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MyInwood Memories: Coal and Soap

Coal plant for Inwood, NYC post

Frequent MyInwood contributer Herb Maruska grew up in Inwood.  His memories of post World War II Inwood are as detailed as they are fascinating. This time around Herb takes us into the kitchens, basement and furnace of his childhood home located in 157-159 Vermilyea.  He calls this piece “Coal and Soap.” Thanks Herb for this [...]

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Where Cobwebs Thrive on Manhattan Isle

Libby Castle

When New York Tribune reporter Eleanor Booth Simmons explored the hills of Inwood and Washington Heights in 1921 she discovered a quaint country community rapidly being swallowed by the big city. In this article she gives us a guided tour of the still standing homes of once rich and powerful families including Nathan Straus, James [...]

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A Boy’s Life: Inwood in the 1940′s

Herb and Rolly Maruska

Library books and old newspaper articles provide wonderful glimpses into the history of any neighborhood. That said, those who grew up and lived in Inwood can provide a much more intimate portrait of what life was really like. In this latestest installment of My Inwood Memories, former Inwood resident Herb Maruska takes us into the [...]

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Ode to a chilly night

Old sandwich sign from Inwood days of yore

On this chilly Inwood evening, Summer’s loss we are a grieving. Give us something warm to drink, just ten cents and brewed with beef. OK, so I’m no poet. Feel free to write your own rhyme in the comments section below. Drink your clam broth and stay warm Inwood!

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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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