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Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group

NYC’s Bloomingdale Neighborhood History

January 20, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

New York Cancer HospitalThe Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group (BNHG) will host “The Joys (and How-Tos) of Researching Neighborhood History,” a free program set for Wednesday, February 8th at the Bloomingdale Library, in Manhattan. [Read more…] about NYC’s Bloomingdale Neighborhood History

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Old Springs, Wells and Watercourses of Bloomingdale

September 28, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

well at the northeast corner of Riverside Drive and West 91st StreetWater has always been an important part of New York City‘s Bloomingdale neighborhood history. Streams and ponds covered the landscape before the Dutch arrived and when the Croton Aqueduct came right through Bloomingdale it changed the neighborhood forever. [Read more…] about Old Springs, Wells and Watercourses of Bloomingdale

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group

Bloomingdale History Exchange Event August 14th

July 25, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Lion BreweryBloomingdale Neighborhood History Group (BNHG) and Columbus Amsterdam BID in New York City will host an “Open Streets” event as part of the The Homemade History Exchange project, on Sunday, August 14th. [Read more…] about Bloomingdale History Exchange Event August 14th

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group

Central Park’s Harlem Meer: Tidal Marsh to Idyllic Retreat

June 10, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Harlem Meer provided by Bloomingdale Neighborhood History GroupIn 1853, when the New York State Legislature authorized the acquisition of the land that would become the City of New York’s Central Park, the site did not include the 66-acre stretch between 106th and 110th Streets that contains the Harlem Meer at the present-day northeast corner of the Park.

The tidal marsh that would ultimately be transformed into the meer (Dutch for “lake”) was acquired several years into the Park’s construction, along with the rocky, fortification-dotted bluffs overlooking Harlem that would become the Park’s Fort Landscape and part of its North Woods. [Read more…] about Central Park’s Harlem Meer: Tidal Marsh to Idyllic Retreat

Filed Under: Events, History, Nature, New York City Tagged With: Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group

More than Cherries: The Flowering Trees of Riverside Park

April 24, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Spring in Riverside ParkThe Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group will host a free webinar presentation Wednesday, April 27th, “More than Cherries: The Flowering Trees of Riverside Park,” with Margaret Bracken, Landscape Architect for Riverside Park in New York City. [Read more…] about More than Cherries: The Flowering Trees of Riverside Park

Filed Under: Events, History, Nature, New York City Tagged With: Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group

Bloomingdale Local History Archives Expanded

December 14, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

West Side Memories provided by BNHGThe Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group (BNHG) have announced their neighborhood archive, plus a collection of books donated to the BNHG by well-known Upper West Side historian Peter Salwen, are now available to the public, located just inside the doors of the Bloomingdale Library, next to the circulation desk. [Read more…] about Bloomingdale Local History Archives Expanded

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group

Grant’s Tomb Virtual Program Set for Dec 1st

November 15, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Grant's TombUlysses S. Grant’s Tomb is a colossal Neoclassical tomb, larger than any final resting place of any other president and of any other person in America, that stands overlooking Riverside Park, in New York City.

The Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group and the Columbus Amsterdam BID will host “Grant’s Tomb: The president’s final year and how his tomb came to the Upper West Side,” a webinar set for Wednesday, December 1st. [Read more…] about Grant’s Tomb Virtual Program Set for Dec 1st

Filed Under: Books, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group

NYC’s Past, Present, & Future Through its Place-Names (Virtual Talk)

October 13, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Names of New YorkThe Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group and the Columbus Amsterdam Business Improvement District will host an illustrated talk by writer, geographer and teacher Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, on his latest book Names of New York: Discovering the City’s Past, Present, and Future through its Place-Names (Pantheon, 2021), on Monday, October 18th. [Read more…] about NYC’s Past, Present, & Future Through its Place-Names (Virtual Talk)

Filed Under: Books, Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group

97th Street Greenmarket: Changes and Challenges

September 20, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

97th Street GreenmarketThe Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group (BNHG) has announced “The 97th Street Greenmarket: Changes and Challenges,”a presentation on the Bloomingdale greenmarket movement set for Wednesday, September 22nd. [Read more…] about 97th Street Greenmarket: Changes and Challenges

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group

Free Upper West Side Tours Returning

June 22, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Isidor and Ida Straus Memorial at Straus Park courtesy Wikimedia user Luigi NoviThe Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group has announced that tours of the Upper West Side with historian and author Jim Mackin are set to return on Wednesday, June 30th at 6 pm. The walks are held monthly and walks vary from month to month. The June walk will start out from Straus Park at 107th Street and West End Avenue. [Read more…] about Free Upper West Side Tours Returning

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group

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