NoMad
NoMad (" NO rth of MAD ison Square Park ") is a neighborhood around Madison Square North Historic District in the New York borough of Manhattan .
The name NoMad was naturalized in 1999 and is derived from the location of the area, which is north and west of Madison Square Park . In NoMad there is “Little India” - also known as “Curry Hill” - as well as numerous shops and companies of various sizes in listed office and commercial buildings.
location
The neighborhood extends approximately from 25th Street to 30th Street between Avenue of the Americas ("Sixth Avenue") and Lexington Avenue or Madison Avenue . NoMad is therefore bordered by the Chelsea neighborhoods to the west, Midtown South to the northwest, Murray Hill to the northeast, Rose Hill to the east and Flatiron District to the south. It belongs administratively to Manhattan Community Board 5 .
history
NoMad's early story is closely related to that of Madison Square Park , which stretches on Broadway and Madison Avenue between 23rd and 26th Streets and which was officially made public in 1686. There was previously a parade ground here, so Madison Square is still the starting point for the annual New York City Veterans Day Parade .
Madison Square Park and the surrounding area, which originally housed a potter's field, an arsenal, and a home for juvenile offenders, changed before the American Revolutionary War . The park continued to be an important development factor for the quarter. New York citizens began to build their brownstone houses around the park in the 19th century, which eventually also attracted the New York upper class such as B. Leonard and Clara Jerome - Winston Churchill's grandparents , who lived at 41 East 26th Street. These wealthy families also financed the construction of places of worship, such as the Church of the Transfiguration (the "Little Church Around the Corner"), the Marble Collegiate Church or the Trinity Chapel, where the wedding between the writer Edith Wharton (née Edith Newbold Jones) and Edward (Teddy) Robbins Wharton took place and where the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Sava is now located.
The economic rise of the district was closely related to the settlement of hotels, restaurants, office and commercial buildings, many of which are still standing today.
At the end of the 19th century, business began to push the residential district character around the park into the background. At the same time, the music industry , composers , lyricists and songwriters settled around 28th Street between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue , so this section of the street was popularly renamed Tin Pan Alley . He got his nickname from the journalist Monroe Rosenfeld , who compared the constant jingling of the rehearsal pianos in the New Yorker Herald with the clatter of tin pans. Until about 1930 this was the power center of the American music industry. A seminal event in the history of modern art also took place during this period : the Armory Show of 1913 in the Armory of the 69th Regiment ( Lexington Avenue / 25th Street ).
The neighborhood suffered an identity crisis during the mid and late 20th century. Wholesalers for everyday fashion, luggage, perfume and costume jewelry had their branches along Broadway from Madison Square to Herald Square . In the second half of the 20th century, Madison Square Park suffered from neglect and petty crime.
The fundamental park redevelopment in 2001, which was mainly driven by the Madison Square Park Conservancy , set a change in motion in the district around the park, turning the Flatiron District, Rose Hill and NoMad from business districts to attractive residential areas with high-quality shops Upgraded restaurants and night clubs.
See also
Web links
- Madison Square Park News (English)
- "Madison Square North Historic District Designation Report" (PDF; 10.5 MB) of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (English)