Forgotten New York is a program of the Greater Astoria Historical Society, a non-profit organization supported by the Long Island City community.
I’m an old Riverdale hand — before Forgotten New York was a synapse in my brain, I was stalking around the place. I recall a late November 1984 stroll in the semirural Bronx neighborhood — it was cold and it was dusk, but I’m hard up for any other details. I didn’t always have a [...]
Categorized in: You'd Never Believe You're in NYC Tagged with: Bronx Riverdale Spuyten Duyvil
The blue and white 60-foot by 60-foot Columbia University “C” has been painted and repainted on the gneiss rock facing the Harlem River in Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx, since 1952. Originally conceived by Robert Prendergast, a medical student of Columbia University and coxswain on the heavyweight rowing crew team, Prendergast approached the New York Central Railroad [...]
Categorized in: One Shots Tagged with: Bronx Inwood Manhattan Spuyten Duyvil
Riverdale is nestled along the Hudson River between Spuyten Duyvil on the south, Yonkers in the north and Van Cortlandt Park on the east. With its curving, quiet lanes, spectacular views of the New Jersey Palisades and spectacular estates, it seems to be more a part of suburban Westchester. The New York Times real estate section [...]
Categorized in: Neighborhoods Tours Tagged with: Bronx Riverdale Spuyten Duyvil
OUR EXPLORATIONS TODAY take us to a hilly, verdant corner of the Bronx that has had many names, yet no one knows precisely what they mean. Spuyten Duyvil is tucked into the corner of the Bronx at the Hudson and Harlem Rivers, first stop beyond Marble Hill, that strange piece of Manhattan that resides on the [...]
Categorized in: Neighborhoods Street Scenes Tagged with: Bronx Spuyten Duyvil
OUR EXPLORATIONS TODAY take us to a hilly, verdant corner of the Bronx that has had many names, yet no one knows precisely what they mean. Spuyten Duyvil is tucked into the corner of the Bronx at the Hudson and Harlem Rivers, first stop beyond Marble Hill, that strange piece of Manhattan that resides on [...]
Categorized in: Neighborhoods Tagged with: Bronx Spuyten Duyvil
