Author Archives: bloomingdale history
Bloomingdale History Map
Vita Wallace, musician and History Group Planning Committee member, has produced a Bloomingdale neighborhood map for download — use it while you take a stroll! BloomingdaleSelfGuidedTourMap
A City of Tenants
The Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group presented a program on March 20, 2014, that included Roberta Gold speaking about her recently-published book When Tenants Claimed the City: the Struggle for Citizenship in New York City Housing. Ms. Gold reminded us of … Continue reading
Bloomingdale/Manhattan Valley Chronology
Compiled by Gil Tauber 2001 for the Columbus Amsterdam Business Improvement District see the Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group’s website at: http://www.upperwestsidehistory.weebly.org 1600s Manhattan Island inhabited by Lenape Indians. There is no evidence of permanent settlement in the high rocky Manhattan … Continue reading
Catching Up: Marjorie Cohen’s history writing on the Bloomingdale area
Marjorie Cohen writes history essays for the West Side Rag, our neighborhood’s e-news reporting on the Upper West Side. Marjorie is a member of the Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group’s planning committee. Marjorie has lived on the Upper West Side since … Continue reading
The Old Community on West 98th and 99th Streets
Compiled by Jim Mackin working with Jim Torain — both Jims are members of the Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group’s Planning Committee. The OLD COMMUNITY is the African-American community of West 98th and 99th Streets between Central Park West and Columbus … Continue reading
The Story of 891 Amsterdam Avenue and how it became a New York City Landmark
By Pam Tice, former Executive Director of the New York Hostel and Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group planning committee member. I became Executive Director of Hostelling International New York in 1990. This was to be an exciting venture: the hostel was in … Continue reading
The Ninth Avenue El
By Jim Mackin, Historian and Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group planning committee member. How does the NINTH AVENUE EL fit into the history of railroads in New York City? The first railroad in New York City was the New York … Continue reading
Measure of Manhattan
On Monday evening, June 10th, 2013, Marguerite Holloway made a presentation to the Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group of her book “Measure of Manhattan”. Holloway is the Director of Science and Environmental Journalism at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. “Measure … Continue reading
Neighborhood Nomenclature
This first blog was written by Gil Tauber, Historian and Bloomingdale Neighborhood History Group planning committee member. Neighborhood Nomenclature: Bloomingdale, the West End and Manhattan Valley Bloomingdale As a place name, “Bloomingdale” first appears in public records in 1688 but … Continue reading
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