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The Summer of Henry Hudson

Henry Hudson

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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The Boys of Dyckman circa 1915

Street Sailing on Dyckman Street in New York City in 1915 from children's magazine.

Nearly a century ago, before modern street traffic moved uptown, the streets of Inwood served as playgrounds for the neighborhood’s youth. In fact,  it was the automobile that eventually cleared the streets of children and led to the development of playgrounds throughout the city. But this story takes place in a time before Robert Moses [...]

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Late 19th Century Inwood- Part III

William Calver

Much of what we know today about the history and pre-history of  Inwood and Washington Heights is due largely to the turn of the century work of amateur historians, self taught archaeologists and close friends William Calver  and Reginald Bolton. Starting in the 1880′s Bolton and Calver began exploring northern Manhattan with picks and shovels, [...]

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Henry Hudson Bridge History

1909 postcard image of Henry Hudson from 300th anniversary celebration of Hudson River voyage.

When Henry Hudson and his crew of the Half Moon sailed into the inlet of the old Spuyten Duyvil in 1609 he could have never imagined the massive bridge that would one day bear his name.

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