Old Photos of Columbus Circle
It might be hard to imagine Columbus Circle before it became the glass-building-filled intersection that it is today. But we’re going to take a trip
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Tag: history
Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs – and a 1944 Murder in Riverside Park
In a month termed by the New York Times as “too hot for Satan,” the bloated body of 33-year-old David Kammerer surfaced in the Hudson
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Hellmann’s Mayonnaise Originated on the UWS!
Memories are frequently prompted by chance, but some items are also deliberately acquired as souvenirs, the English adaptation of the French word “remember.” Associations with a
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Early 1980s Stories of The Ansonia
In the early 1980s, John Lintz was part of a team of electricians tasked with working at the iconic Ansonia building at 2109 Broadway, between
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The History of The Broadway Fashion Building
The four-story building on the corner of 84th Street and Broadway looks distinctly modern. The Broadway Fashion Building, located at 2315 Broadway, is constructed almost
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Billie Holiday: Profile of an Upper West Sider
If you visited the old Tower Records on West 66th Street in 1997 or 1998, chances are you heard the unforgettable voice of Billie Holiday
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The Queen of Hats Launched Her Career on the UWS
On the morning of January 31, 1923, a milliner named Hattie Fredericks was putting hats on their stands, at The Bonnet Shop at 2190 Broadway,
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Bloomingdale Village: Digging Deep into Our Neighborhood’s Early Days
Washington Irving called Bloomingdale Village “a sweet rural valley, beautiful with many a bright flower, refreshed by many a pure streamlet, and enlivened here and
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The Awful Truths of Urban Renewal
In theory, the process known as urban renewal is meant to be a good thing, its stated goal of giving vibrance and opportunity to blighted
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Strycker’s Bay: A Tale of Early Settlers During the American Revolution
It’s hard to imagine the Upper West Side of long ago, untouched and undeveloped. Thick woods, rolling hills, endless greenery. Former battlegrounds of the Revolutionary
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