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Uptown Auction: A Property with a Past
5051 Broadway, currently home is a pay parking lot, is being offered up in a Government auction. One of the more unusual real estate transactions in recent uptown memory will play out on Wednesday in...
View ArticleVotes for Women: An Uptown History
In 1909 a incredible group of radical minds gathered at a marble arch in northern Manhattan to discuss a woman's right to vote. The post Votes for Women: An Uptown History appeared first on | My Inwood.
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Castles in the Sky Webinar
‘Castles in the Sky: The Gilded Age Mansions of Northern Manhattan’ Webinar Charles V. Paterno’s castle photographed in 1938. The Castle Village Apartment complex now occupies the site. Register for...
View ArticleHurst House: A Video History
A history of former home of William H. Hurst. The three-story red-brick building is located on West 215th Street and Park Terrace East in the Inwood section of northern Manhattan. The home was built in...
View ArticleIsham Park: A Video History
A video history of Isham Park in the Inwood section of northern Manhattan. The post Isham Park: A Video History appeared first on | My Inwood.
View ArticleThe Miramar Saltwater Pool: A Video Flashback
A brief history of the Miramar Saltwater Pool. The pool was once located in the Inwood section of northern Manhattan. The post The Miramar Saltwater Pool: A Video Flashback appeared first on | My Inwood.
View ArticleThe Dyckman Oval: Uptown’s Forgotten Ballpark
The Dyckman Oval, often called “Harlem’s Own,” was once located in the Inwood section of northern Manhattan. The stadium once hosted Negro League baseball games, boxing exhibitions and more. This...
View ArticleUptown’s Forgotten Slave Cemetery
Slavery was abolished in New York in 1827. Prior to that, the Dyckmans, Nagles, and other Uptown Manhattan families, made use of enslaved labor. The post Uptown’s Forgotten Slave Cemetery appeared...
View ArticleHurst House: A Forgotten Relic of Uptown’s Gilded Age
The former home of William H. Hurst is located on Park Terrace East and West 215th Street in the Inwood section of northern Manhattan. Enjoy this brief video history of the Hurst house. The post Hurst...
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Rocket Man: The Isham Street Futurian
The Best of C. M. Kornbluth As the rest of city slogged through the Great Depression, a young boy in the Inwood section of northern Manhattan dreamed of space travel and life on other worlds. This...
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Uptown Auction: A Property with a Past
5051 Broadway, currently home is a pay parking lot, is being offered up in a Government auction. One of the more unusual real estate transactions in recent uptown memory will play out on Wednesday in...
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A Dyckman Street Tale: The Trouble with Sparrows
Dyckman Street in the 1920s. (NYHS) On an early summer day in 1904 New York Police Detective Berckridge was dispatched to the Inwood section of northern Manhattan to quell a neighborhood disturbance....
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Paranormal Inwood: The Strange Case of Walter Francis Burns
Walter (left), Otway (right), and Ursula Burns play in a fountain on Inwood Hill overlooking the Hudson River on the grounds of Ursulian Terrace, the family home. (Photo courtesy: Peter Landry) Walter...
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The Transylvania Restaurant: Dyckman’s Culinary Evolution
Taco Bell, 175 Dyckman Street, 2019. In 2019 a Taco Bell opened on Dyckman Street. No longer would Inwood residents have to leave the neighborhood to sample Double Chalupas, Quesaritos, and Cheesy...
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165 Seaman Avenue: A View from the Lobby
Mural in lobby of 165 Seaman Avenue signed by Elsie Driggs and Lee Gatch. Sometimes life’s treasures are hiding in plain sight. Such is the case with a Depression Era mural that graces the lobby wall...
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The Other Dyckman House: Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner
Dyckman House Restaurant ad, Riverdale Press, June 13, 1974. The Colonial-era Dyckman House, on West 204th Street and Broadway, is a great place to visit if history is your thing—but if its...
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Myndert’s Fly: Inwood’s Forgotten Meadow
Map by Reginald Pelham Bolton detailing the location of Myndert’s Fly on the Harlem River at West 207th Street in the Inwood section of Manhattan. In 1663 Myndert Journeay left his home in Mardyck,...
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The Taking of Inwood: One, Two, Three
Dyckman Street at base of Fort George Hill in turn of the century postcard. On July 20, 1916 Morton Freedgood celebrated his fourth birthday inside his parents rented apartment in northern Manhattan....
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The Telephone Company Explosion of 1962
New York Times, October 4, 1962. On October 3, 1962, at 12:07 pm, an overheated boiler exploded inside the New York Telephone Company building on Broadway and West 213th Street in the Inwood section...
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Lost Inwood: A Book by Cole Thompson and Don Rice
We’re proud to announce that Lost Inwood is now available for sale. Please enjoy the introduction to this modern neighborhood classic as narrated by Inwood resident Joe Burby. The post Lost Inwood: A...
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