"Park Hill Homes,"
1912
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In 1889 the American Real Estate Company began to acquire land in southwest Yonkers from one of Yonkers’ leading citizens, Robert Parkhill Getty. The company planned to develop an upper-middle-class residential neighborhood that had spectacular views of the Hudson River and easy access to the train. By 1912, when American Real Estate published this brochure, the Park Hill development was thriving. Although Park Hill had some difficulties during the Depression of the 1930s, it has remained a desirable residential neighborhood.