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Now and Then Photo Event- Monday, July 6th

by Cole Thompson on July 2, 2009

hudson-fulton-uncle-sam-postcard.jpgWhat could be more patriotic than spending the 4th of July weekend celebrating not just the birth of our nation, but the birth of our own neighborhood?

And what better place to do that than Inwood’s own Indian Road Cafe?

On Monday July 6th from 7:30-9:30pm we’ll gather inside the Indian Road Cafe for an out of this world slide-show featuring hundreds of never before seen “now and then” shots of our illustrious neighborhood.

Our brand new digital projector will transport you to the Inwood of another time.  You’ll see the remnants of once great mansions, a subway under construction and possibly even an ancient photograph of your current apartment building.

I hope you can join us for the show and maybe even a cold beer or two.

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Farmer’s Market Video

by Cole Thompson on June 27, 2009

After weeks of rain, the sun broke though this morning. A happy day it was indeed.
Here’s a scene from the farmer’s market where one and all enjoyed the bounties of summer.

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Uptown Arts Stroll: Featured Artist Sky Pape

Inwood Hill Park photo June 23, 2009

Artists, working in a variety of mediums, have long been attracted to Inwood.  From impressionist Ernest Lawson painting his ever changing views of the Spuyten Duyvil to sculptor George Grey Barnard who found quiet inspiration in his Fort Tryon studio, the area was and still is teeming with creative minds.
For the last seven years the [...]

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Inwood photo series 1892-1906

Archeologist digging in Inwood near turn of the Century June 21, 2009

Between 1892 and 1925 photographer Edward Wenzel trained his lens on the City of New York. Among his favorite subjects was the northern tip of Manhattan. Also an amateur archeologist, Wenzel became close friends with another turn of the century Inwood enthusiast named William Calver.
Both men shared an interest in the Revolutionary War [...]

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Pat Dunn’s Goat

Goat June 16, 2009

In October of 1870 a young Catholic priest named Henry Brann was named Rector to a massive, though sparsely populated, parish that included the whole upper northwest portion of Manhattan and part of Westchester County.
In a 1911 memoir, the then Monsignor Brann wrote that his parish included the “Spuyten Duyvil, Kingsbridge, Mosholu, and Riverdale, all [...]

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The Summer of Henry Hudson

Henry Hudson June 11, 2009

Four hundred years ago Henry Hudson, an English sea captain flying a Dutch flag, departed Amsterdam looking for a northwest passage to the Orient. It would be his third and most important voyage.
According to a journal kept by shipmate Robert Juet, Hudson and his crew on the Half Moon sailed into New York Harbor [...]

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Good News on the Real Estate Front

Inwood, New York City - Seaman Drake Arch June 10, 2009

Nearly a year after the Real Estate market came to a screeching halt could the end be here?
According to a just released article in the New York Times, “The panic in the Manhattan real estate market of the winter of 2009 lifted in the last few weeks, brokers say, as more and more buyers and [...]

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99 Cent Store Fire

Fire at the 99 Cent Zone in Inwood, New York City June 9, 2009

 An early morning fire gutted the “99 Cent Zone”, a popular bargain shop on 207th just east of Broadway, last night.

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