Comments on: A Boy’s Life: Inwood in the 1940′s http://myinwood.net/a-boys-life-inwood-in-the-1940s/ Your Guide to Inwood, NYC History Wed, 16 May 2012 20:04:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rob Menken http://myinwood.net/a-boys-life-inwood-in-the-1940s/comment-page-1/#comment-1092 Rob Menken Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:45:12 +0000 http://myinwood.net/?p=5873#comment-1092 Herb, As a 57 year resident of Inwood (born in da Bronx, I became a resident of Payson Ave. where I still remain today) I truly appreciated reading your memories as they sparked those within me. I loved the images and your style- keep on wiring! Rob Herb, As a 57 year resident of Inwood (born in da Bronx, I became a resident of Payson Ave. where I still remain today) I truly appreciated reading your memories as they sparked those within me. I loved the images and your style- keep on wiring!
Rob

]]> By: Jasper Pol http://myinwood.net/a-boys-life-inwood-in-the-1940s/comment-page-1/#comment-947 Jasper Pol Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:17:28 +0000 http://myinwood.net/?p=5873#comment-947 Hi Herb, I came across your story while browsing for 1940's stuff in general; I thoroughly enjoyed it! Your writing style has a real gentleness to it which you don't come across very often. All the best, Jasper Hi Herb,
I came across your story while browsing for 1940′s stuff in general; I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Your writing style has a real gentleness to it which you don’t come across very often.

All the best,
Jasper

]]> By: Carolyn Plaw Miller http://myinwood.net/a-boys-life-inwood-in-the-1940s/comment-page-1/#comment-870 Carolyn Plaw Miller Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:53:17 +0000 http://myinwood.net/?p=5873#comment-870 Hi, Your piece brought back lots of memories. I went to PS 98 with your brother Roland. I was in several classes with him, and we usually wound up at the back of the lines in school because we were both tall for our age. I still remember him playing the harmonica during assemblies. I remember the following teachers: Miss Colgan, Mrs Eisenberg, Mrs Taft, Mrs Higgins and Miss Scanlan. My children didn't believe me when I told them that girls weren't allowed to run in the schoolyard-we could only skip or walk fast. I left the neighborhood in 1959 and haven't been back. I have lived on a farm in Wisconsin for almost 40 years now, and we are more or less retired. Hi,
Your piece brought back lots of memories. I went to PS 98 with your brother Roland. I was in several classes with him, and we usually wound up at the back of the lines in school because we were both tall for our age. I still remember him playing the harmonica during assemblies. I remember the following teachers: Miss Colgan, Mrs Eisenberg, Mrs Taft, Mrs Higgins and Miss Scanlan. My children didn’t believe me when I told them that girls weren’t allowed to run in the schoolyard-we could only skip or walk fast. I left the neighborhood in 1959 and haven’t been back. I have lived on a farm in Wisconsin for almost 40 years now, and we are more or less retired.

]]> By: Herbert Maruska http://myinwood.net/a-boys-life-inwood-in-the-1940s/comment-page-1/#comment-807 Herbert Maruska Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:22:10 +0000 http://myinwood.net/?p=5873#comment-807 Hi Elizabeth! First of all, thanks for your comments. The James McCreery House was located off Lower Bolton Road on a gentle slope along the west side of the park. Although the house was gone by the time I came along, there was a large grassy lawn, shrubs, and some fruit trees remaining. The southbound lanes of the Henry Hudson Parkway provided a northern edge, and the bridge toll booths were in the background to the northeast. The land was just above the railroad tracks. Cole has a new map from 1879 which marks the position of the house. I also have some old photos. Where do you live now? I live near Mickey Mouse in Florida, where I have grown old and Goofy! Hi Elizabeth! First of all, thanks for your comments. The James McCreery House was located off Lower Bolton Road on a gentle slope along the west side of the park. Although the house was gone by the time I came along, there was a large grassy lawn, shrubs, and some fruit trees remaining. The southbound lanes of the Henry Hudson Parkway provided a northern edge, and the bridge toll booths were in the background to the northeast. The land was just above the railroad tracks. Cole has a new map from 1879 which marks the position of the house. I also have some old photos. Where do you live now? I live near Mickey Mouse in Florida, where I have grown old and Goofy!

]]> By: Elizabeth Lee http://myinwood.net/a-boys-life-inwood-in-the-1940s/comment-page-1/#comment-801 Elizabeth Lee Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:10:48 +0000 http://myinwood.net/?p=5873#comment-801 Herb: Thanks for the memories! I can relate to so much of the stuff you describe. I was born in 1943 and grew up on Isham St. between Vermilyea and Bway., so we were practically neighbors. I remember the dumbwaiters, the 1947 blizzard (vaguely) and enjoyed your pictues of the park. I still live in the neighborhood, and I don't know when you were here last, but one of the things that is very different now in the park is that there are so many fully grown trees. In all of the pictures of Inwood Park in the 40s and 50s, it looks like a prairie. It was the reason why my mother took us up to Isham Park...it was much cooler with older trees. Do you remember your mother doing the laundry in the big tub that came with all the sinks in the kitchen and then lowering a "dryer" of sorts which was on the ceiling and which you lowered by a rope? The other thing which piqued my curiosity is your reference to McCreery meadow. I assume you mean the meadow on the top of the woods near the "overlook" to the Hudson River. I know that James McCreery of modest department store (Ladies' Mile) fame had a house up on the hill in that area, but I've never been able to pinpoint exactly where. I've seen a picture of his house, but there's no perspective on it...it could be in Ohio. Happy Thanksgiving. Herb: Thanks for the memories! I can relate to so much of the stuff you describe. I was born in 1943 and grew up on Isham St. between Vermilyea and Bway., so we were practically neighbors. I remember the dumbwaiters, the 1947 blizzard (vaguely) and enjoyed your pictues of the park. I still live in the neighborhood, and I don’t know when you were here last, but one of the things that is very different now in the park is that there are so many fully grown trees. In all of the pictures of Inwood Park in the 40s and 50s, it looks like a prairie. It was the reason why my mother took us up to Isham Park…it was much cooler with older trees. Do you remember your mother doing the laundry in the big tub that came with all the sinks in the kitchen and then lowering a “dryer” of sorts which was on the ceiling and which you lowered by a rope? The other thing which piqued my curiosity is your reference to McCreery meadow. I assume you mean the meadow on the top of the woods near the “overlook” to the Hudson River. I know that James McCreery of modest department store (Ladies’ Mile) fame had a house up on the hill in that area, but I’ve never been able to pinpoint exactly where. I’ve seen a picture of his house, but there’s no perspective on it…it could be in Ohio. Happy Thanksgiving.

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