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The Hoboken Turtle Club

Hoboken Turtle Club

“Dum vivimus vivamus” -Motto of the Hoboken Turtle Club According to legend, as the history of most social clubs is so often based, the Hoboken Turtle Club was founded in 1796. It is reputed to have been the oldest social club in the United States. The club was the brainchild of John Stevens, a former [...]

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The Floating Bridge

dyckman bridge in Inwood NY

Bottles, cans, Christmas trees…you name it. It all gets recycled in the Big Apple. But did you know near the turn of the century the City of New York recycled the old Broadway Bridge on the northern tip of Manhattan?

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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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Tulip Tree of Old Inwood

The Tulip Tree of old Inwood, New York.

Before Inwood Hill Park, before there even was an Inwood, a mighty Tulip grew in the forest. In a new city lacking a sense of anything from antiquity, New Yorkers latched onto a tree. The giant tulip of Inwood became a popular destination for picnickers, school children and hikers looking to escape the other world [...]

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Inwood Hill Park

Photo of duck swimming in Inwood Hill Park in New York.

Dyckman Street, Hudson River, Harlem River Ship Canal Manhattan Acres: 196.40 There’s old New York, and then there’s old New York. Inwood Hill Park is a living piece of old New York. Evidence of its prehistoric roots exists as dramatic caves, valleys, and ridges left as the result of shifting glaciers. Evidence of its uninhabited [...]

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History of the Columbia “C”

Columbia University

If you’ve spent any time in Inwood, you have surely noticed the giant blue and white “C” of Columbia University painted on the cliff wall on the northern side of the Spuyten Duyvil.

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