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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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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...
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...
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 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 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 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 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 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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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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