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    WORLD WAR I WOODLAWN

    by Kevin Walsh August 27, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh August 27, 2018 5 comments

    In a city filled with World War I monuments, one of the most distinctive is just across Van Cortlandt Park East in the triangle formed by E. 238th and Oneida Ave, across…

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    NIMHAM MONUMENT, Woodlawn

    by Kevin Walsh August 25, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh August 25, 2018 7 comments

    On the July 4th, I braved a sore back and the unlivable heat for a brief stroll around Woodlawn (the neighborhood, not the cemetery, though I did go past it).…

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  • One ShotsStreet Lamps

    ITT MODEL 25, Woodlawn

    by Kevin Walsh July 6, 2018
    by Kevin Walsh July 6, 2018 4 comments

    I was surprised to find a remaining ITT Model 25 in Woodlawn during the week. Most 1970s-era lights were purged for new sodium vapor models in 2009, only to be…

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    ALEXANDER ARCHIPENKO, Woodlawn Cemetery

    by Kevin Walsh December 26, 2013
    by Kevin Walsh December 26, 2013 0 comment

    Alexander Archipenko (born May 30, 1887, Kiev, Ukraine [then Russian Empire]—died February 25, 1964, New York, New York, U.S.), Ukrainian-American artist best known for his original, Cubist-inspired sculptural style. After studying in Kiev, in 1908 Archipenko briefly attended the…

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    WOODLAWN HEIGHTS TO RIVERDALE (Part 2)

    by Kevin Walsh August 24, 2012
    by Kevin Walsh August 24, 2012 34 comments

    CONTINUED FROM PART 1 GOOGLE MAP: WOODLAWN HEIGHTS TO RIVERDALE Where was I? At the confluence of 5 streets at one intersection: Webster Avenue, East 238th, East 240th/McLean Avenue and…

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    BELMONT MEMORIAL CHAPEL

    by Kevin Walsh May 15, 2012
    by Kevin Walsh May 15, 2012 9 comments

    I’ve been asked to cover locales selected by Partners in Preservation, an organization sponsored by American Express that, in a partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, awards preservation grants to…

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  • Neighborhoods

    LINDBERGH CASE: THE BRONX

    by Kevin Walsh March 5, 2009
    by Kevin Walsh March 5, 2009 10 comments

    guest post by DON GILLIGAN On March 1, 1932, 77 years ago (in 2009), at about 9:00 PM, someone placed a homemade ladder against the wall of the Lindbergh home in…

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