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Walter (left), Otway (right), and Ursula Burns play in a fountain on Inwood Hill overlooking the Hudson River on the grounds of Ursulian Terrace, the family home. (Photo courtesy: Peter Landry)

Paranormal Inwood: The Strange Case of Walter Francis Burns

admin - October 30, 2019

Inwood Featured in 1968 Documentary: “Goodbye to Glocamorra”

Beekeeper Mike Fesslian in Inwood Hill Park, 1932, photo by Percy Loomis Sperr

The Beekeeper of Inwood Hill

Ulysses Grant family in 1870. Jesse Root Grant wearing white coat in center.

The General’s Son: A Scandal on Inwood Hill

1917 map by Reginald Bolton with location of slave cemetery marked. (Source: American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries)

Inwood’s Forgotten Slave Cemetery

ps 52 Inwood, 1905

Inwood’s First Public School

admin - January 28, 2014

Kangaroo mascot on USS Connecticut 1908

A Kangaroo on Dyckman Street

admin - January 26, 2014

Sherman Creek Power Generating Station

Inwood’s Sherman Creek Power Generating Station

admin - December 16, 2013

Century House, Inwood 1898

A Grain Field in City Limits: Inwood, 1895

admin - December 3, 2013

Fort George Amusement Park

Fort George Amusement Park

admin - November 14, 2013

Arras Inn 1925, former Inwood speakeasy

The Arras Inn

admin - November 4, 2013

Princess Naomie and her grandchildren in 1930’s photo taken by Reginald Bolton.

Princess Naomi

admin - November 3, 2013

1868 Map of Spuyten Duyvil

The Harlem Ship Canal

admin - October 21, 2013

Hoboken Turtle Club, Inwood

The Hoboken Turtle Club

admin - September 21, 2013

Dyckman Street

Inwood’s Postal Past

admin - August 18, 2013

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