New York is to see the many handsome houses at Park Hill On-the-Hudson, "the Suburb Beautiful." -- From an advertisement by the In 1888, the American Real Estate Company established the Park Hill section of Yonkers. They created a community amid one of the most naturally beautiful areas in Westchester County. The neighborhood quickly attracted people who worked in Manhattan, but who wanted to live in a more tranquil setting. Among Park Hill's early residents were celebrities from the stage, screen and radio. The English actor Richard Bennett and his daughters Joan and Constance lived here. Dennis O'Brien, the corporate counsel for United Artists, hosted parties at his Park Hill home where guests included Charlie Chaplin, George M. Cohan, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks. Alfred and Dora McCann broadcast their WOR radio program from their Park Hill house, and drummer Gene Krupa made his home here. A variety of artists still live here in a distinctive community where they are neighbors with plumbers, doctors, secretaries, clerks, teachers and others with blue collar and professional occupations. OUR COMMUNITY The PHRA publishes The Park Hill Reporter, its quarterly newsletter and sponsors an annual picnic or social event in the fall. The PHRA also sponsors House Tours that introduce Park Hill to hundreds of visitors from the area. The tours The Racquet Club on Park Hill offers swimming, tennis, bowling and social activities to help turn neighbors into friends. The club is the site for the PHRA's Candidates Nights before elections and the annual PHRA meeting. The Luther Burbank Garden Club runs the annual tree lighting ceremony in December, and has overseen the care of the Rumsey Road mall since 1923. NATURAL BEAUTY The engineers and architects of Park Hill preserved the natural beauty of the forest hill by designing roads around trees and rocks. Today, the natural rock outcroppings and centuries-old oaks maintain the atmosphere of natural beauty envisioned by the original planners. GRACIOUS HOMES NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS FINE SCHOOLS Several parochial schools are within walking distance, and others are a short drive away. Three excellent private schools -- Fieldston, Horace Mann and Riverdale Country Day -- are three miles south in Riverdale. HISTORY |
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