The New Hope Village District is the historic fabric behind the town's weekend polish: small-scale commercial buildings, old houses, and streets that still show the borough's river and canal origins. It is not a single monument so much as the reason New Hope is pleasant to wander.
Take the side streets rather than staying only on the busiest blocks. The best details are modest ones: porches, stone walls, narrow lots, and the way the town turns toward the river whenever it gets the chance.