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The Spuyten Duyvil Railroad Disaster of 1882
“The body of Senator Wagner was a spectacle never to be forgotten. The head was burnt and charred beyond the possibility of recognition, the legs were burnt off and the trunk bruised and...
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Former Inwood resident Mike Boland recalls cliff diving into the Spuyten Duyvil:
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Inwood’s Dyckman Street Ferry
On June 17, 1915 a procession of more than fifty automobiles gathered in Inwood to mark an historic occasion—the inauguration of the new Dyckman Street ferry, which would make its maiden voyage across...
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Inwood: The Bar Scene of Not So Long Ago
Nugents Bar, 1979 There was a time not so long ago when Inwood had a thriving bar scene. Up, down and between Dyckman Street and 207th, there were some 100, mainly Irish, bars. While a few bars, The...
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William H. Hurst House
530 West 215th Street at Park Terrace East Since moving into the neighborhood more than a decade ago, neighbors, some who’ve lived in the area for years, have asked, “What’s the deal with the beautiful...
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Inwood’s Old Magdalen Asylum
“That girl you saw in the dormitory,” a matron of the Magdalen Benevolent Society explained to the reporter. “She is really the worst girl in the place. I wouldn’t trust her out of my sight.” “Her...
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Tornado on the Hudson
“There may have been tornadoes in Manhattan Island before meteorological records were kept, but old inhabitants say that the one which cut a swath of nearly an eighth of a mile wide on the bluff of...
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Inwood’s Postal Past
“The crying need of the community, in which there are between 15,000 and 20,000 persons, is a branch post office in the region of 207th Street to serve a section which is growing faster than any other...
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5000 Broadway: An Enviable Address
Grenville Hall (5000 Broadway) in 1925. Source: NYHS Near the beginning of 1913 a truly modern apartment building opened for business on Broadway across the street from Isham Park. Located at 5,000...
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The Hoboken Turtle Club
“Dum vivimus vivamus” -Motto of the Hoboken Turtle Club According to legend, as the history of most social clubs is so often based, the Hoboken Turtle Club was founded in 1796. It is reputed to have...
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An Inwood Homeowner Takes On a Civil War Hero
“When the house was built, one of its chief attractions was its site—high on a breezy, grassy hilltop. Flowers grew in the garden about it, and vines clustered on the porch. One could not ask for a...
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A Kangaroo on Dyckman Street
Kangaroo mascot aboard the USS Connecticut, 1908, Source: US Naval Historical Society. In the Fall of 1909 the battleship Wisconsin sat anchored off of Tubby Hook on the Hudson River preparing for a...
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The Harlem Ship Canal
“The Harlem Ship Canal was formally opened yesterday with elaborate and imposing ceremonies. The day was the anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, and these two great events will now go down into...
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Princess Naomi
Princess Naomie and her grandchildren in 1930′s photo taken by Reginald Bolton. Author’s note: Published reports and records vary about the spelling of Kennedy’s first name. According to descendants...
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The Arras Inn
Bad Girl by Vina Delmar In 1928 pulp fiction author Vina Delmar burst onto the publishing scene with “Bad Girl,” a shocking and scandalous exploration of pre-marital sex and pregnancy. At the time of...
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Miramar Saltwater Pool
Miramar Saltwater Pool, Inwood, 1933 As the dog days of summer approached, generations of children in Inwood, and around the City, looked forward to one thing only…The Miramar Saltwater Pool. Inwood’s...
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Inwood on the Rocks: Taverns, Speakeasies & Bars
Inwood on the Rocks: Taverns, Speakeasies & Bars This month Lost Inwood, the neighborhood’s premier history lecture series, presents a drinking history sure to shock and astound. Black Horse...
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A Grain Field in City Limits: Inwood, 1895
New York Herald, July 14, 1895. A GRAIN FIELD IN CITY LIMITS NEW YORK HERALD July 14, 1895 It Waves at 211th Street Awaiting the Reaper and Is Manhattan’s Last IS ON HISTORICAL GROUND That Part of the...
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Inwood’s First Public School
“Ward or Public School No. 52 was a landmark on the southeast corner of Broadway and Academy Street from 1858 to almost 1957. This picture dates from about 1902, or midway of that period. Note the gas...
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Gangsters on the Dyckman Strip: 1931 Shootout Makes National Headlines
New York Times, August 22, 1931 “The final battle in which the bandits were killed was in front of 146 Dyckman Street. Here the bandits were overtaken in a taxicab driven by William Nugent and...
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