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NEIGHBORHOOD: |
Hyde Park is home to three great
national historic sites that together draw more than
half a million visitors every year
(the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Museum
and Library, Val Kill -- the home of Eleanor
Roosevelt, and Top Cottage -- FDR's retreat two
miles from his home).
Hyde Park also includes a community of residential properties. The property is
immediately adjacent to the world famous Culinary
Institute of America, Franklin Delano
Roosevelt Presidential Museum and Library
(see above description),
motels, retail shops, and 4 major colleges and
universities: Vassar College (3,500 students and
staff), Marist College (5,254 students and
staff), Dutchess Community College (8,700 students
and staff) and the Culinary Institute of America (2,710
students and staff) along with Vassar Brothers
Hospital (1,610 students and staff). This additional
population base is not indicated in census and
demographic data. |