Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. AUTHOR’S HISTORICAL NOTE: ON HAERLEM, HAARLEM, AND FINALLY HARLEM ix
4. DYCKMAN AND HAMILTON MAPS xi
5. NOTE ON SPELLING xiii
6. PREFACE xv
7. THE NEIGHBORHOOD xxi
8. Chapter 1 Dutch Beginnings and Native Americans 1
9. Chapter 2 The Making of Harlem Heights 9
10. Chapter 3 Harlem Land Grants, Mount Morris, and a Revolution 22
11. Chapter 4 Harlem Grange and the Duel 38
12. Chapter 5 The Jumels, the Street Grid, and Audubon 55
13. Chapter 6 The Bailey Mansion, St. Luke’s, and a Building Boom 76
14. Chapter 7 The Great Migration and the Morris Museum 100
15. Chapter 8 The Hamilton Museum and the Hamilton Theatre 124
16. Chapter 9 The Harlem Renaissance 139
17. Chapter 10 The Heights Identity and the Black Mecca 170
18. Chapter 11 Jazz Clubs, the Numbers, and Firsts 193
19. Chapter 12 The Advent of the Sixties, Generational Changes, and the Arts 212
20. Chapter 13 A Neighborhood’s Changing Face 236
21. Chapter 14 Parlor Jazz and the Great Renovation 253
22. Chapter 15 Changing Demographics and a Revived Hamilton Heights 279
23. Chapter 16 Bailey House, Jazz, and the Renaissance Remix 302
24. Chapter 17 Where It Leads 336
25. Afterword: Note about the Location of Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill 345
26. Addendum A: Excerpted Ordinances and Land Patents Establishing and Reaffirming Harlem 349
27. Addendum B: Photos Past and Present 353
28. Acknowledgments 355
29. NOTES 359
30. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 375
31. INDEX 383