Heaven on the Hudson

<p><b>Winner, Victorian Society in America Book Awards</b><br/><b>A colorful tale of a singular New York City neighborhood and the personalities who make it special</b><br/>To outsiders or East Siders, Riverside Park and Riverside Drive may not have the star status of Fifth Avenue or Central Park West. But at the city¿s westernmost edge, there is a quiet and beauty like nowhere else in all of New York. There are miles of mansions and monuments, acres of flora, and a breadth of wildlife ranging from Peregrine falcons to goats. It¿s where the Gershwins and Babe Ruth once lived, William Randolph Hearst ensconced his paramour, and Amy Schumer owns a penthouse. Told in the uniquely personal voice of a longtime resident, <i>Heaven on the Hudson</i> is the only New York City book that features the history, architecture, and personalities of this often overlooked neighborhood, from the eighteenth century through the present day.<br/>Combining an extensively researched history of the area an