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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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The Naming of Inwood

Ernest Lawson painting of old tulip tree in Inwood, New York.

Believe it or not, our neighborhood was not always called “Inwood.” The name has served the area well for some 160 years, but prior to that much  of Manhattan north of Dyckman was affectionately called “Tubby Hook.”

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