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Inwood in Aviation History

Pilot Glenn Curtiss

On December 17, 1903 Orville Wright took to the skies above the sand dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Orville and his brother Wilbur conducted their experimental flight tests in total secrecy.  While obsessed with flight, the Brothers Wright were more concerned with securing their patents. The Wright brothers had true cause for concern.  Fast [...]

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My Inwood Memories: 1940′s-1970

Herb Maruska

This latest installment of MyInwood Memories comes from frequent reader and contributor Herb Maruska. Herb, who now lives in Florida, grew up in Inwood and is currently writing an autobiography. Here’s a taste of what we can look forward to. I’ll let Herb take it from here: “My family moved to 157 Vermilyea Ave in [...]

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A Tree Falls in Inwood

Mark Chisholm cuts down tree in Isham Park in Inwood, New York City

The next time you pass through Isham Park you’ll likely notice a stump where a massive Norway Maple used to stand. Sadly, the towering giant was diseased and needed to come down. In true Inwood fashion, the tree felling quickly became a neighborhood event. As sawdust flew from up high, city workers and curious neighbors [...]

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Farmer’s Market Video

Inwood Farmer's Market, New York City

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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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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Inwood Street Names

Broadway Street sign in Inwood, New York.

Academy Street Named aptly for the first school in Inwood. Dedicated in 1858, Ward School 52 was also known as “MacKean’s Folly” for the school commissioner who ordered the three story structure built in the then sparsely populated area.

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Bruce Reynold’s Garden

Birdhouse in Bruce's Garden in Inwood, New York.

Part of Isham Park, this garden honors the memory of Bruce Reynolds (1960-2001), a Port Authority Police Officer, who on the morning of September 11, 2001, rushed from his post at the George Washington Bridge into the inferno of the World Trade Center, sacrificing his life to save others. Bruce Reynolds was the son of [...]

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Isham Park

Photo of street light in Isham Park in Inwood, New York.

Broadway, Isham St, Inwood Pk Manhattan Acres: 20.09 In 1864 William B. Isham, a wealthy leather merchant, purchased twenty-four acres along the Kingsbridge Road, now known as Broadway, from 211th Street to 214th Street, and northwest to Spuyten Duyvil Creek. The park named in his honor is bordered on the north by the Harlem River [...]

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