Getty Square is a square in the downtown area of Yonkers, New York, United States of America. Yonkers is the fourth largest city in the US State of New York (behind Rochester, Buffalo, and New York City) and the largest city in The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It is located by the historic Yonkers City Hall, Saint John, the Episcopal Church, and large variety of shops and landmarks. The Episcopal Church is the official name of the Province of the Anglican Communion in the United States. It is considered the center of downtown Yonkers.
At the beginning of the 20th century, it was the center of life in Yonkers and one of the cultural capitals of Westchester County. The twentieth century of the Common Era began on Westchester County is a primarily Suburban county located in the U Like many cities in the northeastern United States, Yonkers suffered severe de-industrialization after World War II and the downtown suffered as a result. The Northeast is a region of the United States. As defined by the U World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
The Getty Square area fell apart as middle class people moved to the other neighborhoods of the city, or left Yonkers entirely. During the 1990s, the area was called "Ghetto Square. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 "
Beginning in the 1990s, with the drop in crime in nearby New York City, Yonkers' crime rate has been dropping and downtown is undergoing an urban renewal process. The City of New York Urban Renewal (similar to Urban Regeneration in British English) is a controversial U As a result, Getty Square's future is viewed more optimistically.
A branch of the New York and Putnam Railroad used to serve Getty Square. Early history a route to Montreal The New York and Boston Railroad was chartered May 21, 1869 to build a line from High Bridge on
A New York State Dept. of Motor Vehicles is in the Getty Square area, near the Yonkers waterfront.
Getty Square is named for Robert Parkhill Getty.
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