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, [...]
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Today’s Inwood is full of green thumbs, mainly volunteers who tend to Bruce’s Garden, nurse sidewalk flower boxes, and cultivate community landscapes enjoyed by all. And while a lucky few have space for a tomato plant or two, today’s edible gardening needs are fulfilled mainly by a thriving farmer’s market which gives Inwood residents access [...]
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