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Bloomingdale Neighbor Augusta Stetson and the Church at 96th Street and Central Park West
The First Church of Christ Scientist, at 96th Street and Central Park West, will soon become the home of the Children’s Museum of Manhattan. Recent announcements of the conversion led me to look at the history of this imposing granite … Continue reading
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Post #7 Bloomingdale Goes to School 1790s and early 1800s
This is the seventh and last (for a while) in this series exploring colonial and post-Revolution Bloomingdale written by Pam Tice, Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group Planning Committee member. As parents cope with educating their children in this complicated time, it’s … Continue reading
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Post #6 Along the Bloomingdale Road After the Revolution: Taverns and Tavernkeepers
This is the sixth post exploring colonial and post-Revolution Bloomingdale written by Pam Tice, Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group Planning Committee member. New York City had a “tavern culture” starting in Colonial times. Taverns came in every shape and size and … Continue reading
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Post #5 Bloomingdale Grows and Prospers 1790-1820
This is the fifth post on colonial and post-Revolution Bloomingdale written by Pam Tice, member of the Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group. New York City had to recover from the Revolutionary War after George Washington marched back to downtown Manhattan in … Continue reading
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Post #4 Enslaved African Americans in Bloomingdale
This is a fourth post on colonial and post-Revolution Bloomingdale written by Pam Tice, member of the Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group. Now that I’ve written three posts about Bloomingdale in the 18th Century, I’m turning to the topic that caught … Continue reading
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Post #3: The Revolutionary War in Bloomingdale
This is the third post about 18th Century Bloomingdale, written by Pam Tice, member of the Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group Planning Committee. So many historians have written about the Battle of Harlem Heights on September 16, 1776, that I do … Continue reading
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Post #2: 18th Century Bloomingdale residents before the American Revolution
Pam Tice, Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group Planning Committee member Here is a second post in my series exploring Bloomingdale in Colonial times and after the Revolution. Colonial New York New York City’s colonial history provides a context for Bloomingdale’s history … Continue reading
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Bloomingdale: Colonial Times and after the Revolutionary War
by Pam Tice, member of the Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group Introduction A few months ago, a new website developed by John Jay College caught my attention. Like many institutions of higher education, the College was exploring the link between slavery … Continue reading
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Prohibition in Bloomingdale
January 17, 2020 was the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Prohibition era. I’d planned to write a blog post about that era in our neighborhood, especially since we were the site of the Lion Brewery on Columbus Avenue … Continue reading
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Spanish Flu in Bloomingdale: A Search for How Our Neighborhood Coped in 1918
This post was written by Pam Tice, a member of the Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group Planning Committee I had a little bird, Its name was Enza, I opened the window, And in-flu-enza. Children’s Rhyme, 1918 As our 2020 Pandemic Spring … Continue reading
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